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Hi Brothers/Sisters just wanted to point out something since I don't like to see the public getting ripped-off, esp. the brotherhood by these ISPs out there. I run http://speedtest.net/ a few times a day at different times of day to make sure I'm really getting the Internet speeds I'm paying for..take a quick log of it (this will show perhaps high-usage times, etc.) and speak with your ISPs if you are not getting the speeds they are charging you for...just something on my mind this AM
I just worked on a client site in which we lit the building up with fiber from Lightpath...nothing like a deciated 20MB up/down fiber-circuit...OH BABY...the speed in which to look at and order pipes is very-very-very dangerous (just testing the circuit in the proper technical way) :wink:

 

marmal4de

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Feb 20, 2011
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I have a business internet plan.
This one:

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I pay about $37 for it after taxes etc, bonus for having a friend who works for Rogers' head office.

 

romeowood

Lifer
Jan 1, 2011
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and speak with your ISPs if you are not getting the speeds they are charging you for...just something on my mind this AM

Good luck with that. Read the fine print and it's "speeds up to XX...". These days you're lucky to get half of anything you pay for. :cry:

 

nikko

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Sep 15, 2011
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i have cable internet, we pay for the up to 30 mbps. Usually get around 25, but have clocked it well over a hundred on a few occasions. Not complaints from my end.

 

longshot

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May 16, 2011
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Pop open task manager -- ctrl + alt + delete > start task manager > from task manager > Networking tab...
The network utilization field will be a percentage of link speed (100 Meg usually / 100 meg ethernet card for example). This will demonstrate the rate your PC is receiving data example: 34% = 34 meg. It's measuring your network node on your PC.
This is important if you are trying to do a load test on what the ISP has provisioned you for... When you are testing circuits that are greater than 5meg, often TCP is the culprit. It's the protocol that is used to manage each download session and is only the PC and far-end server talking TCP, your isp does not look at the TCP portion of the packet. So by stacking multiple TCP session (Downloads) you diminish the potential of TCP being the culprit... So if in fact you can get your provisoned speed with say three simultaneous downlaods and not with a single download, you have most likely isolated the issue to you TCP stack in your PC or the far-end servers TCP stack.
If you really want to geek out, here's a nice article with some fancy math included....
http://www.speedguide.net/articles/the-tcp-window-latency-and-the-bandwidth-delay-2678

 
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