i checked about a week ago and i was getting 1.7 Mbps. checked just a min ago and got -

Check mine (this is only through wireless G so i'll upload the wired one in a min)

Ok this is through my wired connection...


Lame

You're on the same as me now Mister Chicken

Suckz, but mine can be up to 10 mb somtimes
Edit:wireless btw

Wirless doesnt make a difference to internet speed

Yeah it does, wirelss G can go to a max of 54mb/s (as in mega bits not bytes)
And normal ethernet is max of 100mb/s
Thats the point of wireless N and Gigabit ethernet being 100mb/s and 1gb/s repectively.

So you're saying you have internet faster than 54mbps?

It doesnt matter how fast the net comes in from your ISP, if you only have wireless G stuff, it wont go any faster than it supports. Its like paying for 50 meg broadband but not having fibre optic cables to your house. Surely?

Wireless is slower than ethernet, sure, but your internet is considerably slower than wireless, so it makes feck all difference. Remember that internet speeds and network speeds are typically measured in the same units (Mbps). Your internet is running at about 0.5Mbps, apparently, which is 100 times slower than the wireless connection, so there is no chance of a wireless bottleneck.

Also, your metaphor is invalid, seeing as you have to buy either fibre-optic or phone line broadband, you don't just pick a speed and it comes over whatever you have. Heck, for most high speed broadband via phoneline you have to make sure your exchange supports the company you wish to use.

@Chicken - very nice, that's some good speed you got there.

enough said for highnam

Ok so i seem to be misinterpereting the speed thing, but i thought my comparison was rather good? Asuming that the exchange is compatible, you'd have to make all your stuff compatible too, seeing a s a normal ethernet isnt as quick as Gigabit ethernet and Fibre Optic?

You simply can't get a 50Mbps connection over a standard phone line, noone will sell that to you.

Also, a fibre optic internet connection (in the UK atleast) is slower than 100Mbps ethernet. I would say Wireless g too, as it technically is (I think, I don't actually look at super high speed internet, just gives me envy) but wireless speeds tend to be slower that stated depending on various factors.

So whats the point of Wireless N and Gigabit Ethernet?

For networking that doesn't use the internet. Copying files from pc a to pc b in your house you want as quick as possible, especially with the size of some files these days.

I see

Also, their range is better (yes, wired networks have a range).

What Si said is the primary reason, though, and Wireless-n is popular with people who have media PCs and want to stream HD content over their network.

Yeah, i know about the wired ranged and LAN stuff for N and Gigabit networks, i just got confused over net speed.
My laptop says its running at 54mbp/s and sometimes 48mbp/s thought that was the same as the 0.5 dload speed above.

Nope, that's your network speed, not your internet speed. The numbers are in the same units, and you laptop doesn't check your internet speed. As a point of interest, your network won't be able to transfer at the full 54Mbps, that's just tthe speed reported by the drivers as the connection type.

Wireless increases latency slightly.

Yeah i realise all that now skillers, ty

Only slightly, but for download speeds it makes no difference.

YOU JUST GOT PWNED <3

Wo thats good

My friend in Gloucester has 50.