en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA
 ·RoadRunner Cable
 ·DSL EXTREME
·DSL EXTREME
| Spin doctors...
Like to put a spin on all output
said by Karl :
In a presentation, AT&T then claimed they found that peak downstream speeds were between 3-4Mbps, while average downstream speeds for the users ranged between 300kbps and 400kbps, significantly less than the advertised rate of six to eight megabits per second.
'Peak downstream = 3-4Mbps' can happen with 'Average dowstream speeds of 300-400kbps'
Eg. Streaming audio and video typically do not run at 6Mbps, but at their fixed rate. Also, running many apps (i.e. streaming + download + BT + botnet/spam/virus + etc.) may not show the whole picture. Also, DSL has ATM overhead, and you'll be luck to hit ~85% of peak rates.
Eg.
Speed Test #50478653 by dslreports.com
Run: 2008-05-07 18:33:30 EST
Download: 2568 (Kbps)
Upload: 441 (Kbps)
In kilobytes per second: 313.5 down 53.8 up
Tested by server: 2 java
User: 297537 @ dslreports.com
User's DNS: dslextreme.com
Compared to the average of 138 tests from dslextreme.com:
* download is 51% better, upload is 23% better
2568 ~= 3008 * 0.84
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Vahid
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| I don't know about you but using dsle 6 mb I get a constant peak of 5.4 mbps  It's steady as well when i use cable i can't get anywhere near that steady rate even though it's at 10mbps. Sad that they want to crap up their service ever futher by imposing caps on their already crappy service. |
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en102
Canadian, eh?
join:2001-01-26
Valencia, CA | I'm past 10,000' so I can only get the 3008/512kbps package, and do get a stable line which will get me ~2600kbps throughput - all the time.
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jonnyz
Premium
join:2003-03-20
Canfield, OH
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Speed Test #53887774 by dslreports.com
Run: 2008-07-07 22:01:02 EST
Download: 4741 (Kbps)
Upload: 474 (Kbps)
In kilobytes per second: 578.8 down 57.8 up
Tested by server: 190 java
User: 788114 @ dslreports.com
User's DNS: zoominternet.net
My line is sold as 5000/512
4741/5000 = 94.82%
474/512 = 92.58%
I'm glad my independent ISP actually cares about advertised speeds
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