Download Speed

Just got Cable Modem Internet installed and this is one of
the tests I
have run/ran, This is about half of what the top speed is
"suppose" to
be (9mbps). Now I know practically no one will actually get
to the top
speed, but I was expecting to be somewhat, or a LOT closer
than this.
:-O  Any thoughts? Other than that, it's WAY faster than
the DSL I was
using! 

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 4640 Kbps about 4.64 Mbps (tested with 2992
kB)
Download Speed is:: 566 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net  (Server 2)
Test Time:: 2006/05/13 - 6:11pm 
Bottom Line:: 81X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.81 sec 
Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 5.282 seconds to
complete
Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.8.0.3)
Gecko/20060426 Firefox/1.5.0.3 
Diagnosis: Looks Great : 5.6 % faster than the average for
host (cox.net) 
Validation Link:: http://testmy.ne
t/stats/id-Q6LENHKYA 

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I've actually gotten above (5.1, 5.2MBps) what my ISP
(mchsi.com)  
tells us the max is (5MBps).

Maybe try a larger test.  http://www.speake
asy.net/speedtest/ works  
fairly well, and apparently my connection is horrible at the
moment-- 
good to know!

The way I actually prefer to test my speeds is usenet...find
some  
random alt.binaries.* group (I'm, of course, speaking of
those  
offering legal downloads -- stuff that's freely
redistributed) and  
start downloading a large file and check the speed.  I'm
guessing OE  
isn't the best choice of an nntp client for speed testing,
NewzBin  
(www.newzbin.com) is good.

Depending on the server, nntp might not be the most
reliable.  I have  
a subscription to Easynews so I can download from them
rather than  
using Mediacom's news servers, which are (1) likely to be
faster than  
a random one and (2) much slower than a random one.

Ross

On May 13, 2006, at 6:19 PM, Charles R. Buchanan wrote:

> Just got Cable Modem Internet installed and this is one
of the tests I
> have run/ran, This is about half of what the top speed
is "suppose" to
> be (9mbps). Now I know practically no one will actually
get to the top
> speed, but I was expecting to be somewhat, or a LOT
closer than this.
> :-O  Any thoughts? Other than that, it's WAY faster
than the DSL I was
> using! 
>
> :::.. Download Stats ..:::
> Connection is:: 4640 Kbps about 4.64 Mbps (tested with
2992 kB)
> Download Speed is:: 566 kB/s
> Tested From:: http://testmy.net  (Server 2)
> Test Time:: 2006/05/13 - 6:11pm
> Bottom Line:: 81X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 1.81
sec
> Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 5.282 seconds to
complete
> Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US;
rv:1.8.0.3) Gecko/ 
> 20060426 Firefox/1.5.0.3
> Diagnosis: Looks Great : 5.6 % faster than the average
for host  
> (cox.net)
> Validation Link:: http://testmy.ne
t/stats/id-Q6LENHKYA
>
> We're all living in America,
> America is wunderbar.
>
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The best one I have found is: http://www.testmy.net/

The speakeasy has been down most of the day. Well, at least
from my end.
<shrug> Even still, I'm not getting NO WHERE near the
speed I am paying
for, :-O

Wonder how much an OC3 line cost.....

I'll probably go that route at the same time I buy that
5.6TB RAID
doohicky! 


On Sun, 14 May 2006 15:31:51 -0500, Ross Nelson <rossrandomdata.net> took time to say the following:

