Internet Speed Test (How good is good?)

[Snow White]

Here is a link with many speed tests (by geography).  If you really 
want to test your speed.

I generally use
www.dslreports.com

but here is the motherload (all 96) (scroll down a bit to links)
http://home.cfl.rr.com/eaa/Bandwidth.htm

Those aught to keep you speed freaks busy for a few minutes

jj

On Tuesday, September 16, 2003, at 10:59 AM, Power Macintosh G4 List 
wrote:

> http://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/
> is a better test. Mine says 2.4 megabits per second.
> my brother tthe Unix Guru  has also tested my system and I have the
>  fastetstt internet in the world.
> Jim
>
> James Asherman wrote:
>
>> My speed is 4636.4k according to this test. Most of these things lie
>> to sell you a new service.
>> Because my real speed is closer to 1.5 mps
>> A more comparable test can be found by using the internet tools in
>> utilities.
>> Applications/utilities/network utillity.
>> Use the ping function. Ping www.yahoo.com.
>> Mine returns a time of 18-20 milliseconds.
>> My connection is very fast.  CABLE.
>> Jim
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Richard Kriss wrote:
>>
>>> Click on the following to test your speed.  Some people have been
>>> shocked by
>>> low numbers and others are getting better than expected results.
>>>
>>> http://www.computers4sure.com/speed2.asp