[ale] 10M service

[Jerry Yu]

comcast HSI.
I downloaded OpenOffice 2.0.2 this morning (104M) and got ~710KBps.
so, I guess the 6Mbps is real :)

On 5/27/06, Geoffrey <esoteric at 3times25.net> wrote:
> Jerry Yu wrote:
> > hmmmm... tests from dslreports.com links (speakeasy & megapath ) gives
> > only 2.2Mbps/350kbps, while  http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ gives
> > 6Mbps/350kbps, using servers in Atlanta and in DC. So, for speakeasy
> > tests, where came the discrepancy?
>
> who is your service with?  Seems to me that the dslreports tests appear
> to be more comprehensive.  That is, they take longer, and it make
> multiple transfers.  The speakeasy tests appear to test a single
> transfer in each direction.  I get the following:
>
> service rate:   3000/384
>
> speakeasy:      2870/304
> dslreports:     2628/300
>
> Not exactly the same, but pretty darn close.
>
> --
> Until later, Geoffrey
>
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