[ale] speed test interest.

[reggie at busicast.com (Reggie Euser)]

You know, I've wondered the same thing - also on AT&T DSL and I have the 
distinct impression that performance varies greatly. Hard to prove 
though...even so, I'm looking for alternatives. Would go Comcast business, 
but cable not available here...

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Atlanta Geek" <atlantageek at gmail.com>
To: "Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts - Yes! We run Linux!" <ale at ale.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2010 11:44 PM
Subject: [ale] speed test interest.


> So in our new home we are trying to go without cable & satellite. We
> have DSL only service from att and have not been impressed.  I assumed
> that we were spoiled by cable modems and Uverse.
>
> I checked out speedtest.net and strangely enough the dsl performance
> was exactly what was purchased.  6 Mbps down 0.25 Mbps up. Even when
> everything else seemed to be crawling speedtest was perfect.
>
> Today I looked for an alternative to speedtest.net and found a few on 
> google.
> And after trying 3 or 4 speedtests they all are giving me half the
> download speed as speedtest.net
>
> Im wondering if AT&T is giving speedtest.net priority?
>
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