Re: Dependable Broadband Speed Tests
- From: Neon John <no@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2007 03:29:31 -0400
On Sat, 15 Sep 2007 23:30:02 -0500, Bob Giddings <bobg@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
I tried it. Got successive download speeds of 155, 724, and 631.
Then I cleared the cache just in case, and got 577.
This is useless. Either my actual throughput grossly varies by
the minute, or the test is flawed.
I tried Bob Hatch's site, and got successive down load speeds of
365, 516, and 599. These numbers are all over the place.
I think that you're seeing actual variation in thruput that large. I saw the same
thing on my Sprint service. I think that this is reflecting the fact that internet
data has the lowest priority on the network, far below voice, video and other
real-time services. The instantaneous bandwidth of high QoS services such as voice
and video can vary that rapidly and widely. That data has to go through or the video
jerks and the voice gets interrupted. Internet data has to take what's left.
As is usual with scumbag cellphone companies, they promise more and deliver less. No
surprise.
John
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