<p>What type of download and upload speeds do you guys get at USC? Also, is there a limit on how much bandwidth you can use per month?</p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I also have some questions about this. Do they allow you to run your own server(s)? or maybe a WAP? Can you use a router to connect more than one computer? There's probably a policy about this that is pretty much the same at all universities, but I'm not sure what it specifically is.</p>
<p>My friend, who graduated from USC a few years ago, says that ResNet (the Residential Network) is awesome.</p>
<p>Connectivity is good.</p>
<p>If you guys are asking this so you can know if you can download a ton of movie and songs illegally, I wouldn't reccomend it...they jsut sent out a thing to all students last week that said the riaa just asked for high bandwith user names.</p>
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they jsut sent out a thing to all students last week that said the riaa just asked for high bandwith user names
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<p>Haha...that sucks for those kids...</p>
<p>do they have wireless internet?</p>
<p>There's a map somewhere on the USC site that shows wireless coverage areas. I hope they have it in the dorms too...</p>
<p>Could someone who attends USC please go to this site and take the speed test and then reply back to this thread with the results?</p>
<p><a href="http://netspeed.stanford.edu/%5B/url%5D">http://netspeed.stanford.edu/</a></p>
<p>Thanks.</p>
<p>That page looks pretty technical, but I guess it would provide good results. Also on that page is a link to the DSLReports.com Speed Test. I use it all the time. I guess it would work for the USC network.</p>
<p><a href="http://speedtest.dslreports.com%5B/url%5D">http://speedtest.dslreports.com</a></p>
<p>The only reason I didnt link to dslreports speed test is because they're always busy so they may not be as accurate. I actually found the link to the speed test I posted from dslreports. I clicked on "307 speedtest sites ordered by location" and then found one that didnt look to be busy all the time.</p>
<p>There's also <a href="http://infospeed.verizon.net/%5B/url%5D">http://infospeed.verizon.net/</a> and <a href="http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/%5B/url%5D">http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/</a> that I try occasionally.</p>
<p>Out of curiosity, I did the test at Stanford's site twice. Here are the results so perhaps we could use them as a point of comparison. I use Verizon DSL.</p>
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running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 382.45Kb/s
running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 1.31Mb/s
Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem
Information: Other network traffic is congesting the link</p>
<p>running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 384.85Kb/s
running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 1.21Mb/s
Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem
Information: Other network traffic is congesting the link
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<p>Wow, intelliot, those are very impressive speeds. Are you on a business/premier package or something? I'm pretty sure their basic speeds are not that fast :p</p>
<p>Nope, it's the regular plan, I think it may have been 1.5 Mbps down/384 Kbps up. I'm actually considering cancelling because the service over the past few weeks has been terrible (outages). In the past few days, however, it's much improved. Maybe they were upgrading it. But what really bothers me is that they now give a free wireless router with all new signups. I currently have an 802.11b router (theirs is 802.11g), so I would like to get theirs.. maybe I can cancel and quickly sign up again. Looking at their site now, they've supposedly doubled the speed ot 3 Mbps (if you look at it this way, I'm getting less than half the claimed speed :) ).</p>
<p>Damn, I am going to miss my Optimum Online here in NY.</p>
<p>running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 882.61Kb/s
running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 4.77Mb/s</p>
<p>Runs my server nicely ;P</p>
<p>I wish USC would let us run servers, even if we need to get permission or something.</p>
<p>Isn't there overhead for bandwidth (minimum 10%)? In other words, 1500/384 advertised can only get 1350/350 or so in actual usage. So I have a problem with the upload reading. Anyways, you're lucky Elliot...free speed upgrade. I have DSLExtreme 1500/384.</p>
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running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 330.59Kb/s
running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 1.31Mb/s</p>
<p>running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 331.15Kb/s
running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 1.32Mb/s
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The Stanford readings are high compared to what I get normally using four or five different servers listed at DSL Reports.</p>
<p>From lax.speakeasy.net:</p>
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Speed test @ lax.speakeasy.net 1281/299 kbps
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<p>Haha, this is fun.</p>
<p>Lucky you xsabres9x. What kind of connection do universities have anyway? T3?</p>
<p>Shoot, we're behind...<a href="http://www.chiefexecutive.net/depts/technology/197a.htm%5B/url%5D">http://www.chiefexecutive.net/depts/technology/197a.htm</a></p>
<p>Oh, when I first saw intelliot's speed from the stanford link I thought it was in kiloBYTES and megaBYTES per second, but it's in kilobits and megabits.</p>
<p>I'm currently on Adelphia cable that's advertised at 4000/384 and I get around that...maybe a little slower at times, but still good enough.</p>
<p>I don't see all those fat pipes in Korea as a good thing. How is it affecting the culture? The youth?</p>
<p>Anyway, the technology may be part of the society in Korea, but that's due more to capitalism than technological innovation. It's also easier to do there because the area of the country is smaller and the population (maybe?) is more dense. All of the actual development and groundbreaking research is mostly done here in the US, in Silicon Valley and elsewhere..</p>
<p>In sweden they have an ISP named BBB (BredBandsBolaget) that offers fiber optical internet connection with speeds at 10/10 Mb/s for $40(USD) per month and speeds at 100/100 Mb/s for $75(USD) per month. I'm SO moving to Sweden!</p>
<p>Can you run servers on it? :) Also, I would be concerned about latency and reliability.</p>