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[Kung Fu Monkey]

Country: US
State: Texas
Connection Type: DSL
Advertised Down/Up: 5Mb/768Kb
8mb Mark speed: 325KB
Use a DL Program?: No

 

[dullestbulb]

Country: U.S.A.
State: Michigan
Connection Type: Cable
Advertised Down/Up: 8mb/1mb
8mb Mark speed: Started 930KB and dropped down to 700KB
Use a DL Program?: Firefox only.

 

[Engineer]

Country: Latvia
State: -
Connection Type: DSL
Advertised Down/Up: 2.5MB
8mb Mark speed: went to 180 and gone down by 3kb/second
Use a DL Program?: no

 

[ColdFire]

Country: France
State: N/A
Connection Type: 20 mbits DSL
Advertised Down/Up: 20mbits down/1mbit up (really got up to 19 down
8mb Mark speed: 400kB/s (3.2mbit/s)
Use a DL Program?: Safari 4 beta PC and Firefox 3.5 beta 4

 

[MrAlBobo]

Country: Canada
State: Alberta
Connection Type: Cable (Shaw)
Advertised Down/Up: 10mb/s down 1mb/s up
8mb Mark speed: 225kB/s
Use a DL Program?: Ive yet to see a download accelerator work on this site

 

[AntonJ3000]

Country: Sweden
State:
Connection Type: ASDL
Advertised Down/Up: 12-24 Mbit/s down, 0.3-3 Mbit/s up *
Real Down/Up: 13 Mbit/s down, 0.8 Mbit/s up (That's like 1800kb/s max downloading)
8mb Mark speed: Started at 220kb/s, And peaked in around 340kb/s
Use a DL Program?: Nope

*The closer the telecommunications station you live, the faster broadband you get.
Even though I live extremely close to it, My speed is bad

 

[Gadget]

Country: Germany
State: Hessen
Connection Type: ADSL 6000
Advertised Down/Up: 432 kB/s | 56 kB/s
8mb Mark speed: average was at 240 KB/s, peak at 260 KB/s
Use a DL Program?: Just Opera Browser

 

[vikolyada]

Country: Russia
State: St. Petersburg
Connection Type: DOSICS
Advertised Down/Up: 4mb/2mb
8mb Mark speed: 320 kbit/s
Use a DL Program?: Firefox 3.0.10

 

[AWESOME-O]

Country: Holland
Province: Flevoland
Connection Type: ADSL, i believe ^^
Advertised Down/Up: How can i check this?
8mb Mark speed: 350kbit/s
Use a DL Program?: firefox

 

[dullestbulb]

Advertised Down/Up: How can i check this?

It's just whatever speeds your ISP claims you will get with their internet service. You can probably find it on your bill or just do a speedtest at speedtest.net or something. Basically the fasted speed of your internet.

 

[Loc_n_lol]

Country: France
Connection Type: ADSL, Wireless
Advertised Down/Up: Uknown, but speedtest says 3.72 Mb/s Down, 0.55 Mb/s up
8mb Mark speed: about 80 Kilo bytes/s, so 640 Kb/s
Use a DL Program?: Nope.

 

[Artesia]

Country:usa
State:NV
Connection Type:Cable
Advertised Down/Up:no clue
8mb Mark speed:200/kbs
Use a DL Program?:no

 

[Rotab]

Country: Sweden
State:
Connection Type: DSL
Advertised Down/Up: 8/1 (mbit)
8mb Mark speed: 498 kB/s
Use a DL Program?: No.

 

[ryodoan]

<code style="white-space: nowrap;"><code>Since I am at school currently, I will post again when I have arrived at home.

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Country: USA
State: Ohio
Connection Type: College Campus, probably fiber
Advertised Down/Up: </code></code><code style="white-space: nowrap;"><code>(F***ing fast)</code></code><code style="white-space: nowrap;"><code>
8mb Mark speed: 800 KB/s
Use a DL Program?: Negatory
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I have clocked downloads going in excess of 3 MB/s before while
on campus when downloading from sites like nVidia or Microsoft.
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[taraph75]

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Country: USA
State: AZ
Connection Type: Cable
Advertised Down/Up: 12MB/1.5MB
8mb Mark speed: 662
Use a DL Program?: no? I just clicked on it and clicked open.
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