Recently I upgraded my DSL service from a nominal 1.5 mbps to a nominal 7 mbps. Internet speed test sites mostly agree that my actual speed went from about 1.3 mbps to about 6 mbps. This conformed to my expectations.
Something happened that I didn't expect at all and I'm at a loss to explain it. One example will serve for a whole class of sites. I DL videos from an online political site and I used to get speeds of about 80 kbps ( that's kilo not mega). Since the upgrade I'm getting 700 kbps. I'm seeing similar speed increases everywhere. Here's what I don't understand. If the site is capable of serving files at 700 kbps, why wasn't I always getting them at that rate? Surely, I thought, 80 kbps fits int 1.3 mbps with so much headroom that I won't see any speed increase. But the speed increase is more than proportional. Can anyone explain this? --- Just because they're good at propaganda doesn't mean we have to be good at stupid. -Marty Kaplan --- Just because they're good at propaganda doesn't mean we have to be good at stupid. -Marty Kaplan --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - [email protected] To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss
