If your ISP has a download area and they can give you a large file - say 30MB to download - The key being coming from their own network - harder for them to fight the whole internet traveling/hops/routers excuse. I can send you a quick little bandwidth calculator that will tell you how long it should take to download different - for example - 30mb on a 768k pipe shold take about 6.5 minutes. This is will put you in the ball park ... I am assuming you are complaining about a large difference in speed. Just as a quick question - are testing right from the ISP handoff without any other devices between ... ie. proxy servers, web filters? Dave On Wed, 19 May 2004, Tasita Ebacher wrote: > Basically, he may be saying these internet speed test sites are "unreliable" > because you are traveling over the internet to get the speed test and there > are many things in that path that may slow you down that have nothing to do > with your ISP. In my opinion, this is partially correct, but these internet > speed tests can still be used as a gage of your speeds. > > Some ISP's have their own speed tests, see if they have one. If not, maybe > they should get one so you do actually have a "reliable" way to test your > speeds without traveling over the internet. > > In my experiences, the speed you get from your ISP's own speed test will not > be much different than most internet speed tests. > > Tasita Ebacher > 702 Communications > Data Systems Engineer > CCNA > > > -----Original Message----- > From: windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:windows2000-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Herchenbach, Jim > Sent: Wednesday, May 19, 2004 4:13 PM > To: windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [windows2000] OT - Internet Speed test > > > Comrades, > I have an ISP who seems to be giving me the run around in regard to the > bandwidth he promised and I expected. Basically he is saying the test I am > doing are unreliable. I'm using various internet speed test. Can someone > give me a site or way to get a "reliable" test, that can be used as a bases > for my arguments for or against my current ISP. I'm located in the Midwest. > > tia > > JIM HERCHENBACH > RVW Inc. > > > > ******************************************************** > This Weeks Sponsor StressedPuppy.com Games Feeling stressed out? Check out > our games to relieve your stress. > http://www.StressedPuppy.com > ******************************************************** > To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation > mode or view archives use the below link. > > http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm > > ******************************************************** > This Weeks Sponsor StressedPuppy.com Games > Feeling stressed out? Check out our games to > relieve your stress. > http://www.StressedPuppy.com > ******************************************************** > To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation > mode or view archives use the below link. > > http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm > ******************************************************** This Weeks Sponsor StressedPuppy.com Games Feeling stressed out? Check out our games to relieve your stress. http://www.StressedPuppy.com ******************************************************** To Unsubscribe, set digest or vacation mode or view archives use the below link. http://thethin.net/win2000list.cfm