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What's your Connection Speed?

Can you watch HD videos online without buffering?

  • Yes, HD works fine. ~-~

    Votes: 8 57.1%

  • No, HD takes a long time to load. ^^;

    Votes: 5 35.7%

  • No, my computer is slow. ><

    Votes: 1 7.1%
  • Total voters
    14
Feb 5, 2013 at 10:00 PM
X-Calibar
X-Calibar
Indie game enthusiast
"What is a man!? A miserable pile of secrets! But enough talk, have at you!"
Join Date: Apr 18, 2006
Location: Forever wandering the tower...!
Posts: 1791
Pronouns: he/him
I was looking at livestream today, trying to find a balance of video quality vs download speed required to watch; and I started wondering what kind of connection do most people have?

This speedtest site should work for everyone's location :
http://www.speedtest.net/

What's your result?

Here's mine :
D/l 21.11 Mb/s
U/l 2.30 Mb/s
ping : 16 ms
 
Feb 5, 2013 at 10:13 PM
trickybilly
trickybilly
Hyperbolic
"What're YOU lookin' at?"
Join Date: Jul 10, 2009
Location:
Posts: 1004
Age: 40
Pronouns: he/him
I can watch 720p videos fluently on Youtube, but 1080p need buffering.
 
Feb 5, 2013 at 10:23 PM
duncathan
duncathan
Been here way too long...
Discord Group Admin
Org Discord Moderator
"Life begins and ends with Nu."
Join Date: Oct 18, 2011
Location:
Posts: 2337
Up: 4500kbps (that's like a bit better than 512 KB/s)
Up: 700kbps (almost 100KB/s)
This is when I'm at the best connection speed. Pretty soon though I might get wonderful speeds of 200mbps down and like 80 mbps up.
 
Feb 5, 2013 at 11:05 PM
CookedChef
CookedChef
THE suus
"Keep on rollin'!"
Join Date: May 14, 2012
Location: yeah
Posts: 400
Age: 25
Upload speed: 0.98 mbps
Download speed: 15.11 mbps
Ping: 133 ms




WHY
 
Feb 6, 2013 at 1:07 AM
Tpcool
Tpcool
Tommy Thunder
Discord Group Admin
Org Discord Moderator
"Run, rabbit run. Dig that hole, forget the sun."
Join Date: Jan 24, 2011
Location: New Westminster, BC
Posts: 1368
Age: 28
Pronouns: ㅤ


I guess that's alright. I seem very middle of the road compared to most people. Works for me!
 
Feb 6, 2013 at 6:27 AM
C
Carrotlord
Not anymore
"Run, rabbit run. Dig that hole, forget the sun."
Join Date: Jan 28, 2010
Location: Internet
Posts: 1369
Age: 35
Pronouns: he/him
I totally cheat by using my college's internet, which is like Silicon Valley-style high speed internet.
When I go back home to my permanent residence, the Internet starts to suck as per usual... sigh...
 
Feb 6, 2013 at 9:19 AM
S
Shane
The Eternal Darkness
"Wacka-Wacka-Wacka-Wacka-Wacka-Wacka-Wacka-Wacka-BLEIUP"
Join Date: Feb 12, 2012
Location: The Enemy of the Truth
Posts: 314
Age: 109
Pronouns: he/him
Ping: 53ms
Download Speed: 0.12 Mbps
Upload Speed: 0.14 Mbps

...

Oh shipwrecksauce :eek:
That's much slower than when I did it at 26 October 2012!

Ping: 53ms
Download Speed: 0.16 Mbps
Upload Speed: 0.18 Mbps
Click to expand...
Maybe that's why I'm forced to use a proxy server to access these forums? I'm just guessing.
 
Feb 6, 2013 at 11:51 AM
DoubleThink
DoubleThink
Bonds that separate us
Forum Administrator
"Life begins and ends with Nu."
Join Date: Aug 20, 2006
Location:
Posts: 2863
Age: 34
Pronouns: he/him

Woo time for another one of these



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Since I got this new interweb two years ago, my download woes have (mostly) disappeared, but I can still only barely stream :< At least there's some fibre optic network rolled out nearby, if not quite where I live and won't be for a while yet.



Digging through my GG2 Forum posts found me this, which is what I had for several years prior (or going back even further, dial-up).
 
Feb 6, 2013 at 5:14 PM
Kanpatchi
Kanpatchi
Senior Member
"This is the greatest handgun ever made! You have to ask yourself, do I feel lucky?"
Join Date: Feb 4, 2012
Location: Somewhere
Posts: 117
Age: 26
Pronouns: she/her


Cable is good.
 
Feb 6, 2013 at 10:18 PM
WoodenRat
WoodenRat
Pirate Member
"Heavy swords for sale. Suitable for most RPG Protagonists. Apply now!"
Join Date: Dec 26, 2007
Location: Lithuania
Posts: 1946
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Feb 8, 2013 at 6:30 PM
X-Calibar
X-Calibar
Indie game enthusiast
"What is a man!? A miserable pile of secrets! But enough talk, have at you!"
Join Date: Apr 18, 2006
Location: Forever wandering the tower...!
Posts: 1791
Pronouns: he/him
Just wanted to say thanks everyone for sharing your results!
I was actually surprised to find that speeds were really decent all around.

I think I'll pick the high quality bitrate livestream, and lower it on request :D
 
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