Speed
2.8 megabits per second
Communications 2.8 megabits per second
Storage 341.4 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 3 seconds
Subjective rating Great
Info
Date & time Saturday, August 14, 11:20PM*
Test type IDT4 Free
Connection type Cable
Region ------
Data size 605KB
IP address -------
Provider Comcast Cable Communications Holdings, Inc
Results explanation
Communications
How communication devices are rated. Kilo means 1,000 and mega means 1,000,000. Examples include 56k modem and 10Mbit Ethernet.
Storage
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.
File download
The time it would take you to download a 1 megabyte file at this speed.
Subjective rating
This is a rating of your connection compared to all other connections worldwide. The scale used is one we made up.
Bits(b), Bytes(B), and Baud
Bits and bytes are a measurement of electronic information. A byte is always 8 bits. Communications speeds are usually measured in bits per second while many computer operations are measured in bytes per second. A "56k" modem is 56 kilobits and a "2m" DSL connection is 2 megabits per second. "128MB" of RAM is 128 megabytes. Ideally when abbreviations are used, b means bits and B means bytes. Baud rate is another measure of transmission speed and is the number of actual signals sent per second. At one time it was equal to the bits per second, but modern technology allows us to send more than one bit per electric signal.
Mega(M) and kilo(k)
Traditionally kilo means one thousand exactly. In the communications world engineers call a thousand bits transmitted in a second 1 kilobit per second. Makes sense. Now while 1000 is a nice round number for humans to work with, it isn't for computers. Mathematically speaking humans use decimal or base 10 numbers and computers use binary or base 2. 1024 is 2 to the power of 10 which is a significant binary value and so is represented by kilo in the computer world. Mega is similar except it means one million and in the computer world is 1024 kilo or 1,048,576. Ideally when abbreviations are used, k means 1000 and K means 1024.
Originally posted by theterminatorxThe modem has nothing to do with your speed, unless it's less than the speed of the provider.. the bandwidth provided by AOL would determine it, and if it's 1mb/s then that's how fast it would be with any modem, it can only get slower.
cause i use the comcast broadband motorola cable modem in conjunction with aol
mines as of now is 2.4 megabits per second
Communications 2.4 megabits per second
Storage 292.4 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 3.5 seconds
Subjective rating Great
Explain results
Info
Date & time Saturday, August 14, 11:26PM*
Test type IDT4 Free
Connection type Cable
Region Connecticut
Data size 605KB
IP address 64.12.116.72
Provider America Online, Inc.
i would say pretty good
Originally posted by theterminatorxu have cable thats why your getting faster internet, but i have DSL and for me its 1mb speed
mines as of now is 2.4 megabits per secondCommunications 2.4 megabits per second
Storage 292.4 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 3.5 seconds
Subjective rating GreatExplain results
Info
Date & time Saturday, August 14, 11:26PM*
Test type IDT4 Free
Connection type Cable
Region Connecticut
Data size 605KB
IP address 64.12.116.72
Provider America Online, Inc.i would say pretty good
i got this
mines as of now is 2.4 megabits per second
Communications 2.4 megabits per second
Storage 292.4 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 3.5 seconds
Subjective rating Great
Explain results
Info
Date & time Saturday, August 14, 11:26PM*
Test type IDT4 Free
Connection type Cable
Region Connecticut
Data size 605KB
IP address 64.12.116.72
Provider America Online, Inc.
i would say pretty good
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and im using a comcast motorola cable modem