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chevro1et



Joined: 01 Feb 2007
Location: Busan, ROK

PostPosted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 8:39 pm    Post subject: testing internet speed in korea Reply with quote

Just got internet hooked up in my apt today, and want to check my connection speeds (u/l and d/l). Anyone recommend a site? TIA.
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Demophobe



Joined: 17 May 2004

PostPosted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 11:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

http://www.numion.com/YourSpeed3/Select.php?Country=&Language=&Top100=0

http://speed.nia.or.kr/english/
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spliff



Joined: 19 Jan 2004
Location: Khon Kaen, Thailand

PostPosted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 12:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

zzzz...Got a really fast download but upload was somewhat below avg.
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chevro1et



Joined: 01 Feb 2007
Location: Busan, ROK

PostPosted: Tue Mar 13, 2007 6:34 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Got some crap numbers from numion:



But got some reasonable numbers from the San Francisco server on speakeasy.net:

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rocklee



Joined: 04 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 8:36 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Holy crap I download a TV episode around 170mb and it was done in half a minute!
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itaewonguy



Joined: 25 Mar 2003

PostPosted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 12:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I now download at 3000KBS I can get a 700mb movie in 2 minutes!!

It all depends on where you download from! and I got the best site for this! get anything you want! its like a non stop library and everything takes no less than 2 minutes hahahahaha
of course its a korean site! so im downloading locally..
basically its the site where everyone in YONGSAN pirate their stuff..

but yeah my internet connection is same as everyone elses i guess
1.5-10mb..
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skconqueror



Joined: 31 Jul 2005

PostPosted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:27 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

a pay one isnt it
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Hollywoodaction



Joined: 02 Jul 2004

PostPosted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Demophobe wrote:
http://www.numion.com/YourSpeed3/Select.php?Country=&Language=&Top100=0

http://speed.nia.or.kr/english/



Second link didn't work for me. I get my system is too secure for this apparently intrusive website.
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Hollywoodaction



Joined: 02 Jul 2004

PostPosted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 8:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

itaewonguy wrote:
I now download at 3000KBS I can get a 700mb movie in 2 minutes!!

It all depends on where you download from! and I got the best site for this! get anything you want! its like a non stop library and everything takes no less than 2 minutes hahahahaha
of course its a korean site! so im downloading locally..
basically its the site where everyone in YONGSAN pirate their stuff..

but yeah my internet connection is same as everyone elses i guess
1.5-10mb..


What site is that?
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crazy_arcade



Joined: 05 Nov 2006

PostPosted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 3:04 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

my results:

Download Speed: 12.4 Mbps (1.6 MB/s, 1,550,905.4 cps)
Upload Speed: 3.9 Mbps (482 kB/s, 481,786.0 cps)
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chevro1et



Joined: 01 Feb 2007
Location: Busan, ROK

PostPosted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:25 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Well, my torrents are hitting around 300 - 400 kbps, and no pay/ private trackers for me, so I am happy overall.
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blackjack



Joined: 04 Jan 2006
Location: anyang

PostPosted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:29 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

god i miss korean downloads, here in New Zealand i am maxing at 30 kbps yes 30. takes three hours to download one heroes (if i am lucky). And i am limited to 25gb per month (however with these speeds not to much of a problem) so enjoy your 700kbps+ speeds. Crying or Very sad
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rocklee



Joined: 04 Oct 2005
Location: Seoul

PostPosted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 6:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hahah you're watching that too.
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itaewonguy



Joined: 25 Mar 2003

PostPosted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:52 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

there are other alteratives too..
sites like folderplus.. where you are given 300GIG of free storage you can upload to that free storage to share with others, who can download it in minutes!!! so many people on there sharing there online storage!!
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skconqueror



Joined: 31 Jul 2005

PostPosted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 8:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

itaewonguy wrote:
there are other alteratives too..
sites like folderplus.. where you are given 300GIG of free storage you can upload to that free storage to share with others, who can download it in minutes!!! so many people on there sharing there online storage!!


So I will take this as either you dont want to tell us what website it is (cause it is a pay site) or you were talking out your a$$
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