[G4] Internet Speed Test (How good is good?)

[James Asherman]

sr ferenczy wrote:

> the problem with pinging is that you use such a small amount of data 
> that the actual test numbers can be skewed because of buffers, etc. 
> (just like when i test my hard drive's throughput with less than an 8 
> mb file-i get insane readings like 250 MB/s, because its all running 
> off the 8 mb buffer on the drive)
>
> i think the larger the file, the better to test the true (working) 
> speed of the connection. and also i would think you would want to test 
> using the browser you normally use, simply because that would create a 
> "real-world" benchmark.
>
> sandor

Totally valid
Jim