Thread: 50M Has 50Mb been quietly upgraded?
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Old 17-11-2011, 03:14   #5
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Re: Has 50Mb been quietly upgraded?
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Originally Posted by Billy-Bob View Post
I've noticed for the last few days that my 50Mb connection seems to be returning download speeds of 70-75Mbps on several speed tests. I know these aren't always very accurate, and the config file for my modem is still saying that the maximum traffic rate is 53000000 bps (i.e. 50Mb) but I have never seen this phenomenon before now. Upload speed seems to be the usual 4.7-4.9Mbps.
I'm in the Peterborough area. Anyone else seeing this?
If your connection had recieved the upgrade, the config file would not still be showing 50 Meg. Both speedtests are being fooled by a cache somewhere.
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