Testing Internet Speeds and Capacity
Jeff Shultz
jeffshultz at wvi.com
Fri Nov 20 15:56:41 UTC 2009
shake righa wrote:
> Hi,
>
> how does one truly test internet speeds provided by your provider.
>
> Speed test sits give different results that one provided by the provider.
>
> Regards,
> Shake
>
Nice ISP's will put speed test software on their backbone so you can
test the speed of your circuit to the backbone.
Remember that the speed your provider quotes you is probably the full
throughput of the circuit. Some circuits, such as DSL ones, will read up
to 15% slower due to ATM circuit overhead.
--
Jeff Shultz
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