[muglo] Fwd: Speediest?
- From: eurogarth <eurogarth@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: MUGLO Post <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 07:55:27 -0400
Sorry all, that damn auto correct on my iPad, and these old eyes did not pick
up the change... It should "speedtest.net" not speediest.net!
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> From: eurogarth <eurogarth@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: 27 August, 2011 7:52:08 EDT
> To: MUGLO Post <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Speediest?
>
> It seems I'm always a bit behind, but in a recent cal with Rogers support, I
> was directed to speediest.net to ensure my Internet speed. Sure enough, my
> Mac reported almost 9 MBs/sec download and around 2.5MBs/sec upload. Hoping
> that Mrs. Phillips didn't raise any fools, I told the guy on the phone it was
> about 4.5 MBs down and 2.5MBs up and he said that's a little faster up (for
> the level of service I'm paying for one up from "light") and just about right
> for uploads, but not too much to worry about!
> Phew, dodged that bullet I guess.
>
> Anyway, being curious, I decided to try my iPad... And low And behold when I
> entered speediest.net on my iPad, it asked me I wanted to download the mobile
> app! Hell yes!
> So now there it sits, on my iPad using the same wifi router as my Mac, but
> after 3 consecutive tests, minutes apart, the app is reporting unbelievably
> fast speeds: A blistering 21,5MBs/ download, 2.7 upload and of course am
> skeptical and curious to know if any of you have tried this and what results
> you're getting.
> Thanx,
> Garth.
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