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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh
Get a better feel by downloading something substantial, multiple megabytes, from a well mirrored, well connected server. gcc from sunfreeware mirrors is around 100M and will let the connection settle and will give better figures. It will be somewhat lower if everyone does it at same time so use as an example only.
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Any chance of posting a link??
I also use the test at Kbps.co.uk, and you can use a 14.75Mb file for the test. Whilst I appreciate a 512k file is somewhat small for testing 10mb, I generally get the same results here as at Kbps.co.uk. I do occasionaly try downloading large files directly after good test results and, the speed levels out at roughly the test result I got.
I appreciate what you're saying but, with the current fluctuations in speeds, I'm not prepared, or have the time, to repeatedly keep downloading 50-100Mb files. A few quick tests here every so often seems to give me a good indication of what's happening at any given time.
p.s. Cable Forum staff, any chance of a test with some larger files
