[X-Unix] CPU speed

[bgorman]

On 4-Jan-05, at 1:52 PM, Brent Baisley wrote:

> That's not testing your connection speed, it's testing your browser 
> speed. Any bandwidth test should give you your bandwidth, not how much 
> time it takes to perform a certain task. Google for broadband speed 
> test.
> Here's a quick one:
> http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/
>
> That reported 1.3MB for me. I'm on a T1, which is 1.4MB. So that is 
> accurate considering overhead.
>
> Cable is 10MB shared, your DSL is most certainly not that fast, 
> although it is not shared. At least until it gets to the switching 
> station. The more people that get cable modems in your sons 
> neighborhood, the slower his connection will get since more people are 
> sharing the same bandwidth.
>
>

On Shaw Cable home consumer account 7:30 in the evening:

Communications 1.5 megabits per second
Storage 186.1 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 5.5 seconds
Subjective rating Great

Thanks for the link ... Bill