 joebarnhartPaxio evangelist join:2005-12-15 Santa Clara, CA | Well, from the Visualware site they have another speed test. It seems like a long test -- surely enough to get past any "boost" times if your provider does that trick (Paxio does not).
These results were somewhat compromised because my system kicked off an automatic backup while the test was running. (I re-ran them and they were only a little higher, see »mcssjc.visualware.com/myspeed/db···id=73393.)
Speed test statistics --------------------- Download speed: 89160544 bps Upload speed: 86288224 bps Quality of service: 96 % Download test type: socket Upload test type: socket Maximum download pause: 16 ms Average download pause: 1 ms Minimum round trip time to server: 2 ms Average round trip time to server: 3 ms
Anyway, you can believe that Paxio is good or not. If I didn't have Paxio but could get FIOS I would not feel deprived. But Paxio is the real deal -- pure fiber w/o oversubscribing. 100% bandwidth, 100% of the time. |
 jmn1207Premium join:2000-07-19 Ashburn, VA | I know Paxio is good, I've raved about it on more than one occasion on these very forums. I wish it were more widely available to others. My original comment was regarding those with boost and the inflated numbers reported from speed tests that take less than 30 seconds to come up with a score. In my post I offered a solution that anyone could try for free, that provided a more accurate test using real files.
Again, I believe Paxio is great, not simply good. I believe Cablevision and Comcast are good, too. It's just that with the cable company speed test results, those are inflated due to the boost included, and those speeds will drop after a short time. For me, with Comcast, the boost will only last for the first 20MB down and the first 10MB up. Typically this is more than enough to handle the short duration of any browser-based speed test most people use. |