[ale] speed test interest.

[lists at serioustechnology.com (Geoffrey)]

Atlanta Geek wrote:
> 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?

Possibly.  When I was having speed issues, AT&T suggested speedtest.net.


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Until later, Geoffrey

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