GamerBlake90
Blue Blurs for Life!
My curiousity has finally overwhelmed me, so I turn to you all for answers.
When I first moved to Oklahoma City, we derived our Internet service from Cox Cable. After getting accustomed to it, I ran a speed test, and it showed that my connection had quite an impressive status...at A+ rank and faster than 95% of the country.
However, as time went on and I ran more speed tests, it started showing my connection at weaker statuses...eventually dropped below B-rank and 80%...now, it's dropped to this:
Last time I ran a speed test before the current one was back in December 7, 2012 so I could show it to Pig of the Hut. The result is below:
This has caused me concern in the sense that it could negatively affect my online experience. I suspect the following two possibilities:
1) My Internet connection has somehow gotten worse the longer we've had it, but is this even possible?
2) People in my region of the country are upgrading to connections that are just as good as when I had mine two years ago, if not even faster.
So...if anyone has answers...speak up.
Just to put this out there before you post, I've played on wireless Internet for quite a while (we have laptops so it's a necessity), if only because when I tried to wire to my new modem after first getting it, the online matches kept dropping randomly and my PS3 kept losing Internet service, so I went back to Wi-Fi. But just a few months ago, I tried wiring to the router instead and to my surprise, it registered as a wired connection all while keeping the wireless Internet active in the house. Since then, I've played while wired up.
TL;DR - I'm no Internet expert and I am in need of guidance.
When I first moved to Oklahoma City, we derived our Internet service from Cox Cable. After getting accustomed to it, I ran a speed test, and it showed that my connection had quite an impressive status...at A+ rank and faster than 95% of the country.
However, as time went on and I ran more speed tests, it started showing my connection at weaker statuses...eventually dropped below B-rank and 80%...now, it's dropped to this:
Last time I ran a speed test before the current one was back in December 7, 2012 so I could show it to Pig of the Hut. The result is below:
This has caused me concern in the sense that it could negatively affect my online experience. I suspect the following two possibilities:
1) My Internet connection has somehow gotten worse the longer we've had it, but is this even possible?
2) People in my region of the country are upgrading to connections that are just as good as when I had mine two years ago, if not even faster.
So...if anyone has answers...speak up.
Just to put this out there before you post, I've played on wireless Internet for quite a while (we have laptops so it's a necessity), if only because when I tried to wire to my new modem after first getting it, the online matches kept dropping randomly and my PS3 kept losing Internet service, so I went back to Wi-Fi. But just a few months ago, I tried wiring to the router instead and to my surprise, it registered as a wired connection all while keeping the wireless Internet active in the house. Since then, I've played while wired up.
TL;DR - I'm no Internet expert and I am in need of guidance.