Wanna check your speed??? - Montana Owners Club

Glenn and Lorraine · 08-17-2006, 01:15 PM

No No it's got nuttin to do with your TV.

It's gotta do with the online speed test of your Internet connection.

Speed Test

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with the Duramax/Allison Combo and Firestone Ride-Rite air bags
to drag around our 2004 Montana 2955RL 32'
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indy roadrunner · 08-17-2006, 01:24 PM

Man I hope I don't get a ticket. I just got clocked at 1960 kbps bandwidth at 1.91 mbps.

Phill & Gladys
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06 Montana 3400RL
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Ozz · 08-17-2006, 03:33 PM

Mine does not read....figures.
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Ozz

'07 3400RL 2nd RTU
2 Golf Cart batteries 3,000 watt inverter, automatic transfer switch
Honda 2000 Generator, Maytag's with 220 Dryer
Stationary domed Sat. dish, LCD 12 Volt Amp gauge, LCD Tank Monitor
3 added 120 volt outlets, On Board Air; 12 Volt Viair 450C compressor
2006 Ford PSD 4x4 Off Road Lariat, Hadley Air Horns, Truck inverter with 110 volts: laptop, Color Backup Camera, Awning lock

5rvers · 08-17-2006, 03:56 PM

You can also try this one: http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
It gives you your download and upload speed.

Lou, Judie & Gang
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2000 F450 XLT DRW, CC, PSD
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20K Reese Hitch w/Bed Saver
ISSPRO Gauges
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c5racer · 08-17-2006, 04:10 PM

I got 2.58 mbps on Glenn's site and 2.97 mbps on the other. Wish my truck was that fast.

04 Silver Dodge Laramie QC 3500 DRW, HO Diesel, 2wd, 6spd, LB, 4.10, Sport pkg, Bun warmers, Jake.

2004 Big Sky 3670RL, Fireplace, Sat Dish/Dig Readout, Cent Vac, Big Sky & Value Pkg, 2 Fantastic Fans, Basement Tray, Safety Glass, 2 Batts, Pressure Pro

Ozz · 08-17-2006, 05:30 PM

5rvers,
That worked, I got 715 and 120. Which doesn't mach any one else's. ???

'07 3400RL 2nd RTU
2 Golf Cart batteries 3,000 watt inverter, automatic transfer switch
Honda 2000 Generator, Maytag's with 220 Dryer
Stationary domed Sat. dish, LCD 12 Volt Amp gauge, LCD Tank Monitor
3 added 120 volt outlets, On Board Air; 12 Volt Viair 450C compressor
2006 Ford PSD 4x4 Off Road Lariat, Hadley Air Horns, Truck inverter with 110 volts: laptop, Color Backup Camera, Awning lock

txkrumm · 08-17-2006, 06:49 PM

Glenn, you always come up with the best stuff!

Steve and Tara Krumm
2004 GMC 4X4 Duramax Allison
2003 Montana 3655 FL

Ozzie · 08-18-2006, 02:58 AM

Ozz...your speeds are roughly what you signed up for with your Internet Service Provider (ISP). They are also subject to geography, such as number of hops between you and them, and amount of current traffic. My speeds vary quite a bit depending on those conditions.

Another place I like to test speeds at:

http://www.dslreports.com/stest

They have few different ones on the same page.

Fun test Glenn...hope I don't flunk...

327RKS

Driftwoodgal · 08-18-2006, 03:23 AM

Mine had a tortise instead of numbers......

Does that give you a clue as to my dialup speed LOL?

Living in the country has its good points and then its bad points. I just love it when Verizon sends me a flyer in my bill asking me to subscribe to DSL..... they don't have it in our area.

Colleen

Wifeofdano · 08-18-2006, 03:34 AM

Glenn, On your test mine showed 1.93 mbps / 1975.6 kbps / 246.95 KB/sec
On 5rvers it showed Download 2753 kbps / Upload 296 kbps / 344.1 KB/sec
Is this good ? I still don't understand how computers really work. LOL.

Lisa alias Wife of Dano
2006 3000RK
1998 Mustang GT
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jpbcny · 08-18-2006, 03:45 AM

Showed Speed as 4.67 Mbps
Supposedly on a 5 Mbps Download Connection (Road Runner)
So thats about as good as it gets.

JP

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Glenn and Lorraine · 08-18-2006, 05:03 AM

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by Wifeofdano

Glenn, On your test mine showed 1.93 mbps / 1975.6 kbps / 246.95 KB/sec
On 5rvers it showed Download 2753 kbps / Upload 296 kbps / 344.1 KB/sec
Is this good ? I still don't understand how computers really work. LOL.

