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Old 01-11-2001, 03:59 PM   #1
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http://www.zdnet.com/cc/bandwidth/speedtest50.html
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Old 01-11-2001, 04:45 PM   #2
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Woohoo! I just ran it 5 times, and my average was a truly pitiful 12.8 Kbps. That included a 3.7 and a 5.1. I told you guys my phone lines are a mess.
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Old 01-11-2001, 05:29 PM   #3
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Mine was 921; hehe
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Old 01-11-2001, 06:06 PM   #4
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My low was: 1942.9 Kbps / 238.1 K bytes/sec
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Old 01-11-2001, 10:18 PM   #5
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My highest was like 74.6 kilobits per second...LOL...not really acurate since I have a 56k modem on a dialup connection. Then it average around 48.6kbps/6k bytes/s not bad considering the highest dialup speed I can obtain is 49,333bps...with 48,000bps being the average. Looks like all that modem tweaking paid off, plus I got win2k running this and download speeds are faster in win2k than 98 anyway. So, yippee
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Old 01-12-2001, 04:03 AM   #6
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Your line speed:
626.7 Kbps
76.8 K bytes/sec


Second attempt

Your line speed:
415.9 Kbps
51 K bytes/sec

I don't think that is very accurate. (Could be the way the call is routed of course)
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Old 01-12-2001, 06:36 AM   #7
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I noticed that too,especially the first time you click on the link (one time it said my speed was 6800!). Clicking on the refresh button results in large changes in speed-- in my case from to 423 to 987. Why the differences?
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Old 01-12-2001, 07:04 AM   #8
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It seems really screwed up at times..
Check out http://www.toast.net and click performance tests from the menu. Has been one of the more accurate ones
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Old 01-12-2001, 08:20 AM   #9
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Not very accurate. Here's a T-1 at work.
Your line speed:

30.1 Kbps


3.7 K bytes/sec


I got better than that on my 32k dial up at home.
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Old 01-12-2001, 11:26 AM   #10
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My T-1 connection at work is ranging from 431 to 1567. The numbers are all over the place (with tests run just seconds apart). Looks like this site isn't much help at all.

The Toast.net is providing me with consistent numbers (around 1200).
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Old 01-13-2001, 03:33 AM   #11
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Your line speed:

8160 Kbps


1000 K bytes/sec

-On RR cable modem with 20000 set as recieve window in registry.
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Old 01-13-2001, 08:02 AM   #12
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It looks like the same one here on MSN's site. Several things can affect this test. One would be time of day. The other would be browser cache.
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Old 01-14-2001, 07:58 AM   #13
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Your line speed:

1046.2 Kbps

128.2 K bytes/sec

From my dsl at work, gonna compare with my cable connection at home.
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Old 01-14-2001, 10:50 AM   #14
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Mine similar to Floppy's:
49.9/6.1

Win2000/DiamondSupraExpress.
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Old 01-14-2001, 08:32 PM   #15
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Hey Gintaras,

Doesn't surprise me we got the similar speeds. I'm using windows 2000 too and get my connection of my dad's comp's modem over ICS which is a Diamond Supra Express as well. The Diamond, although ISA, is still a great modem, works well for gaming too.
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