[Ti] [OT] DSL Speed Test

[Jesse Brown]

On 7/24/03 2:02, "Jason Tertadian" <haiku23 at mac.com> wrote:

> You really won't get an accurate reading of your speed unless you're
> running a test that resides on your service provider's network.  That
> way you see what your connection speed to THEM is.  And in reality,
> that's the connection speed you pay for (ie. My 768kb line is not a
> 768kb connection to the Internet; It's a 768kb connection to my ISP).
> Running a speed test on "joe schmo's super DSL brainiac site" is only
> going to tell you how fast you are connecting to his server...Who knows
> what's in between?


With all that said Jason - and it's all true, going through a remote test
facility on the "other" side of the internet may be useful to test what sort
of connection your ISP has and what their upper Tier provider is connected
with. I realize that DSL is not considered a top tier service but it's
useful to see/know how far down the food chain they are.

It's fairly useless to pay for a higher level of service say 768kb if a user
will never be able to see download speeds supported by that connection width
because the ISP's backend connection is so low.

Whenever I specify T-1 service I always like to know at what tier the
provider is. The closer to the backbone the better - I'm talking MAE East
and West or equivalent nodes.
-- 
Jesse

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