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Server Download Upload Latency

LinkLINELos Angeles, CA

2145 Kbps 798 Kbps 58ms

LinkLINELos Angeles, CA

2323 Kbps 812 Kbps 73ms

LinkLINELos Angeles, CA

2174 Kbps 755 Kbps 51ms

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Server Download Upload Latency

ComcastPortland, OR

2.83 Mbps 0.83 Mbps 13ms

ComcastPortland, OR

3.17 Mbps 0.85 Mbps 14ms

ComcastPortland, OR

3.28 Mbps 0.84 Mbps 13ms

The only major discrepancies I really see are the differences in distance between my location and

the servers location. The closer the server, the better the results overall. It appears that my

connection is pretty consistent.

C:\Users\Tad Peterson>ping www.google.com

Pinging www.google.com [173.194.79.147] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 173.194.79.147: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=47

Reply from 173.194.79.147: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=47

Reply from 173.194.79.147: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=47

Reply from 173.194.79.147: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=47

Ping statistics for 173.194.79.147:

Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),

Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:

Minimum = 25ms, Maximum = 28ms, Average = 26ms

“What does this data mean about the speed of my Internet connection?”

The speed of my connection is pretty consistent and seems to not be experiencing any packet

loss. Since I do not know the physical location of the server, I cannot ascertain if these are good

ping times or not as compared to the above tests where I know the city, state.

I pay for a 20 Mbps connection from Comcast|Xfinity. I do not feel that I am getting my quoted bandwidth, although my pricing is fair. As for “fast enough?”, is there such a thing? No. I do not feel my internet connection is fast enough. NOTE: I’m not the average comcast customer, we have 6 computers and a Wii (Netflix) running consistently on our home network.

In my area there are only three possible ISP’s: Comcast|Xfinity, CenturyLink, Clear.com

CenturyLink doesn’t seem to provide their prices for internet only, but when bundled with their

phone service prices are: 10Mbps@$14.95, 12Mbps@$19.95, 20Mbps@$24.95 and

40Mbps@$29.95. Prices are also locked in for 60 months, provided no changes are made to the

account. Changes include changing the phone number or even relocating to another address.

Clear.com seems like a good choice, but after having their services for 5 days I cancelled. They

claim Unlimited 4G data connection, but after only 2 days I hit their “Cap” and they throttled my

connection making anything other than email nearly impossible. I will say that if you only have 1

or maybe 2 computers using the connection it might be ok. Their pricing is $19.99 2GB/mo,

$34.99 & $49.99 Unlimited/mo, but they do not quote a speeds, they rate by data caps because

they utilize 4G wireless technology like cellular phones use.

Comcast|Xfinity is the ISP I have been using for the past three years. They offer Internet only

options of: 20Mbps@$34.99, 50Mbps@$74.95 and 105Mbps@$114.95, they do also have

special pricing for the first 6 months. Overall I think that Comcast provides the better service,

although their tech support is a bit lacking.