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Old 11-10-2008, 19:29   #19
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Re: 5Mb the magic number

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Originally Posted by Gary L View Post
Virgin won by just under 1Mb. you're right the speeds are very good for 20Mb fibre optic
the point was that all those 2mb customers will bring the average down a lot as there are a lot of them. then chuck in the 4mb/10mb users who get STMd then check, and the 20mb users who get STMd and then check and you seen see the average can drop dramatically from 20mb.

one thing to mention tho, why do people do speed tests? is it for reassurance of the speed? or do they only check the speed if they think things are running slowly?
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