I thought power boost was only for the first 12 MB? http://pdl.warnerbros.com/wbmovies/thedarkknight/trailer_3/DKTRL3_1080.wmv.z ip
See what you get; it's 133 MB file. I was consistently getting over 1 MB/sec. > -----Original Message----- > I think what you're seeing is just the Comcast cache - what they call > "PowerBoost". It can be quite useful for things like movie trailers. > > But it can be annoying when I just want to test my speed. I just ran a > couple tests at speedtest.net to Frederick Md. and Wash. DC, and the > DC test actually pegged the meter at 39205kbps (39mb/s) (1931kbs up). > > Okay, this is a colossal waste of time. As I try different speedtest > servers _many_ of them are pegging the meter. Results vary for those > that apparently aren't on the cache, but seem to be averaging about > 20000kbs/1600kbs. > > You didn't give a link to your trailer so I can't compare. The YouTube > version isn't doing anything spectacular, but since it's a streaming > server I wouldn't expect much. The Apple site won't let me download > because it can't find a Quicktime ActiveX control (though why it would > need one in Firefox is beyond me). > > Now I miss the Old Days when a speed test was a speed test. :) ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
