What are good download and upload speeds?

[M4rk182]

I keep getting disconnected from the servers online on GT5, which made me do a speed test on, http://www.speedtest.net/ , my results are 5.69 mbps download and 0.55 mps upload. I have no idea really if they are good or bad results, so could someone tell me? Also would other people mind doing a check and posting your results. Im with talktalk. Cheers

 

[olliewebbuk]

For ADSL a mile or so from the exchange that is good.

I suggest pingtest.net is better for what you're doing though.

 

[cava83]

I get 2.5mbps download and 0.4mbps upload. You are doing well

 

[Dan@M.A.D]

Pfft my results http://www.speedtest.net/result/1412142554.png
living in the country side FTL! although apparently we have fibre optic coming the end of this year

 

[JackJack]

I get 5.83mbps download and 0.38mbps upload.

 

[M4rk182]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1412148056.png mines changed, slower than 61% damn

 

[Dink]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1412233129.png

would prefer a decrease in download to get a better upload

 

[M4rk182]

thats the difference between the s**t i am with talktalk, and who you are with, virgin. virgin is so much better

 

[Jonny1*2]

Virgin 10mb gives 1mb/sec dl speed on normal downloading. Cable is the way forward

 

[olliewebbuk]

Speed means nothing for gaming numb-nuts. Anything over 1mb down and 512kb up is fine. Read my first post in this thread.

 

[Craigus]

It is the ping that matters for gaming.

 

[olliewebbuk]

It is the ping that matters for gaming.

Exactly.

www.pingtest.net

 

[Emma.]

I'm happy with that. I'm with Sky

 

[olliewebbuk]

If your ping is over 45 you'll have a s**t gaming experience.

 

[Emma.]

If your ping is over 45 you'll have a s**t gaming experience.

My ps is fine. Never had a problem. Don't do pc gaming

 

[Jonny1*2]

Speed means nothing for gaming numb-nuts. Anything over 1mb down and 512kb up is fine. Read my first post in this thread.

Harsh, but not entirely true as speed and ping usually go hand in hand. I've pc gamed for years and generally the faster the connection the better the game quality. Ping and lag obviously make a difference, but that has more factors than your provider.

If your ping is over 45 you'll have a s**t gaming experience.

No :S just no

 

[olliewebbuk]

You'll get a slightly better ping time with a higher speed but it tails off after a certain speed any way. (I'll give you that fact that his router might be crap and causing issues too)

What the OP needs is a better ISP, one that doesn't do traffic shaping like Talkw**k.

Trust me, I have a degree in this s**t.

 

[Adam]

I love these threads.

Wireless from my MBP

VM are soon to roll out 100Mb in my area, FTW!

 

[SC03OTT]

What's the upload going to be on that? 10Mb/s?

 

[Adam]

Yeah

 

[Jonny1*2]

You'll get a slightly better ping time with a higher speed but it tails off after a certain speed any way. (I'll give you that fact that his router might be crap and causing issues too)

What the OP needs is a better ISP, one that doesn't do traffic shaping like Talkw**k.

Trust me, I have a degree in this s**t.

Fare enough pal. Router would be first choice. Guessing the op is running netgear

Only thing that's annoying with vm is that they reduce bandwidth at busy times. Really annoying

 

[SC03OTT]

Fare enough pal. Router would be first choice. Guessing the op is running netgear

Only thing that's annoying with vm is that they reduce bandwidth at busy times. Really annoying

It's annoying. But I look at it this way. Even with a 75% reduction, my speed is still 7.5Mb/s. Thats about 2.5x faster than an ADSL connection for me. I'm still quids in.

 

[Andy.]

20GB in under 30 minutes the other day. love it.

 

[Jonny1*2]

20GB in under 30 minutes the other day. love it.

What ISP/country is that? Impressive!!

 

[SC03OTT]

Netherlands by the looks of it.

 

[Andy.]

Yes. A cable connection In NL. The Dutchies do Internet pretty well.

 

[TimMB]

Not too shabby

 

[Nickson]

Pretty pants compared to some

 

[cava83]

Not too shabby

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Nice !!

 

[SnapMonkey]

BT Infinity FTW. This is as 'slow' as it gets, over 40Mbp at night.

 

[n2x]

:/

 

[M4rk182]

:/

that just takes the piss lol

 

[Gally]

My upload is pretty piss tbh. Rest is okay though on a basic plusnet package.

 

[olliewebbuk]

Pretty pants compared to some

Awesome ping though, so I wouldn't care.