[ale] slashdot article on high speed issues

[thehead at patshead.com (Pat Regan)]

Geoffrey wrote:
> http://ask.slashdot.org/askslashdot/06/06/01/2333210.shtml
>
> Comcast is mentioned...
>
>   
I perused that article last night and it made me chuckle.  Everyone was
complaining that they were paying for X bandwidth and speed tests showed
that they were only getting half of X.

For giggles, I tried 2 random speed tests.  Both gave me around 1.5/500
or so.  Immediately after the test I was able to sustain a bit over 500
KB/sec downloading updates, which is more like 4 megabit. 

Why is everyone blindly trusting these speed tests that could be located
anywhere? :p

Pat

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