I have fiber optic internet here in Japan and for about $50 USD per month it’s a pretty good deal for how fast it is. It’s cheaper than my old Comcast cable modem too. Sometimes it seems lightening fast, other times sites from the U.S. load slow but it could be on the other end and not the fault of my ISP. I tested my internet speed today and here are the results. My ISP said it’s a 100mbps line and I’m only getting 25 so I might change my provider to see what other options are like. Click the image to test your speed and feel free to post the results here!
i think mine said 11 ms
I get about the same as you (Hikari/Asahi.net) Not the 100 promised, but still fast:)
Nice, looks like we’re all cruising along
Interesting. My server is also Yokohama (distance ~250 mi), my ISP is also NTT and my download is about 21,946 kb/s but my upload is a sluggish 5,835 kb/s. Maybe my upload speed is affected because I’m on wireless (computer upstairs, wireless thingy downstairs!). :shrug:
Nick - Wireless and wired do make a difference. My wireless connection shows 10,000 kb/s down, 4,000 kb/s up and I’m right next to the 54G wireless router. From what I read a year ago, online… at some random website… which I can’t remember… I think wireless routers limit the internet speed because of how the device works. I’ve had about 4 routers in the last year and the results were always the same on speed tests.
My speeds was only 2600 download and 800 upload… Too slow!
Yeah, but what Mike didn’t say is he complains every month to his ISP about the speed, so they keep giving him month after month of free service!
Here is a link to mine. I roll wireless as well.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/242787617.png
Nick and Mike - Mike gets free internet? NICE!
The House of Husar - Looks like what I was getting from Comcast.
Yes, nothing too special on the speed on this end.
I get absolutely abysmal speed. I can’t wait until I move this summer…
I am here in the United States, and just wanted to say I envy the internet in Japan. I pay a LOT for what i get, and i have much faster than the average in the US which is only about 2,000 kb/s.
You get it for a fraction of what i pay, and faster
Also that test shows 79 ms latency but i typically get 9 ms - 20
Hmm, did your ISP say megaBITS or megaBYTES per second? They usually say megabits, to make it sound faster. But I wouldn’t be complaining - if you want slow, come to Australia - they still call 256kbps “broadband” here. I have ADSL2 at about 20000kbps, with 800kbps uploads, and that’s pretty much the fastest we can get. So much for a developed country.
liz - Good luck with your move!
Charlie - I fixed the image. And yeah, I can’t believe I pay the same in Japan as I did in the U.S. but I get fiber here.
Tim - I think it’s megabytes. And they call 512kbps broadband in the U.S. (doh!). I have family members that use 56k dialup still.
I have 1Mbit connection for 35$.
25MB/sec, you gotta be joking. XD
The ISP in Japan quote megabits so at 100megabits you are actually getting about 8 megabytes or so…at least I think it calculates like that .
Also ping times vary from minute to minute and time of day will also show wildly different test results.
Cable companies here in Japan have just started pushing 160 megabit speeds and vdsl to house is now being rolled out at 1gigabit with 2 and three gigabit set to go within three years. Japan internet as is most of asia is based on an all you can eat plan… ie flat fee for a given speed. With speed test net you should always run multiple tests at different times of the day.
I just signed up with NTT B-Flets primarily b/c of it’s promise of 100 Mbps speeds. I’ve been testing on Speedtest tonight - the best download was 51,745 Kbps and an average upload of only 7367 Kbps.
Telco companies the world over are full of it!
I am in Qatar and i have the fastest connection over here………..
The download rate is 574kb/s and upload rate is 126kb/s……
What can i do? It’s the fastest they offer….
You will NEVER see your full 100 mbps unless you operate your own private server with its own private connection. ALL servers limit the speed you can use with them.
For most the most part its is usually 3mbits. Free downloading services usually offer up to 10mbits. Paid downloading servers can give you about 25mbits.
You gotta share with other internet users you know