Don't feel to bad about not understanding these tests. I've done these tests for years and evrytime I get a different speed. It's just like Ozzie said "They are also subject to geography, such as number of hops between you and them, and amount of current traffic. My speeds vary quite a bit depending on those conditions." I only posted it so you can get a rough idea of your speed. Do it again this evening and than again about 3AM and there should be a change as there is a lot less traffic on the WWW at 3AM than at 8PM.

sreigle · 08-18-2006, 07:19 AM

2097.2 kbps on our rv park's wifi system. And it seems a bit slower right now than it normally is.

See another Montana or Mountaineer on the road? Flash lights twice, it might be one of us!
Steve Reigle (pronounced Regal)
Fulltiming since 3/21/03
'03 3295RK
'05 Ford F250 SD Lariat CC SB 6.0L PSD/TS FX4 4x4

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Ozz · 08-18-2006, 10:38 AM

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by Ozzie

Ozz...your speeds are roughly what you signed up for with your Internet Service Provider (ISP). They are also subject to geography, such as number of hops between you and them, and amount of current traffic. My speeds vary quite a bit depending on those conditions.

Another place I like to test speeds at:

http://www.dslreports.com/stest

They have few different ones on the same page.

Thanks for responding to my ???, you are a nice guy.
Ozz

Fun test Glenn...hope I don't flunk...

327RKS

'07 3400RL 2nd RTU
2 Golf Cart batteries 3,000 watt inverter, automatic transfer switch
Honda 2000 Generator, Maytag's with 220 Dryer
Stationary domed Sat. dish, LCD 12 Volt Amp gauge, LCD Tank Monitor
3 added 120 volt outlets, On Board Air; 12 Volt Viair 450C compressor
2006 Ford PSD 4x4 Off Road Lariat, Hadley Air Horns, Truck inverter with 110 volts: laptop, Color Backup Camera, Awning lock

Longwell · 08-18-2006, 05:23 PM

I'm pretty sure my results are very good, since I'm on cable internet.
On Glenn's ACS I got 87.15 Mbps initial, download @ 10.89 Mbps, and final was 89,240.5 kbps.
On Speakeasy I got download @ 4,673 kbps and upload @ 473 kbps.
All I know is I don't wait very long, usually.
I'll have a big adjustment when we hit the road, I'm sure.

Larry

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Ozzie · 08-25-2006, 05:51 AM

Quote:

quote:Originally posted by 5rvers

You can also try this one: http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
It gives you your download and upload speed.

I just signed up for a faster service with my ISP and they sent me to Speakeasy for testing, saying it was the better choice.

327RKS

adelmoll · 08-25-2006, 06:55 AM

Ok, tell me what I did wrong. On Glenn's test mine read 41527.8 kbps and the red line went all the way across the page.

On Speakeasy it said 491 kbps download and 59 upload

Helen

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Ozzie · 08-25-2006, 07:16 AM

The ISP tech was just out to our house...and he recommended PCPitstop over Speakeasy. I guess different strokes for different folks, but this guy was a definite geek (that's a good term in puter language).

http://pcpitstop.com/internet/BandwidthResults.asp

Those tests are very subjective adelmoll, I wouldn't take any single site too seriously. But if you see a trend across different sites I would tend to believe them.

I just signed up for a higher speed promo and my own testing indicated something was wrong. I had the ISP send someone out and he corrected some wiring along with a new cable modem.
My speeds are now in spec and everyone is happy.

327RKS

Fordzilla · 08-25-2006, 08:43 AM

This is what I got from Glens site. Looks pretty impressive. Not sure it is acurate though.

Your current bandwidth reading is:

387.10 Mbps

which means you can download at 48.39 MB/sec. from our servers.

28.8 kbps dial-up
33.6 kbps dial-up
53.3 kbps dial-up
64 kbps ISDN
128 kbps ISDN
256 kbps DSL
768 kbps DSL
1000 kbps DSL
1500 kbps DSL/T1
396387.1 kbps YOU

Ron & Melinda Rosewall
Marcus, Iowa
'06 F350 DRW King Ranch 4x4, diesel pulling machine.
'04 3685FL, Fireplace, Cent Vac, Fantastic Fan, Safety Glass, 2nd A/C, Slide out awnings.

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sreigle · 08-25-2006, 10:23 AM

Adelmoll, if you look closely, most likely one of those is kBps and the other kbps. Note the B vs the b. b is bits and B is bytes. A B (byte) is roughly 8 b's (bits). So you would expect kbps to be roughly 8 times the kBps reading.

It would be similar to saying you type 80 words per minute. In typing, a word is 5 characters. Another site might say your typing rate is 400, meaning 400 characters per second.

See another Montana or Mountaineer on the road? Flash lights twice, it might be one of us!
Steve Reigle (pronounced Regal)
Fulltiming since 3/21/03
'03 3295RK
'05 Ford F250 SD Lariat CC SB 6.0L PSD/TS FX4 4x4

Our RV Travels (now Firefox-compatible)

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