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one of my M$ friends is on 56k (it actually never goes about 28.8k tho.) poor fella.
IMHO, Speedtest.net is not an accurate prediction of your bandwidth over time.
For example, I just DL'ed Mac OS 9.2.1 update which is 82MB. It took 76 seconds. This translates to a 1.08MBps or 8.63Mbps rate.
My ADSL line is rated at about 45Mbps. As usual with ADSL, the actual speed is much less than advertised.
In this case, Speedtest.net indicates a 5,499kbps which is not near the 8,631kbps rate that I am actually getting.
YMMV.
That is why I recommend DL'ing the Mac OS 9.2.1 update or some other large file (at least 60MB in size) and time it. That will give you a more accurate reading of your actual speed at that time.
For example, I just DL'ed Mac OS 9.2.1 update which is 82MB. It took 76 seconds. This translates to a 1.08MBps or 8.63Mbps rate.
My ADSL line is rated at about 45Mbps. As usual with ADSL, the actual speed is much less than advertised.
In this case, Speedtest.net indicates a 5,499kbps which is not near the 8,631kbps rate that I am actually getting.
YMMV.
That is why I recommend DL'ing the Mac OS 9.2.1 update or some other large file (at least 60MB in size) and time it. That will give you a more accurate reading of your actual speed at that time.
yes i agree. i have found that downlaoding from apples web site is THE ONLY website that i can get my full download speed. i can hit about 850kbytesps-900kbytesps where most other sites i just get 150-300. this is probably because apple has the internet and server capacity to give me that connection.
speedtest probably also get a massive hit count whenever you run a test so there would be extra latency and whatnot in that.
I've also seen it work in reverse where a site such as Speedtest.net says you get a 10Mbps DL speed when in reality you get something like 100kbps which is not even close.
That is why I rarely use such sites because I do not trust their results compared to real world file transfers.
Good point about Apple's serves as well. They are fast.
Dorm speed.
I pull 3megs all the time. Dunno why the speed test says otherwise.
depends on the speedtest.net server load at the time most likely.
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here's mine:
Last Result:
Download Speed: 14513 kbps (1814.1KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 944 kbps (118 KB/sec transfer rate)
Last Result:
Download Speed: 14513 kbps (1814.1KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 944 kbps (118 KB/sec transfer rate)
Download Speed: 4282 kbps
Upload Speed: 298 kbps
I'm firing my ISP. Compared to some of the other speeds posted my isp is crap.
Upload Speed: 298 kbps
I'm firing my ISP. Compared to some of the other speeds posted my isp is crap.
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