thanks i got the installer at 42 seconds for AOL and here in the UK is peak time now
On 12 May 2009, at 17:16, Esther wrote: > > Hi Chris, > > What you can do is run a Google search for "speed test java". The > issue is that the results may depend on geographical area, so I don't > know what works for Will in the UK. If I use: > > http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest?java=1 > > and VO-Down Arrow from the "Speed Test" heading, I'll get links to a > number of sites to try (e.g., San Francisco, Palo Alto, Los Angeles, > and some point in New Jersey). The test results depend on the site I > choose -- it's better to choose a site nearby to send upload and > download packets. > > After choosing a site, the page reloads, and if you VO-Down Arrow from > the "Speed Test" heading you'll reach the start button. VO-Space to > press it. You can use your arrow keys (e.g. VO-Up Arrow) to get > information about the test in progress. If you arrow around you'll > find out when they start the upload and download tests and there is > even a progress bar indicator. It may take a minute or so to finish. > > When the test ends the page will update, and you'll hear "HTML > content". Results are reported as either graphics or text. Use item > chooser menu to find "results" in text format on the page and select > (VO-space). VO-Down Arrow to read the results. > > You might want to wait until a low traffic time to try this. I think > you're only allowed a certain number of tries (like 20 per server) as > a non-subscriber, and although I ran a number of tests two or three > hours ago, I just get server busy messages now when I press the start > button, and they appear to count as "tries". > > This is obviously a U.S. based site. > > Cheers, > > Esther > > On May 12, 2009, at 4:49 AM, Chris Blouch wrote: > >> >> Most of the speed test things I've found were Flash based and >> inaccessible. A brute force way to do it would be to download a >> reasonably large file from a known fast service and time it. One >> possibility is downloading the AOL Mac installer from here: >> >> http://free.aol.com/tryaolfree/dnld_aol/aol_sell.adp >> >> which is 18.6MB. So if you download it and it takes 10 seconds then >> you >> know that you're getting around 1.8MB/s. I also found a site that >> does >> something like this and presents the results as HTML text so it is >> accessible: >> >> http://us.mcafee.com/root/speedometer/default.asp >> >> CB >> >> william lomas wrote: >>> hi is there an accessible site for us voiceover users, to gain our >>> speed tests for our internet connections? >>> Will >>> >>> >>>> >>> >> >>> > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "MacVisionaries" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/macvisionaries?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
