[muglo] Re: Fwd: Speediest?

  • From: eurogarth <eurogarth@xxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: "muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 09:14:37 -0400

Wow! Do you believe it?

On 2011-08-27, at 7:58, Terry Genereaux <terrygenereaux@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi
> 
> Here are my test results
> 
> Check out my result from speedtest.net! 
> http://www.speedtest.net/result/1452751078.png 
> 
> 
> Thank You
> 
> Terry Genereaux
> terrygenereaux@xxxxxxxxxx
> 
> Macbook Pro OS 10.7 ~ 2.4g ~ 500g HD ~ 
> 
> On 2011-08-27, at 7:55 AM, eurogarth wrote:
> 
>> 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!
>> 
>> 
>> Begin forwarded message:
>> 
>>> 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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