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Speedtest says I have 753 Mbps down / 373 Mbps up. I found some pages on the internet saying that's good, but I think they might be old and internet speeds are getting faster all the time. Speedtest also says that it's "faster that 99% percent of US" but I know a lot of the US is rural and has really slow internet. So is that speed still good?
 
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There you go. The connection to San Fran is still good and better than most in the US. The FCC just made it a law that "High Speed Internet" is considered 25Mb down. Most people in the US have that and lower.
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Huh. Do you think Speedtest might be giving me the wrong results?

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It's not just the single test, most of them are between 650 and 800. That much variation makes me suspicious though.
 
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I was about to ask if you had Google Fiber and you just wanted to brag. I was going to give you the standard comment when someone announces they have GF.

You're at a university. You're going to have some of the best internet in the US. But, for a reliable test, choose a couple cities a few hundred miles away. That way you're making sure you leave your ISP's network. Inside an ISP network is always going to be faster than traversing across multiple providers.
 
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This is part of the university LAN, or a commercial account?

Overall, yes...that is indeed "faster than 99%"
 
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Good point. San Francisco gives me 54/16, New York gives me 236/69.
 
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This is the Ethernet hookup in my dorm.
 
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Right. So yes, typical for a good school or commercial LAN.
You can't compare this to residential commercial offerings.

But yes, that is quite good.
 
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There you go. The connection to San Fran is still good and better than most in the US. The FCC just made it a law that "High Speed Internet" is considered 25Mb down. Most people in the US have that and lower.
 
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