-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 I have this little script that I use to test Shaw (and it works reasonably well for other ISPs, especially if they peer with Big Pipe/Shaw):
#!/bin/bash wget http://support.shaw.ca/troubleshooting/files/download.dat md5sum download.dat echo "b792d74c36bacafd71f30c1a80077577 is what the md5sum should be." /bin/rm -f download.dat exit 0 Nick Wiltshire wrote: > On Thursday 01 June 2006 4:15 pm, Mitchell Brown wrote: >>> Because not everyone needs a "my ISP is bigger/better/faster than yours" >>> flamewar... I won't tell you what you can do with Shaw at the same price >>> point :P >> I know alot of people who have Shaw actually - some say its good - how fast >> do you get up to? I know they *say* 7Mbps, but what is the reality? >> > > the reality is you can't receive a file faster than it's sent. :) I routinely > see 800k/sec and have seen 1.4M/sec on a torrent on my connection. > > I'm not sure how those numbers pan out. > > _______________________________________________ > clug-talk mailing list > [email protected] > http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca > Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) > **Please remove these lines when replying -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.1 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFEf3jmwRXgH3rKGfMRAsi4AJ9ZZZdtPSlnvt2zMHRsZcNrdSPYrgCgo7tg gIUExaNVHXXTw+Y7fpULLnY= =g7zd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- _______________________________________________ clug-talk mailing list [email protected] http://clug.ca/mailman/listinfo/clug-talk_clug.ca Mailing List Guidelines (http://clug.ca/ml_guidelines.php) **Please remove these lines when replying
