Re: pmj - help re 6.9 Mbits/sec

"sam" <sam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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pmj Posted...
Lurker Posted...

(90 MB in) 15 mins - Some people don't know how lucky they are!

LOL!
:-)

Yep, but I think maybe sam was wondering about it, cos his ADSL
Modem is *Synchronising* at 6.9 mbps, yet his actual Download
Speed was (only?) about 100 KBytes/Sec - well under (or less
than 1/4 of) the theoretical capacity/capability of it.

That's exactly it, pmj.Thank you very much for your help.
Also FN - I logged on to the test site you recommend to find
I was downloading at 2980kbits/sec.,far short of the synch speed.

Yep, but that 2980 kbits/Sec is only about 1/2 (as opposed to 1/4)
of the *theoretical (rated) Capacity, so that's a lot better.

Still, it's all relative and things seem to be much faster now.

You could (if you have nothing better to do! <g>)

Try running some of those "Speed Test" things (or Downloading other
(real, practical) stuff in *parallel* - in other words both at once.
That way (especially if you choose stuff from different Servers),
it will utilise (& thus measure) more of *your* available Bandwidth,
rather than just measuring the capabilities & Bandwidth of just the
one Server (& Route to it)...

Try these...
http://speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/speedtest.swf
http://www.giganews.com/flash/speedtest_v3.swf?path=/cgi-bin/config.cgi%3fhash

Those are links to the actual MacroMedia ShockWave Flash Applet thingy,
that does the Speed Test, rather than to the Web Pages that the Applets
are on.

Open them *both* up (or Open, say, the GigaNews one *twice*)
in 2 separate Browser Windows (put the Browser windows Side by
Side (or one above the other), so that you can see them both & then
press the [Start Test] Buttons on each (both) of them & look at the
DownLoad Speed that it shows for both of them (*while* they are both
Downloading).

Remember your Bandwidth will be being shared between them both,
so add up the 2 figures (while they are running) & you will
get a pretty reasonable guide to the *actual* Speed (Bandwidth)
that your Connection has (at the time that you do it) & that will
also (very clearly) show you (especially with the GigaNews test)
how much difference there is between the Speeds that different
Servers (& Networks) can actually *Send* stuff at!

Thanks everyone for your help.
... ... and don't go away,I've just downloaded a beta version
of Vista.

LOL!!!

Simple Sam will be seeking more support ere long, I suspect.

Yep - M$ windoze Vista is going to introduce a whole *load*
of interesting problems!
:-)

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pmj



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