lumina - 30 December 2007 12:34 PM

yep ... the ones i’ve used have always tested both directions, but there could be one that doesn’t. it’s also good to do the test at different times of the day if you’re on, say ... cable ... so that you can see the impact of traffic.

I love SpeakEasy’s system....you can test your speed to various places in the country.  It’s what I use to stay on top of charter to make sure they deliver what they promise.

here is the link:

http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

Ralph Roberts - 30 December 2007 07:46 AM

I started on the Internet or actually its precursor--ARPAnet--in 1978, using a 192-baud accoustically-coupled modem to call into the UNCA system. No such thing as security back in those days and you could go anywhere on the net. Painfully SLOOOOOWLY, of course.

You sir are my hero. I wasn’t around for the ARPAnet days however, I do remember dialing into some local BBS servers between the ages of 9 and 10. Mostly political conversations that were over my 9 year old head but, it was still an exciting time for me.

More about Charter’s 10Mbit service:
It’s very nice to be able to download at 1.25MB/s (roughly +-10Mbits/s). So far the service has been reliable and I would recommend it to anyone who needs a nice fat pipe of bandwidth for their home. The 10Mb package also comes with a 1Mb upload speed (roughly +-100KBytes/s). I think I pay $69.99 with a promotional rate. This isn’t bad considering a T1 line is only a 1.5Mb synchronous connection. The only difference is that with a T1 line you can easily get multiple IPs, they will let you manage your own DNS, etc, etc… However, I would still recommend SkyRunner to anyone who is in range (line of site I *think*) due to the fact that the customer service you will receive could never be matched by the bigger conglomerates. A lot can be said about that personal touch and how can you beat a 6Mbit uplink without paying ridiculous rates?