Internet Access and Speed in the Lakes Region

[PaugusBayFireFighter]

By Christmas Island
Metro Cast
Download Speed: 15.36 kbps
Upload Speed: 1.8 kbps
Latency: 50 ms
4/17/2014 6:01:08 AM

[Cindido]

Echo Point - Alton Bay
MetroCast
Download Speed: 16450 kbps (2056.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1644 kbps (205.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 18 ms
April 17, 2014 7:11:02 AM EDT

[Rusty]

In order to take the test I need to put in my street address. This would tie in my exact address to my IP number.

For some reason I don't want to do that. Don't know the exact reason, but I always thought my location and IP were kept private.

What do other people think about this?

[MAXUM]

Service providers dynamically assign IP addresses to their customers out of a huge pool of available addresses. Any place you visit on the internet can see where your coming from, or the gateway your going though as many providers will NAT out all their traffic. As a matter of fact some sites are able to determine your geographic location and adjust content on the fly just from the source address.

If you are concerned about privacy, this should be the least of your concerns!

[brk-lnt]

Originally Posted by MAXUM

Service providers dynamically assign IP addresses to their customers out of a huge pool of available addresses. Any place you visit on the internet can see where your coming from, or the gateway your going though as many providers will NAT out all their traffic. As a matter of fact some sites are able to determine your geographic location and adjust content on the fly just from the source address.

If you are concerned about privacy, this should be the least of your concerns!

Sort of.
While IP's are dynamically assigned, the average consumer device keeps its IP for 2 years or more if it stays constantly connected and in-use.

IP's can be sorted down to a geographic area with tools like this: http://ipinfo.io/ but *not* down to an individual street address.

I didn't put my real address in the tool either. I used 1 [My Street], that would be accurate to the node that feeds my street, and for any mapping purposes they want/need to do, more granular info than that won't be helpful.

Good data security is actually *really* hard to do, and lots of part-time developers think they understand encryption and security far more than they do in real life. My personal guess would be that the probability of this data getting accidentally released into the wild is fairly low, but the risk is fairly high. In other words, I'd wager that the people collecting this data probably suck at security, but the project is low profile enough that nobody is going to try to hack the data.

However, on the off change the data DOES get leaked, my IP address would only get you as far as my street, not my house.

[Rusty]

Originally Posted by brk-lnt

Sort of.
While IP's are dynamically assigned, the average consumer device keeps its IP for 2 years or more if it stays constantly connected and in-use.

IP's can be sorted down to a geographic area with tools like this: http://ipinfo.io/ but *not* down to an individual street address.

I didn't put my real address in the tool either. I used 1 [My Street], that would be accurate to the node that feeds my street, and for any mapping purposes they want/need to do, more granular info than that won't be helpful.

Good data security is actually *really* hard to do, and lots of part-time developers think they understand encryption and security far more than they do in real life. My personal guess would be that the probability of this data getting accidentally released into the wild is fairly low, but the risk is fairly high. In other words, I'd wager that the people collecting this data probably suck at security, but the project is low profile enough that nobody is going to try to hack the data.

However, on the off change the data DOES get leaked, my IP address would only get you as far as my street, not my house.

I agree with your comments. I did just about the same thing you did when I put the street info in.
My IP doesn't change very often. The webmaster of this forum could tell you how many times mine has changed since I've used "Rusty" as my username.

[codeman671]

Originally Posted by PaugusBayFireFighter

By Christmas Island
Metro Cast
Download Speed: 15.36 kbps
Upload Speed: 1.8 kbps
Latency: 50 ms
4/17/2014 6:01:08 AM

You must be using dial up with a 56k modem to get results that bad!

Must be a glitch.

[MAXUM]

Yeah I was just going to say I get better speed than that through my cell phone hot spot!

[patman]

It's interesting to note that I consistently get 15-20Mbps down and .9 up with http://www.speedtest.net but the NH one only shows 4-7Mbps down and .9 up.

It couldn't be that TW is gaming the speedtest.net results, could it? Naaw...

[HellRaZoR004]

Originally Posted by patman

It's interesting to note that I consistently get 15-20Mbps down and .9 up with http://www.speedtest.net but the NH one only shows 4-7Mbps down and .9 up.

It couldn't be that TW is gaming the speedtest.net results, could it? Naaw...

I noticed the same thing on my tablet last night with Comcast. I'll try it again tonight with a laptop and see if it changes...?

[bclaker]

Download 6.87 Mbps
Upload 1.68 Mbps
Metrocast
IP 69.161.114.68

[Rusty]

I took the test and it's just about the same as speedtest.net.

UNH:
Download Speed: 15461 kbps (1932.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1654 kbps (206.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 22 ms
Thursday, April 17, 2014 5:28:00 PM

Speedtest.net:
Download Speed: 16.93 Mbps
Upload Speed: 1.610 Mbps

[PaugusBayFireFighter]

Originally Posted by codeman671

You must be using dial up with a 56k modem to get results that bad!

Must be a glitch.

Here's what it read just now...

Last Result:
Download Speed: 15661 kbps (1957.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1648 kbps (206 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 52 ms
4/17/2014 7:13:13 PM

I don't know what any of the numbers really mean but I have no problem with my internet speed. I am very impatient and would go nuts if my speed was slow or lagged. I can get full wifi down to my docks (approx. 100 yds from my router). I hate metrocast and would love a reason to complain to them but I haven't had any issues with my internet for 2 years.
Do the new numbers look any better?

[codeman671]

Originally Posted by PaugusBayFireFighter

Here's what it read just now...

Last Result:
Download Speed: 15661 kbps (1957.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1648 kbps (206 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 52 ms
4/17/2014 7:13:13 PM

I don't know what any of the numbers really mean but I have no problem with my internet speed. I am very impatient and would go nuts if my speed was slow or lagged. I can get full wifi down to my docks (approx. 100 yds from my router). I hate metrocast and would love a reason to complain to them but I haven't had any issues with my internet for 2 years.
Do the new numbers look any better?

That is a much better reading than the other day. 1000 kb= 1mb, so you are downloading at 15.6mb/second. Your original reading as posted was 15.36 kb, so basically .015 mb/second which would be pathetic, unless there was a decimal point in the wrong place.