[P1] internet speed?

[Allan Hise]

On Wed, 7 May 2003, Joost van de Griek wrote:
> On 2003-05-07 06:00, Eric Volker wrote:
>
> >> <http://promos.mcafee.com/speedometer/test_0150.asp>
> >
> > Hmmm, on a 800Mhz Quicksilver with 900Kbps cable and Safari beta 2 I get
> > 119Mbps from that site. That's *Mbps*, not Kbps.
>
> My speed appears to be 28.136 Mbps... Now, I do have uncapped DSL (8 Mbps),
> but that is simply impossible, if only because the connection from my modem
> to my iBook is 10 Mbit Ethernet(!).
>

The site is bogus. My DSL is 512 kbps, and the site tells me I have
a 63.004 Mbps connection. I doubt quest is giving me over 100x faster DSL
without charging me. Not to mention the fact that I have a firewall on 10
Mbps ethernet separating the LAN from the internet...