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Old 08-09-2006, 11:16 AM
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Originally Posted by Landshark
88695.7 kbps at home.

http://msn-cnet.com.com/7009-7254_7-...2&kbps=88695.7

WTF, so i guess these "speed tests" are useless.
Noir, explain how this magical internets stuff works.
i dunno mang. i never really looked into those bandwidth tests. i mean i guess it could be possible...88mbps is easily attainable through fiber...heck it's easily attainable through copper.

i guess a good test would be to download bitcomet (p2p program) and try to download like fedora core 2 or 3 using the torrent style p2p sharing. you'll get your max speed pretty quick since you'll be pulling from some locations that'll have high upload speeds.

if you get 88mbps or 88000kbps, then you're really getting that speed if not, then the speed that's shown during the download is the speed your connection is.
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