DSL Speed Test

[chapulincolorado]

This afternoon I am going to go mano-a-mano with the AT&T tech dept. regarding my Yahoo DSL speed. Right now I have their "Elite" plan which according to their own ad:

Downstream Speed: Up to 6.0 Mbps
Upstream Speed: Up to 768 KbpsBefore I get all bent out of shape or spend too much time on hold, can you folks recommend a reliable DSL speed test?

FWIW.........I used these two yesterday and got different readings:

http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ -- showed download of 5Mbps
http://myspeed.visualware.com/ -- showed download of 2.5 or so Mbps

[Motterman]

http://www.speedtest.net

[Foosinho]

Let us know how it goes. I've got AT&T DSL (1.5 down, allegedly), and for the past couple of weeks it's been at 300-350 max, every time I've checked. I'm pretty cheesed off, and my wife is too - except she takes it out on me.

[chapulincolorado]

Let us know how it goes. I've got AT&T DSL (1.5 down, allegedly), and for the past couple of weeks it's been at 300-350 max, every time I've checked. I'm pretty cheesed off, and my wife is too - except she takes it out on me.

I'll let y'all know. I called today, but I am guessing their tech dept is somewhere in Nepal. I got somebody who couldn't understand my accent (Mexican :D) and I couldn't understand hers (Indian?). Oy vey!

[chapulincolorado]

http://www.speedtest.net

Well. Back in the home front, here is what I get:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/277162093.png

From AT&T Yahoo! High Speed Internet I get:

Download - 4.126Mbps
Upload - 663.23 kpbs

Are these relliable numbers? :confused:
http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/%3Ca%20href=%22http://www.speedtest.net%22%3E%3Cimg%20src=%22http://www.speedtest.net/result/277162093.png%22%3E%3C/a%3E

[Kryptonite]

Isn't DSL slower the further you are away from the ISP's end?

Plus, would any download speed actually be as fast as advertised? It's been my experience that "advertised speed" and "actual speed" almost never match up, especially once you throw in random factors such as computer speed, internet traffic, wireless routers, etc.

[Foosinho]

Plus, would any download speed actually be as fast as advertised? It's been my experience that "advertised speed" and "actual speed" almost never match up, especially once you throw in random factors such as computer speed, internet traffic, wireless routers, etc.

Of course it's not exact (and usually less). However, for the past couple of weeks I've been running at 33-25% of what I normally get. It's terrible.

[chapulincolorado]

Isn't DSL slower the further you are away from the ISP's end?

That's my understanding also. Unfortunately, both sites I posted lasted only had option of Houston and San Marcos as the closest city.

Plus, would any download speed actually be as fast as advertised? It's been my experience that "advertised speed" and "actual speed" almost never match up, especially once you throw in random factors such as computer speed, internet traffic, wireless routers, etc.

Oh. Yeah. I am not expecting the 6Mbps all the time. But I do expect my speeds to be w/i the maximum advertised for that speed plan and not below the higher speed of the lower speed plan. In my case, it should be somewhere between 3.1Mbps and 6Mbps. Afterall, that's why I am paying 'em $35 a month for it.

[ElJefe]

I had AT&T DSL, but I ended up dropping it for Time Warner's cable modem service because they only offered 1.5 Mbps on my block which is not exactly out in the middle of the sticks and really had no interest in telling me when they were going to upgrade the network. And since I telecommute from home for my software design job and need a lot of network bandwidth between the VoIP work phone and the X11 server on which I do most of the development, 1.5 Mbps wasn't going to cut it and I cut AT&T loose. In fairness to AT&T, they delivered speeds close to the 1.5 Mbps that they promised, but it just wasn't enough.

Now I basically pay about the same amount per month for speeds up to 8 Mbps (which is usually around 6 Mbps most of the time).

[Foosinho]

I had AT&T DSL, but I ended up dropping it for Time Warner's cable modem service
I've considered this, but TW's server policy scares the bejeesus out of me. I run my own mail, web, and torrent servers, and as I understand it I couldn't do that with TW.

Astonishingly, DSLReports claims that AT&T is the only DSL provider I can get service with.