I'm in SE London, Ramrod, Woolwich. Tried the CF speed test and got
Wed, 18 Jan 2006 23:33:53 GMT
1st 512K took 1531 ms = 334.4 KB/sec, approx 2541 Kbps, 2.5 Mbps
2nd 512K took 1438 ms = 356 KB/sec, approx 2706 Kbps, 2.6 Mbps
3rd 512K took 1297 ms = 394.8 KB/sec, approx 3000 Kbps, 2.9 Mbps
4th 512K took 1328 ms = 385.5 KB/sec, approx 2930 Kbps, 2.9 Mbps
Overall Average Speed = approx 2794 Kbps, 2.73 Mbps
Not as bad as you, but...
Then it ocurred to me that I'm specifying a proxy ATM and haven't tried without it for a while, so
Wed, 18 Jan 2006 23:36:03 GMT
1st 512K took 688 ms = 744.2 KB/sec, approx 5656 Kbps, 5.5 Mbps
2nd 512K took 626 ms = 817.9 KB/sec, approx 6216 Kbps, 6.1 Mbps
3rd 512K took 688 ms = 744.2 KB/sec, approx 5656 Kbps, 5.5 Mbps
4th 512K took 594 ms = 862 KB/sec, approx 6551 Kbps, 6.4 Mbps
Overall Average Speed = approx 6020 Kbps, 5.88 Mbps
Hmmm. Tried a different proxy and
Wed, 18 Jan 2006 23:36:47 GMT
1st 512K took 469 ms = 1091.7 KB/sec, approx 8297 Kbps, 8.1 Mbps
2nd 512K took 390 ms = 1312.8 KB/sec, approx 9977 Kbps, 9.7 Mbps
3rd 512K took 391 ms = 1309.5 KB/sec, approx 9952 Kbps, 9.7 Mbps
4th 512K took 343 ms = 1492.7 KB/sec, approx 11345 Kbps, 11.1 Mbps
Overall Average Speed = approx 9893 Kbps, 9.65 Mbps
Seems it's the old proxy game...
Edit: incidentally, the
SwitchProxy extension in Firefox is great for games like this!