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Article #108Re: is this really true about Comcast?
From: MacOwner
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:06
Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2013 15:06
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In article <alpine.DEB.2.02.1303080818120.29296@sghcrg.sghcrg.pbz>, barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> wrote: > On Fri, 8 Mar 2013, Bruce Esquibel wrote: > > > barbie gee <booger@nosespam.com> wrote: > > > >> hey! > >> is YER NAME "Bruce"???? > > > >> ;-) > > > >> I wondered what a Bruce would use, opposed to us regular folk. > > > > > > The same thing really, speedtest.net will give results that are close enough > > for government work. > > > > To roll your own, as Geoff brought up, you would have to download and > > upload a bit and average it out. It's not really possible to come up with an > > absolute value either way and speedtest is used by enough people for > > a somewhat accurate reading. > > > > I mean if you are paying for 6mb service and consistantly get readings > > around 5.8mb, it's in the normal ballpark catagory. If you consistantly get > > readings like 2.5mb, you probably have a problem. > > > > As long as it comes close to getting what you are paying for, knowing the > > exact value is meaningless. > > So what should I be paying for 2.5mb speeds, on DSL? my ATT was 32 bucks a month.
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Subject: Re: is this really true about Comcast?
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