[GRLUG] NOT LINUX - broadband test

[John-Thomas Richards]

On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 10:58:16AM -0400, Bob Kline wrote:
> On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 9:55 AM, John-Thomas Richards
> <jtr at jrichards.org>wrote:
> 
> > On Sun, Jun 27, 2010 at 08:44:26AM -0400, Luan Pham wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > > On Sat, 2010-06-26 at 20:57 -0400, John-Thomas Richards wrote:
> > > > > http://www.broadband.gov/qualitytest/
> > > > >
> > > > > Test your downstream & upstream speed,  latency, and jitty, at
> > > > > the FCC test site.
> > > > >
> > > > >   -- Bob
> > > >
> > > > Hmm....17,353kbps download speed, 3,564kbps upload...
> > >
> > > That it fast my from AT&T U-verse:
> > >
> > > 5752 kbps download and 939 kbps upload.
> >
> > That is fast.  I guess my unspoken point is that I don't think I
> > trust those numbers.  3,564kbps *upload*?  Bah.  -- john-thomas
> 
> What are the nominal up/down rates of you package?
> 
> I've seen just under 5Mbps up when uploading to Comcast.  You can take
> a file of known size and try this - there isn't much room for error if
> you time it yourself.
> 
>    -- Bob

I don't know the specifics, but I don't pay for the upgraded speed.  Is
that 6MB?  
-- 
john-thomas
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