Originally Posted by Chrysalis

shaping diagnosis Friday 10 march - all tests are single threaded conducted on a almost idle connection only irc and msn using traffic.

11.10 pm

ntlworld.com speed test http 525kB/sec
100mbit .de ftp server telia hosted 290kB/sec
10mbit .nl ftp server layertech hosted non standard ftp port 170kB/sec
10mbit .uk ftp server leased line 1:1 non standard ftp port 443kB/sec
100mbit .us ftp server steadfast hosted non standard ftp port 163kB/sec

11.45pm

ntlworld.com speed test http 456kB/sec
100mbit .de ftp server telia hosted 242kB/sec
10mbit .nl ftp server layertech hosted non standard ftp port 292kB/sec
10mbit .uk ftp server leased line 1:1 non standard ftp port 250kB/sec
100mbit .us ftp server steadfast hosted non standard ftp port 133kB/sec

12.15am

ntlworld.com speed test http 436kB/sec
100mbit .de ftp server telia hosted 469kB/sec
10mbit .nl ftp server layertech hosted non standard ftp port 423kB/sec
10mbit .uk ftp server leased line 1:1 non standard ftp port 430kB/sec
100mbit .us ftp server steadfast hosted non standard ftp port 135kB/sec

notes the .nl 10mbit server is under load I only checked on the last test but was pushing 700kB out so when I got my 400 it would have been maxed.
the .uk server was only pushing 1mbit so max possible was 9mbit
both 100mbit servers were capable of a 10mbit xfer.
steadfast is over my much loved level3 and is nearly always poor to my connection.
the telia and .nl were both obviously faster at 12.15 and my shaping suspicions have been for .eu traffic to manage peering saturation.