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Old 08-05-2006, 12:22   #32
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Re: 10mb connection

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Originally Posted by Jazz
I'd reccomend you try something like Newsgroups. When I try the speed test here I usually don't get full speed anymore however when I download via newsgroups I always max the connetion.

When I try http://fuller.zen.co.uk/test/ I don't always get full 10meg though, it usually maxes out then for a couple seconds goes to 5-7 then maxes etc etc. So probably NTL messing around with port 80 but I'm not gonna moan as I hardly download much from sites anyway.
Nah when it slows thats the ubr been saturated momentarily then freeing itself up when it rises again its called contention. With your speed been more then a 3rd of a 27mbit ubr and almost a quarter of a 38mbit ubr heavy fluctuations can happen easily.

http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/

That site is good they use the speakeasy tester but is a uk site.

Last Result:
Download Speed: 6497 kbps (812.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 472 kbps (59 KB/sec transfer rate)

http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/res...090936&v=11359
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