RN> I've actually gotten above (5.1, 5.2MBps) what my
ISP (mchsi.com)  
RN> tells us the max is (5MBps).
RN> 
RN> Maybe try a larger test.  http://www.speake
asy.net/speedtest/ works  
RN> fairly well, and apparently my connection is horrible
at the moment-- 
RN> good to know!
RN> 
RN> The way I actually prefer to test my speeds is
usenet...find some  
RN> random alt.binaries.* group (I'm, of course,
speaking of those  
RN> offering legal downloads -- stuff that's freely
redistributed) and  
RN> start downloading a large file and check the speed. 
I'm guessing OE  
RN> isn't the best choice of an nntp client for speed
testing, NewzBin  
RN> (www.newzbin.com) is good.
RN> 
RN> Depending on the server, nntp might not be the most
reliable.  I have  
RN> a subscription to Easynews so I can download from
them rather than  
RN> using Mediacom's news servers, which are (1) likely
to be faster than  
RN> a random one and (2) much slower than a random one.
RN> 
RN> Ross
RN> 
RN> On May 13, 2006, at 6:19 PM, Charles R. Buchanan
wrote:
RN> 
RN> > Just got Cable Modem Internet installed and this
is one of the tests I
RN> > have run/ran, This is about half of what the top
speed is "suppose" to
RN> > be (9mbps). Now I know practically no one will
actually get to the top
RN> > speed, but I was expecting to be somewhat, or a
LOT closer than this.
RN> > :-O  Any thoughts? Other than that, it's WAY
faster than the DSL I was
RN> > using! 
RN> >
RN> > :::.. Download Stats ..:::
RN> > Connection is:: 4640 Kbps about 4.64 Mbps
(tested with 2992 kB)
RN> > Download Speed is:: 566 kB/s
RN> > Tested From:: http://testmy.net  (Server 2)
RN> > Test Time:: 2006/05/13 - 6:11pm
RN> > Bottom Line:: 81X faster than 56K 1MB Download
in 1.81 sec
RN> > Tested from a 2992 kB file and took 5.282
seconds to complete
RN> > Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US;
rv:1.8.0.3) Gecko/ 
RN> > 20060426 Firefox/1.5.0.3
RN> > Diagnosis: Looks Great : 5.6 % faster than the
average for host  
RN> > (cox.net)
RN> > Validation Link:: http://testmy.ne
t/stats/id-Q6LENHKYA
RN> >
RN> > We're all living in America,
RN> > America is wunderbar.
RN> >
RN> >  ** YOUR HELP IS URGENTLY NEEDED **
RN> > DONATE to Hurricane Katrina victims: http://www.redcross.org/
RN> > DONATE Housing (Spare room, shelter) http://www.hurricane
housing.org/
RN> >
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Does anybody know how that's actually calculated?  For most
software,  
it seems completely arbitrary--more a took to get people to
upgrade  
their systems to get the latest and greatest software that
would run  
on the existing hardware.

For instance, MS Office doesn't need much, it'll run as
well as any  
other software on a slow system; it won't run at desirable
levels,  
but it'll work.

Video editing software won't quite run on a 400mhz (crawl,
maybe) but  
I'm guessing that 1.0 vs 1.4 won't make a difference at
all.  Of  
course, don't go buying it based on my guess--I have been
wrong once  
or twice (but not three!).

On May 15, 2006, at 6:35 AM, Ray Roney wrote:

> So...my question is this:  With my 1.0GHz system, 512MB
of Ram and  
> 40+80GB of HD space...i think i've got enough to at
least start  
> with until I can afford to upgrade the computer...but I
want to  
> make sure that the software is gonna be decent.  I went
with this  
> because it supports that 800-1200Mhz range of PC...at
least on the  
> box it does.  There was another one that was
recommended to me at  
> the store, but the requirements were MINIMUM
1.4GHz...and since i'm  
> missing that ".4" GHz...this seemed the
better route to go than the  
> expense of MB, CPU, and new RAM.
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There's not really that much difference but the biggest
thing someone
can do if they are doing any video work is get the FASTEST
cpu AND
memory they can afford. The more (memory) the merrier!    


On Mon, 15 May 2006 07:17:52 -0500, Ross Nelson <rossrandomdata.net> took time to say the following:

RN> Does anybody know how that's actually calculated? 
For most software,  
RN> it seems completely arbitrary--more a took to get
people to upgrade  
RN> their systems to get the latest and greatest software
that would run  
RN> on the existing hardware.
RN> 
RN> For instance, MS Office doesn't need much, it'll
run as well as any  
RN> other software on a slow system; it won't run at
desirable levels,  
RN> but it'll work.
RN> 
RN> Video editing software won't quite run on a 400mhz
(crawl, maybe) but  
RN> I'm guessing that 1.0 vs 1.4 won't make a
difference at all.  Of  
RN> course, don't go buying it based on my guess--I have
been wrong once  
RN> or twice (but not three!).


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