I ran the Speedmatters test on my Comcast connection today, just for the fun of it (OK, I’m bored with this Obama vs. the Moose Hunter stuff.) This test is sponsored by the Communication Workers union, as an argument for taxpayer subsidies for broadband. The results I got are not what they’re hoping for:
So my little Comcast account is faster than all that fiber in Japan and Korea.
So why all the whining?
That result seems atypical. Speaking only for my comcast speed in southern Alameda county, I’m getting only 5041kbps down and 360kbps up … less than stellar ….
You don’t have the Blast plan, which is nominally 16 Mbps down and 2 up. This upload number is actually the lowest it’s ever tested, as it’s generally 1950 K or thereabouts.
Many thanks … new numbers are 20630 kbps down, 2977 kbps up
Yeah, your _upload_ may be faster than the fiber in Japan and Korea, but your _download_ speed sure is pokey, according to the graph they supply with the speed test result. Here’s mine.
Download:
http://michaeltnelson.com/SpeedMatters/Capture1.JPG
Upload:
http://michaeltnelson.com/SpeedMatters/Capture2.JPG
My friend in Japan gets about 55megs down and 4megs up, I have no idea what type of plans and what he pays for it though, with my comcast connection I get. Then again, according to the test I’m getting 30mb/s down and around 2.5mb/s up. The download speed is only due to their “SpeedBurst” thing, those aren’t my actually realized speeds when downloading large files.
Yeah, the 16 Mb/s download is pokey by Japanese standards. And that’s an amazing thing, isn’t it?