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Re: DSL speed



On Wed, Feb 27, 2008 at 1:30 AM, Zach <netrek@gmail.com> wrote:
> The speed test at dslreports.com is showing my download speed as 625
>  Kb/s. This seems a lot less than the 768 Kb/s I'm supposed to have. My
>  latency to their test server in NY was 50ms. Is there anything I can
>  do to to increase my download speed? I'm using Ubuntu 7.04 Live CD
>  until I can buy a new computer. Running 2.6.18 kernel and
>  Debian/Ubuntu.

Have you tried measuring your last-hop (or first-hop, depending on
your perspective) link using bing?  Using a service like
dslreports.com means you'll be subject to any bottlenecks in the
network, including at dslreports.com.

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