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Originally Posted by ntl.wotcha
But can't you see that is totally meaningless ? What the heck does it matter if you can get 18.5 megs over nntp if http downloads are only 8meg ? Many people don't use nntp, most only care about http so the only relevant test is the speed tests.
There seems to be this fallacy that the speed test sites are inconsistent. Actually no, the sites are fine, it's VMs network which is at fault. You want to see what a proper 20mb connection should look like ?
(and that's at peak time on my work network). Not exactly shabby for a speed test site which is "inconsistent".
Run that same test from my home connection and I'd be getting 4mb max on a "20mb" connection.
This is the point, speedtest.net does have plenty of capacity. It's VMs peering or packet shaping or some other fault with VM's network which is slowing it down. So what if you can get 20mbit over nntp. Most people don't care. They care about real world day to day surfing and rarely if ever do I see the same speeds at home (20mb) that I do at work (20mb). |
The speedtest sites are not fine....i can get full speed from http.I test that by normally d/loading the latest graphics driver from ATI.I use leechget and get full speeds there as well so it's not just nntp.I also get full speed if i d/load anything from Microsoft as well.So...two companies with fat pipes give me full speed on http.....speed test sites don't......can you see a pattern emerging here......the speedtest sites will have nowhere near the capacity of either of those two companies and it's pot luck whether they're too busy to be able to give you full speed when you connect or not.
Why do you think VM support ask you to d/load 4 files simultaneously from their server to test your connection......just to **** you about or something,it's not,it's because they know that speedtest sites are unreliable.