Your university internet speeds

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Mine's from home:

I think that means everything's really slow, but it's weird because it's working really fast & pages load pretty much instantly :\ Ah well.

well considering most pages are around a couple of hundred kb with a speed for 5mb/s the pages should appear pretty much instantaneously.

I think I win

Original post by illusionz

I think I win

I believe not :smug:

Reply 63

Potally_Tissed

Original post by secretmessages

I believe not :smug:

Firstly... how the hell?

Secondly, why is that only rated as 2.5/5? :rolleyes:

Reply 64

secretmessages

Original post by Potally_Tissed

Firstly... how the hell?

Secondly, why is that only rated as 2.5/5? :rolleyes:

I'm at Warwick, and those are the speeds I got from my department (computer science) one evening. It's only rated 2.5 because the connection in accommodation blocks (which comes under the same ISP thingy) is capped at something ridiculously slow, hence the bad ratings :p:

Reply 65

ssethe

Way better than at home.

Not bad

Original post by secretmessages

Ooh there's a plan, find out where the computer science department is and try from there. I'm cool like that. :cool:

Reply 68

LadySmythe

Uni of Kent, Canterbury Campus

Reply 69

LadySmythe

Original post by ssethe

Way better than at home.

Wow. I though Devon was forgotten in the fast internet upgrades!
Then again, Exeter is the Regional Capital :p:

Woo woo. :]

Faster than my rural suffolk home.

Reply 72

somebody else

Somewhat limited by crappy 100mbps LAN, I imagine it would be much quicker if I plugged in at the physics department.

Reply 73

Repressor

Original post by secretmessages

Despite this thread being a year old ( :pierre:

), I suppose it's still a valid topic so:

I win.

Possibly gigabit internet to myself at 3:45am.

Unsure about uploads though? :/

Reply 74

secretmessages

Original post by Repressor

Possibly gigabit internet to myself at 3:45am.

Unsure about uploads though? :/

That must be the worst download to upload ratio I've seen in my entire life :p:

Reply 75

Repressor

Original post by secretmessages

That must be the worst download to upload ratio I've seen in my entire life :p:

Yeah, I'm pretty sure my AV is fiddling with those results. Only a 100mbps wall socket (I think). Speedtest struggles to initiate the upload process, so I can only assume that's bugged too :frown:

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Ah well, the ping is good I suppose, 5ms pings to most CSS gaming servers is almost orgasmic.

(The final comment is a huge overstatement. I have run out of mediocre adjectives for the day.)

Reply 76

ch0llima

From my flat in Dundee...

Will test from a campus machine at some point.

When I was in Dundee University's halls in my undergrad days, the speeds were pretty similar (don't live there anymore so can't test now, but I remember it was 35Mbps down and about 4Mbps up).

Reply 77

xoxAngel_Kxox

Original post by Fat-Love

well considering most pages are around a couple of hundred kb with a speed for 5mb/s the pages should appear pretty much instantaneously.

Haha, as I said, I have no idea how these things work.

Reply 78

silvertoes

University of Reading

At its best its around 9 ping and 4mb/s up and down.
BUT... it is rarely like that and is normally painfully slow. Plus there is no wifi in the rooms only in comunal areas.
Can't wait to move out of halls and get virgin!