*** On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 at 12:17pm Paul Courchene shared this with the class::
I'm seeking volunteers with high-speed Internet access with
ATT, RCN, Verizon, and other DSL providers who would be willing to
record their actual Internet throughput and compare it to
the speeds promised.
I'm
The only reliable way is to measure it inside your network, but there are
many good bandwidth measurement sites on the Internet
http://www.dslreports.com/stest
DSL reports also rates ISPs.
http://home.cfl.rr.com/eaa/Bandwidth.htm
These tests are not accurate for several reasons, but they can
Well, for the engineering types, there is a tool known as sting that can
be used to characterize many interresting aspects of your transit link(s).
http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/savage/sting/
This is far from point-and-click and not recommended for people that
aren't comfortable
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Jack Hodgson wrote:
But that doesn't mean there isn't a good reason to try and measure that
service.
True.
So the (implied) original question: How DO we measure the speed of our
connectivity?
The only consistent measurement you can make is from your house to the
I'm not sure that is a good test either.
DSL speeds should be consistent between the CO and your house, because you
have a dedicated circuit. Broadband speeds can vary depending on traffic on
your loop. Good broadband carriers limit the number of subscribers on a
single area. (Mediaone used
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I'm not sure that is a good test either.
DSL speeds should be consistent between the CO and your house, because you
have a dedicated circuit. Broadband speeds can vary depending on traffic
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Jerry Feldman wrote:
Broadband speeds can vary depending on traffic on your loop.
Good point. I was thinking in terms of DSL, which is point-to-point, from
subscriber to CO. Cable Internet is a shared medium. There is no way to
isolate one subscriber from everyone
Derek D. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I'm much more concerned about whether my provider will be around
next year. I don't expect ATT to disappear any time soon. Not
nearly so sure about Covad and its resellers.
Bear in mind that some of us wish we had a DSL to compare to... I
gave up
I think the issue is what does the measurement mean, and what is the
relevance. To a consumer, the speed of your connection to the ISP is
irrelevant (except maybe when uploading web pages to their site or
downloading email). To the consumer, it is the measurement of throughput to
the
On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Bayard Coolidge USG wrote:
Bear in mind that some of us wish we had a DSL to compare to...
And some of us wish we had something better than a modem which never
connects at faster than 26 kilobit/sec :-/
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From: Bayard Coolidge USG [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 2:05 PM
Subject: Re: Throughput of DSL Internet
Derek D. Martin [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
I'm much more concerned about whether my provider will be around
next year. I don't expect ATT
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Bruce Mohl who writes the column Consumer Beat in the Boston Globe,
( [EMAIL PROTECTED]) said today:
I'm seeking volunteers with high-speed Internet access with
ATT, RCN, Verizon, and other DSL providers who would be willing to
record their actual Internet
On Sun, 17 Feb 2002, Paul Courchene wrote:
[Bruce Mohl is] seeking volunteers with high-speed Internet access with
ATT, RCN, Verizon, and other DSL providers who would be willing to record
their actual Internet throughput and compare it to the speeds promised.
Heh.
You have to realize
Benjamin Scott wrote:
You have to realize something about Internet feeds. The bandwidth of the
last hop link is but one of many factors involved.
Ben,
Good explanation of the situation, and I agree with your warning that
we can really demand/expect very little (nothing?) from our
residential
You have to remember that with a cable modem, your neighbors will have
an effect. Cable is more like a hub, DSL is more like a switch.
I'm on a cable modem it seems my neighbors are light users. Also,
the cable company redid the cable in my condo complex a few years ago
when we had
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