Re: Logging ISP Download Speed.
> On Wed, 22 Aug 2012 04:39:46 -0700, Weaver wrote:
>
>>> On Aug 21, 2012, at 6:53 AM, Camaleón wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Mon, 20 Aug 2012 13:37:43 -0700, Weaver wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> I regularly log 40-47Kb/s on updates.. Cheers,
>
>>> And so do we all...
>
> Rick, careful when quoting...
>
>> Yes, I understand this, Rick, but even with Cameleon's suggestion of
>> downloading a larger file from Oracle's servers, at a quiet time of
>> night, a 64 MB download (Mysql's community edition, X86_64) still takes
>> one minute and seven seconds.
>
> Weaver, you don't have to center your attention on the time it takes but
> the download speed (KiB/MiB per second). As I said, using Oracle servers
> I can get up to 10 MiB/s which is the best number I have ever got.
>
>> I understand also, that many can't get these speeds, but when you are
>> paying for 100MB/s and not even getting ADSL1 speeds, the ethic bothers
>> me.
>
> That's a common feeling from users with high speed links, but there is
> not much we can do, simply put: todays Internet is not prepared for
> providing that speeds but in counted sites/hosts :-(
>
> Anyway, remember that you are paying for 100 Mbps that is around 12 MiB/s.
If you are referring to the download I mention, it's not even 1 MB/s.
>
>> I've worked for myself, predominantly, since the age of 17 and no client
>> would ever be able to say that they got short-changed by me. It's
>> unethical business, pure and simple. This goes against the grain.
>
> (...)
>
> Can you please provide the results of this speed test?
>
> http://www.speedtest.net/
>
> I get:
>
> Ping: 3 ms
> Download: 86.09 Mbps
> Upload: 9.96 Mbps
I get:
Ping: 69 ms
Download: 27.71 Mb/s
Upload: 2.28 Mb/s
Regards and thanks,
Weaver
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