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Just in case somebody is thinking of taking this seriously. Macedonia has an average internet speed between 4 and 10 Mbps.

The idea that Macedonians don't have the ability to make websites is quite frankly insulting. Whether on not they can swing elections is of course debatable. However that wasn't the aim of the sites, the aim was to generate content that people wanted to read (or believe), and they appear to have succeeded.

http://www.bandwidthplace.com/...
http://www.dospeedtest.com/spe...

You do know that cordcutters who use their streaming subscriptions, HD at 3GB/hr, four hours a day [google.com], already blows that cap, right? That that's just for one person at less than the national average video usage per day?

Netflix requires 3.0Mb/s (megabits / s) for HD (less for SD). that's 375KB/s.
http://www.bandwidthplace.com/...

375KB/s * 60s * 60m = 1.35GB / hr. at that rate, you could watch HD content for 222 hours straight (9.25 days) before you'd hit your 300GB cap. seems pretty reasonable to me.

source: math.

According to Netflix, High quality video takes between 3GB/hour and up to 7 GB/hour for ultra HD. See https://help.netflix.com/en/node/87

If you were watching ultra HD video, you could use up all that bandwidth in less than 2 days.

You do know that cordcutters who use their streaming subscriptions, HD at 3GB/hr, four hours a day [google.com], already blows that cap, right? That that's just for one person at less than the national average video usage per day?

Netflix requires 3.0Mb/s (megabits / s) for HD (less for SD). that's 375KB/s.
http://www.bandwidthplace.com/...

375KB/s * 60s * 60m = 1.35GB / hr. at that rate, you could watch HD content for 222 hours straight (9.25 days) before you'd hit your 300GB cap. seems pretty reasonable to me.

source: math.

Check yours with http://www.bandwidthplace.com/

I tested my comcast 6 MB with and got 1.2 MB., but With speakeasy, it ranges from 8-12 download. It is obvious that they are selectively caching.

i have rogers cable 6mbps plan

if im downloading from, say, newsgroups, i will consistently and at any time of day get 6mbps

if im downloading from some random website, i will get random speed anywhere from 50kb/s to 700kb/s

just for this comment, i ran a speed test at http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/

result:
Communications 4 megabits per second
Storage 483.9 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 2.1 seconds

funny thing is, i can start up my newsgroups client right now and get 6mbps (from an external usenet service, my isp does not provide one)

so, maybe the bandwidth speed test isnt all that accurate after all?

I usually use Bandwidth place which has a nice GUI and useful reports. Also goes without saying that you can find many bandwidth test sites by Googling "bandwidth".

In SA I was only getting near 300KB/S same here in Austin. on RR.

yes you capitalize the b for god's sake..

if you got 300 Kbps I would laugh at you

B = byte, b = bit

Anyways, the point is that I think RR is one of the best cable internet companies, they actually give the speeds they quote.

Due to an awsome rent agreementI jsut signed I'm thinking of upgrading to homebusiness clas RR, 3-4 mbps!!!! w00t and 768 up, awsome.

Using the rr speed tests here

SATX RR speed tests (anyone can use these tests, try out your speed.

HIGHER TEST

Your line speed:

3185 Kbps

390.3 K bytes/sec

but that is purely inside the RR network, on the net im only getting near 300

LOWER TEST

Roadrunner Bandwidth Results
Loaded 1858812 bytes in 5.344 seconds.
Your throughput is:
2783 Kb/s (kiloBITS per second)
348 KB/s (kiloBYTES per second)

also here is another. bandwidthplace speed test

My results from there

Speed
2.6 megabits per second

Communications 2.6 megabits per second
Storage 321.6 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 3.2 seconds
Subjective rating Great

Info
Date & time Friday, April 2, 5:06PM*
Test type IDT4 Free
Connection type Cable
Region Texas
Data size 605KB
IP address 24.243.***.** :-p
Provider ROADRUNNER-SOUTHWEST

1.2 megabits per second

Your raw speed was 1156090.51 bits per second which is the same as:

Communications

1.2 megabits per second How communication devices are rated. Kilo means 1,000 and mega means 1,000,000. Examples include 56k modem and 10Mbit Ethernet

Storage

141.1 kilobytes per second The way data is measured on your hard drive and how file sharing and FTP programs measure transfer speeds. Kilo is 1,024 and mega is 1,048,576. 1MB file download 7.3 seconds The time it would take you to download a 1 megabyte file at this speed.

Rating

Compared to all connection types worldwide, yours is fantastic

I don't know if this site is dead on accurate, but I know that it seems to be better than any site I've tried before. Go to bandwidthplace.com/speedtest Try it at night. The server is in Texas and I am on the East Coast and it still seems accurate.

I have att in Chicago here, and I had been judging my speed based on what I considered a local fast debian mirror (~500 kpbs). Someone recommended bandwidthplace to get a better measurement. I've tried this at different times of the day, and the best I ever get is 1.2Mbps

There are a couple other sites I've found that do a test like this, and they give similar results.

here's a site that links to a whole bunch:

http://home.cfl.rr.com/eaa/Bandwidth.htm

I have att in Chicago here, and I had been judging my speed based on what I considered a local fast debian mirror. Someone recommended bandwidthplace to get a better measurement. I've tried this at different times of the day, and the best I ever get is 1.2Mbps

There are a couple other sites I've found that do a test like this, and they give similar results.

here's a site that links to a whole bunch:

http://home.cfl.rr.com/eaa/Bandwidth.htm

FWIW I have Verizon DSL but Verizon is not my ISP. Verizon doesn't have Internet access where I live, so I had to choose a different provider. My 768/128 DSL is attached to Fidelity Networks and I've been very happy with them.

One major plus with FidNet is that you get multiple static IP addresses with the service. Incredibly, the service was turned up about two weeks early. I installed everything myself, which saved me from burning a day without billing and my line has been rock-solid reliable since. They also don't care one whit if you're hosting servers.

Bandwidth testers like DSLReports or Bandwidthplace.com tell me that I'm getting what I'm paying for and I usually get about 80K / sec file download rates and sub 100ms ping times most everywhere.

I was so sure that my area wouldn't see DSL or cable modems for several years to come that I was on the waiting list to get a Starband / DishNetwork system installed. I decided to check with Verizon one more time and not only was DSL available, but my number was green! I nearly cried. :^)