DSL speed

[jmtjet]

I just did a speed test at speakeasy.net and got: Download=1019 KBPS, Upload=375 KBPS. I'm on DSL with Verizon and think my speeds should be faster. How do these speeds compare to others on DSL? Thanks.

[Train]

http://www.speedtest.net/
seems to be the better one. But do check several times during a given day.
what I do so I have a better feel.
But be sure to find out what you are suppost to be getting also.

Just a quick check but I am on cable.

[SuperSparks]

Those speedtesters are extremely hit and miss. If you want to find out your real world speed, the best way is to actually download a decent sized file from a good server. Linux distros are always good (you don't have to download the whole thing), as there are often nearby mirror sites that are on fast university servers.

[Shinma]

I just did a speed test at speakeasy.net and got: Download=1019 KBPS, Upload=375 KBPS. I'm on DSL with Verizon and think my speeds should be faster...

If you have the Verizon Starter plan/contract, 1 Mbps is the maximum.

[jmtjet]

If you have the Verizon Starter plan/contract, 1 Mbps is the maximum.

I'm going to check with Verizon tomorrow(Monday)and see if a faster plan is available in this area. Some rural areas can't get higher speeds. I don't know why, but I've heard it's do to the age of the wires. Cell phone service is spotty in some places around these parts also. Not a lot of towers here. We use to be able to get cell phone signals from the Canadian towers, but that's no more.

[Train]

Check it out, but the distance to the switchboard maybe the big hang up.

[jmtjet]

Called Verizon. The best they can do for me is 3Mbps. But that would cost me an extra $20.00 bucks a month. I was able to get it goosed up to about 1.5 Mbps without it costing me an arm and a leg. I'm going to have to live with this for a while but I think I'll switch back to TimeWarner Roadrunner cable in the spring.

[Train]

Then there is that.