Re: [PCWorks] How to check actual speed of DSL Line
- From: "Vern" <r60slash5@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <pcworks@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2008 00:28:12 -0700
>
> 6mb cable is slower than 6mb DSL. 8mb cable is slower than 6mb
> DSL, ***depending upon the time of day***. It all depends on
> location. DSL is not "shared", cable is. Everyone in your
> area can have DSL and it won't matter. Where as each person in
> your area that gets cable will slow it down for YOU. I was on
> cable here and I HATED IT, as incredible and incompetent as it
> sounds, it was slower than dial-up 23 hours a day. So for my
> area, DSL is much better and faster.
> -Clint
I have Cox cable and this is what I get at your link.
Last Result:
Download Speed: 1434 kbps (179.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1769 kbps (221.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Duh, isn't the download suppose to be faster than the upload? <G>
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