[Rainger99]

I heard about this on the radio. Florida is trying to improve internet speed throughout the state and they are asking people to test their speed.

Office of Broadband - FloridaJobs.org

http://fasterflorida.org/

My download speed is 218
My upload speed is 11
My latency is 35 ms (no idea what that means)
My retransmission is 3.88% (no idea what that means)

[rjm1cc]

When I had 5 for download I could stream movies with a little buffering some times.
I now have 35 (min was increased) and rarely do I have a buffering issue.
Normally only one item is using the internet at a time.
Thus the slow speed works fine for me.

[retiredguy123]

My speeds:

Download, 722 mbps
Upload, 24 mbps

[Rainger99]

Originally Posted by retiredguy123

My speeds:

Download, 722 mbps
Upload, 24 mbps

WOW! Who do you use? And what does it cost?

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Rainger99

WOW! Who do you use? And what does it cost?

Xfinity. It is listed as $99 per month, but it is part of a bundle that applies additional discounts. I started out at 100 mbps, but they keep increasing it when I renew for no additional cost. The service is now supposed to be up to 600 mbps.

[Hape2Bhr]

Also know that test speed will be limited by the device it is being tested on. My Galaxy 10e phone tests around 350 mbps; while my old HP laptop is only around 50mbps.

[Arctic Fox]

Make sure that you are testing on a device that is connected directly, not wirelessly via the modem.

[OrangeBlossomBaby]

I use speedtest.net by Oookla to check my connection stats, which is probably what Florida uses (as do most internet service providers).

Your latency is also known as ping rate. It's measured in milliseconds (ms). It is the measure of how long it takes for a packet (a little bit of data your computer sends/receives) to bounce to its destination. Less than a tenth of a second (99ms or less) is expected, less than half that (50ms) is good, less than a quarter of that (25 or less) is optimal. 1000 milliseconds is 1 second.

I'm at 24ms with the destination being some Summit Broadband server in Orlando (speedtest picks the random server, but you can check any available server available in the network). To compare:

Sending a packet to a "Gigabit Minnesota" server in Rosemount MN returns 55ms just to get there. But once I'm there, the data stream is pretty good: 90.21 mbps download, and 12.01 upload.

Sendind a packet to the Whitesky Communications server in Orlando returns 41ms ping (latency), 91.84mbps download, 12.05mbps upload. The upload speed is excellent. Ping is unimpressive, it's probably a very small server in a dusty old CO somewhere.

Compare a third time with a CenturyLink server in Orlando: 26ms, which is what you should expect, and excellent. 93.11 down, 11.98 up.

I have an Xfinity wifi service, no cable TV, with up to 100 down and 12 up. If my download speed is under 85, then something is wrong (or I'm checking from my tablet outside on the patio).

[Golfer222]

Using 5G wifi will dramatically increase speed as well- need to be fairly close to router though as distance not as good as non-5G

[Keefelane66]

I'm out of state and share internet with 3 neighbors. One provides Internet connection and we provide streaming service. Homes are approx 100 feet apart. Wireless connection 150 mbps latency 15ms absolutely NO issues.
The wifi modem provided by the cable company is not the greatest but we use an Air 4920 Airties Smart Wi-Fi Extended we have been doing this for the past 3 summers.

[Arctic Fox]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

100 milliseconds is 1 second.

1,000 - OBB

[Stu from NYC]

Originally Posted by Arctic Fox

1,000 - OBB

We have 200 upload which is fast enough for what we do.

[Michael G.]

Sometimes you can over buy internet speeds.
If your system is older high speed wouldn't do much good.

[mrf0151]

Originally Posted by Golfer222

Using 5G wifi will dramatically increase speed as well- need to be fairly close to router though as distance not as good as non-5G

When you say close, how close are you talking.

[retiredguy123]

Originally Posted by Michael G.

Sometimes you can over buy internet speeds.
If your system is older high speed wouldn't do much good.

That is why you should test your internet speed. Easy peasy.