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Hey smax013! Yes I also read that the East coast servers are faster from a download point of view.If you try the other site that I mentioned,http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest?more=1, you should see a difference in both your numbers,on the up side.
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Posted 08 November 2007 - 11:16 PM
Hey ddms70! Thank You for participating in this discussion. This is the kind of info I was hoping to generate. Letting people know about what they are paying for and maybe getting a better deal in the process.And of course all the other information that was brought forward by our generous members.Thank You ddms70.
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Posted 08 November 2007 - 11:25 PM
Hey spike! You are not giving up that easily are you. There should be enough info on how to! Why don't you just write in your results. You would make me very happy if you would.Thankx spike!
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Posted 09 November 2007 - 05:00 AM
Flashorn said:
Hey smax013! Yes I also read that the East coast servers are faster from a download point of view.If you try the other site that I mentioned,www.dslreports.com/speedtest?more=1, you should see a difference in both your numbers,on the up side.
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Yes...dslreports (which is also known now as broadbandreports.com) is where I typically test my speed if I want to do such a thing.
My point is that it is not really the servers, but the network path that you take. When you sign up for broadband service, the connection speed that your ISP quotes to you is in theory only really for you main connection to their main local switching point where they join up with the Internet backbone, etc. From there, your speed is ENTIRELY dependent on the various networks, switches, etc that you must pass through to get to your destination. Think of it as like a flight between two places that is a non-stop flight. The overall speed of your flight is dependent on how fast you can get in and out of the various airports at your stops. And distance is not necessiarly a factor. Case in point, when I tested my speeds, the closest server resulted in the slowest download speeds for me.
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Posted 09 November 2007 - 05:17 AM
Good grief!! Where are you getting all that speed? :-)
Not to shabby!
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Not to shabby!
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Posted 09 November 2007 - 07:49 AM
Hi Spike. I edited the url you posted within your earlier post. Am I reading your results correctly, 10101kbps Download - 958kbps Upload?
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Posted 09 November 2007 - 08:03 AM
:D I removed everything but the actual url and then I put an exclamation point before and after the url.
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Posted 09 November 2007 - 11:43 AM
Hey smax013! So, if I'm reading you correctly, being behind a Proxy would definitely affect your speed.Yes I tested my connection passing thru Japan and it resulted in half of what I'm getting now.Thank You for these clarifications. Even though this is just a little R&R I'm sure all of your info will benifit anyone who were wondering why , where and how all of this affects their connection. Again Thank You.
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Yes...dslreports (which is also known now as broadbandreports.com) is where I typically test my speed if I want to do such a thing.
My point is that it is not really the servers, but the network path that you take. When you sign up for broadband service, the connection speed that your ISP quotes to you is in theory only really for you main connection to their main local switching point where they join up with the Internet backbone, etc. From there, your speed is ENTIRELY dependent on the various networks, switches, etc that you must pass through to get to your destination. Think of it as like a flight between two places that is a non-stop flight. The overall speed of your flight is dependent on how fast you can get in and out of the various airports at your stops. And distance is not necessiarly a factor. Case in point, when I tested my speeds, the closest server resulted in the slowest download speeds for me.
My point is that it is not really the servers, but the network path that you take. When you sign up for broadband service, the connection speed that your ISP quotes to you is in theory only really for you main connection to their main local switching point where they join up with the Internet backbone, etc. From there, your speed is ENTIRELY dependent on the various networks, switches, etc that you must pass through to get to your destination. Think of it as like a flight between two places that is a non-stop flight. The overall speed of your flight is dependent on how fast you can get in and out of the various airports at your stops. And distance is not necessiarly a factor. Case in point, when I tested my speeds, the closest server resulted in the slowest download speeds for me.
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Hi, smax. I agree with you about the network path. My Speedtest shows San Francisco, when I know that my ISP switching point is much closer (less than 20 miles) to where I live. Oh well.
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Posted 09 November 2007 - 01:59 PM
This is interesting. It'll be even more so if I get this thing in here. I didn't use the recommended server ( Washington D.C. 110 Mi. ) but used Atanta Ga. !http://forums.pcworld.com/legacyimages/
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Hey it worked. I never tried this before. I copied to my pictures and then uploaded from there. No problem. Once the test was done and I had the results, I right clicked and saved to my pictures. When I went to post, I clicked on Insert/edit image then clicked on upload. The my pictures folder came up and I clicked on the image of the test results and then open. Voila it was there. At least I think that is what I did if I remember correctly. coastie65
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Hey it worked. I never tried this before. I copied to my pictures and then uploaded from there. No problem. Once the test was done and I had the results, I right clicked and saved to my pictures. When I went to post, I clicked on Insert/edit image then clicked on upload. The my pictures folder came up and I clicked on the image of the test results and then open. Voila it was there. At least I think that is what I did if I remember correctly. coastie65
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Posted 10 November 2007 - 12:44 AM
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Not to shabby!
Good Lawd. I don't think anyone will top this! LOL It seems like the top three speeds are within the San Francisco area. Very interesting. :-) Roger, if you do not mind me asking, how much do you pay for almost 27Mb of speed? ....also, I just had a thought.....is it Mega bytes or Mega bits ?
