[muglo] Re: Speediest?
- From: Dave Knight <dave@xxxxxxx>
- To: muglo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 27 Aug 2011 12:26:36 -0400
I have "TekSavvy Extreme Cable Pro"
http://teksavvy.com/en/res-internet.asp
I got 15 ms / 29.28 Mb/s / 0.98 Mb/s at Speedtest
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1453032692.png
which seems like nonsense given that the service I have promises 'up to 15
Mb/s'.
TekSavvy have their own speed test and it gives me 17.04 Mb/s / 0.96 Mb/s
(converting from the kb/s reported by dividing by 1024)
http://www.dslreports.com/speedtests/17447633;988327;e0c255db08ce03c0df109418195a601a;3.0;speedtest.teksavvy.com/98418673
this seems a bit more realistic. However, I have no clue what these speed test
apps are really measuring, some real world tests would be more useful.
I can download a big file (Lion update) from Apple
$ curl -O
http://supportdownload.apple.com/download.info.apple.com/Apple_Support_Area/Apple_Software_Updates/Mac_OS_X/downloads/041-1715.20110816.Llu6y/MacOSXUpd10.7.1.dmg
% Total % Received % Xferd Average Speed Time Time Time Current
Dload Upload Total Spent Left Speed
100 79.2M 100 79.2M 0 0 1470k 0 0:00:55 0:00:55 --:--:-- 2275k
Converting that from kB/s I'm getting 11.5 Mb/s
..which seems reasonable.
I like TekSavvy, it mostly Just Works(tm), I'm not locked in to a contract, and
on the rare occasion I have to call them about something I am quickly connected
to a human and that human is typically unfettered by the rampant mental
dysfunction that comes of working for either Bell or Rogers :)
dave
On 2011-08-27, at 8:14 AM, Wayne Dobson wrote:
> I'm getting 9 MB/sec and .32 upload. Your different speeds may be due to 'G'
> in your Mac and 'N' on your iPad?
> Timely discussion, as I went through last years bills from Rogers and
> realized I average $89/mo. From Muglo discussions, I can get the same service
> from Teksavy for $25 with a 300 GB bandwidth allowance. A quick question
> about retention offers at a Rogers kiosk produced blank stares.
> On Aug 27, 2011, at 7:52 AM, eurogarth wrote:
>
>> 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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> Wayne Dobson
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