Check your Internet speed
@positiveminded1977 (7072)
India
August 18, 2008 3:42am CST
This is believed to be authentic. I got this from a customer service representative of one of my previous Internet service providers, who is now no longer in my life.
http://us.mcafee.com/root/speedometer/default.asp
I checked my Internet speed today because it took me ages to attach a simple file and learned that my Internet speed is only 20 kbps. 
No wonder I am going mad slowly!! Don't be surprised if I suddenly disappear from Mylot.
Cheers and happy mylotting
No wonder I am going mad slowly!! Don't be surprised if I suddenly disappear from Mylot.
Cheers and happy mylotting2 people like this
7 responses
@luiscpatag (355)
• Philippines
7 Sep 08
you can also check this site: which i learned from bbcnews channel:
http://www.internetfrog.com/mypc/speedtest/
you will find your upload and download speed.. on this site you can also check the location of any i.p. address..
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@positiveminded1977 (7072)
• India
12 Sep 08
Thanks a lot for the links!! I will sure check them out. :)
@luiscpatag (355)
• Philippines
7 Sep 08
i compared my results:
internetfrog: upload 30kbps download 119 kbps
speedtest.com: upload 92 kbps download 129 kbps
mcafee.com: 100 kbps
i think internetfrog test is more accurate because the same value of 30kbps is what i'm getting in my vuze p2p downloads..
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@positiveminded1977 (7072)
• India
19 Aug 08
An auto upgrade! Wow, that sounds great! Now why doesn't my Internet Service Provider get such bright ideas? :(
Cheers and thanks for the response.
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
22 Aug 08
Hihi,
That would be your uploading speed which is quite likely lower than your downloading speed - which should be the one you look at. Most of the surfing we do is downloading - we are taking information... not giving information - like your attaching of text file.
But 20kbps is indeed a bit on the low side unless you are using a dialup connection. That said, a lot depends on the geographical location of the site you visit as well. If the site you visit is hosted near where your ISP has servers, well, good for you! You would go faster. :)
I checked out the site you mentioned... I regret to report that I can't do the test because the site just hanged there for me lol. Slow connection to that site. Mcafee is a bad boy, almost always. 
@positiveminded1977 (7072)
• India
23 Aug 08
Yup Mcafee is a bad boy. Spoiledbrat (on the first page) have given the link to another website, which is much better than the one I provided. According to it, my uploading speed is 40 kbps. Still slow, but better than 20 kbps.
Cheers and thanks for the response. :)
@positiveminded1977 (7072)
• India
19 Aug 08
I am going nuts. :( But I live in a sort of primitive locality where broadband is not available. I am surprised we don't rub stones for fire here.
Cheers and thanks for your response
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@hindichinese (748)
• Philippines
18 Aug 08
WOW This site site is COOL.
and I learned that my internet speed is a boozing 1mbps....
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@positiveminded1977 (7072)
• India
19 Aug 08
Oh wow... I am feeling soooo jealous. You are really lucky!!
@vidhyavini (6111)
• India
18 Aug 08
Hey thanks for sharing the information man. I checked it just now. Its 60kbps. Works fine. Thank you. Happy mylotting.
