Thread: Is it my router?

my DSL service is supossed to be:

Downstream Speed: Up to 3.0 Mbps
Upstream Speed: Up to 512 Kbps

i am pretty damn certain i do not get this speed. is there a quick way to test my up and down limits and if i am not meeting what im paying for is it my router? i am in the city and have a good position for service, my pings are always very low.

http://www.speedtest.net/

This site does that, and is easy to use and quick.

You'll almost never get what the ISP package says. Typically the average consumer only receives 50% of the offered bandwidth. The trick is that the ISP's say you can get speeds UP TO a certain amount, but they don't have to keep them up there.

Trying doing some tracert's. One with the router, and one without and that will tell you if your router is affecting your packets by any significant amount.

well i got 2.576 and 433. i guess thats not too bad. i will try and run tracerts tomorrow. what am i looking for in the results?

Originally Posted by sacredsarcasm

well i got 2.576 and 433. i guess thats not too bad. i will try and run tracerts tomorrow. what am i looking for in the results?

I pay for the same connection from AT&T and score about the same.

Also, if you are talking about downloading actual files and patches and stuff, you should be getting around 300kb/sec.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/395179481.png

From me to Austin Texas.