Internet speeds - faster than what?

[GeoffW1 (Geoff)]

Hi,

Here's an interesting article on your Net download and upload speeds, and your latency (that's not just how often you are late for dinner). It's a safe site..

https://windowssecrets.com/newslette...-speed/#story2

Cheers

[brian nordstrom (As avatar)]

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Thanks for this Geoff , an eye opening read that shows how the wool is being pulled over people's ( our ) eyes .
We are basically all on the same field . $$$ talks .
Thanks mate .
Brian

Originally Posted by GeoffW1

Hi,

Here's an interesting article on your Net download and upload speeds, and your latency (that's not just how often you are late for dinner). It's a safe site..

https://windowssecrets.com/newslette...-speed/#story2

Cheers

[pluto (Hugh)]

Of course all these net based speed tests are relative to the server you're downloading from and the hops to get there, if you want to monitor your true network speed for what you're actually downloading/uploading get something like, for windows, "Cool beans system info" (although I'm sure there are many more, and probably better) that will show you your real-time data rates over your network interface.
As with most things in life, a little raw data can make things a bit clearer

[gary]

The author states in the 7th paragraph that -

Originally Posted by Woody Leonhard

“A” in an “ADSL” connection means “asynchronous”

That is incorrect. The A in ADSL stands for "Asymmetric" and refers to the fact that
more bandwidth is allocated to the downstream than the upstream.

The word "asynchronous" means "not synchronized" and basically when we use
it as engineers we are referring to some means of communicating data where there is no
external global clock. Instead, the receiver must synchronize itself by transitions
embedded within the data itself.

Leonhard then goes on to say -

Originally Posted by Woody Leonhard

... which, in almost all cases, is optimized for downloads at the expense of upload speeds. Some services — typically for business — provide similar upload and download speed

which is again incorrect.

ADSL is asymmetric by design in all cases not in "almost all cases".
SDSL or Symmetric Digital Subscriber Line technology provides the same amount of bandwidth downstream as upstream.

[pluto (Hugh)]

Originally Posted by gary

The A in ADSL stands for "Asymmetric"

Wow! I always thought it was "asynchronous", I swear I've seen it that way many times. Makes much more sense as "asymmetric" ,good to be corrected, thanks!

[BPO]

My Japanese MiL has a FTTH connection and it's shockingly fast. It makes me want to weep when I come home to good ol' Telecom NZ after using a real telecommunications service for a while.

Not only is the connection insanely fast, but her account is uncapped, and she pays much less per month than I do for my tin-cans-and-string ADSL joke.

Sure, there's the population density aspect, but even so...

[Barrykgerdes]

There is only one way to test upload and download speeds. Use a timer to check the time taken and divide the file size by this. It will surprise you what your true speed is.

I used to get complaints on Unwired about download speeds. I gave them a test procedure that involved down loading a file direct from the ISP and the time it should take for their design speed. In 9/10 times the slowdown was not from the ISP but general congestion on the internet.

My uploads are to my web server. The maximum speed I can expect is 100KB/s. It usually times at between this and about 33KB/s.

Latency is a different problem and will depend on the time delay though a connection not its speed.

Barry

[Colin_Fraser]

Originally Posted by gary

The author states in the 7th paragraph that -

That is incorrect. The A in ADSL stands for "Asymmetric" and refers to the fact that
more bandwidth is allocated to the downstream than the upstream.

This is his quote and I cannot see what you can see

(For example, the “A” in an “ADSL” connection means “asymmetric” — which, in almost all cases, is optimized for downloads at the expense of upload speeds. Some services — typically for business — provide similar upload and download speed.)

[gary]

Originally Posted by Colin_Fraser

This is his quote and I cannot see what you can see

Colin,

Someone, perhaps the author, has since corrected this one particular error.

However, if you do a Google search, at this particular moment in time,
you can find the original text on various web sites such as this one -
http://investorshub.advfn.com/boards...ge_id=82266969

[Colin_Fraser]

Originally Posted by gary

Colin,

Someone, perhaps the author, has since corrected this one particular error.

Thanks Gary. That explains why I could not see it. Thought I was going bonkers