[G4] Broadband Speed Liar's Poker

[James Asherman]

On Saturday, December 13, 2003, at 04:36  PM, Richard M. Kriss wrote:

> I know this has been discussed before but I am a new DSL user and very
> confused on how to test my download speed. When I  do the speed test 
> thing
> at http://www.computers4sure.com/speed3.asp?Sp=1336 I get
>
> Your Speed is: 1336 Kbps  to 1550 Kbps
>
> When I watch the Safari download window it says
>
> 87.7 KB per sec
>
>

You have to accounnt for the server at the other end.
Consumer DSL IMHO is rigged to be just a little faster than a modem 
just as you are seeing. Others  may not agree.
J