From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from ms-smtp-01-lbl.southeast.rr.com ([24.25.9.100] helo=ms-smtp-01-eri0.southeast.rr.com) by speech.braille.uwo.ca with esmtp (Exim 3.36 #1 (Debian)) id 1BhDyW-0001Q5-00 for ; Sun, 04 Jul 2004 16:52:36 -0400 Received: from quantum (rdu74-168-227.nc.rr.com [24.74.168.227]) by ms-smtp-01-eri0.southeast.rr.com (8.12.10/8.12.7) with ESMTP id i64KqOPg005855 for ; Sun, 4 Jul 2004 16:52:33 -0400 (EDT) From: "Sina Bahram" To: "'Speakup is a screen review system for Linux.'" Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 16:52:26 -0400 Message-ID: <000201c46208$d33765a0$6501a8c0@quantum> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook, Build 10.0.4510 In-reply-to: Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1409 X-Virus-Scanned: Symantec AntiVirus Scan Engine Subject: RE: broadband cable throughput quality X-BeenThere: speakup@braille.uwo.ca X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.4 Precedence: list Reply-To: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Id: "Speakup is a screen review system for Linux." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 04 Jul 2004 20:52:36 -0000 Just to add to this, I have gotten upward of 450kb/s but usually hang = around 350kb/s for downloads and around 40 to 50 kb/s for upload. For upload, I usually don't fluctuate that much, it's generally a steady 44 kb/s = sometimes higher, and rarely lower. All of the above are in bytes and not bits. Take care, Sina No trees were destroyed in sending this message; however, a large number = of electrons were terribly inconvenienced. -----Original Message----- From: speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca = [mailto:speakup-bounces@braille.uwo.ca] On Behalf Of Chuck Hallenbeck Sent: Sunday, July 04, 2004 4:21 PM To: Speakup is a screen review system for Linux. Subject: Re: broadband cable throughput quality My ISP offers a speed test link on its web site so that subscribers can = test their transfer speeds. When downloading from an arbitrary site, your observed speed will depend on the slowest link in the path of hops = between that site and your system, and that is generally not known in advance. With cable, your bandwidth is shared with a (hopefully) small group of neighboring subscribers, and if all your neighboring subscribers happen = to be downloading at the same time, your performance (and theirs) will = suffer. The only practical thing you can do that I know of is to shoot your neighbors, but that is going to extremes. I can generally count on download speeds of 125 k bytes per second, and = have seen as high as 250 k bytes per second, and as low as 13 k bytes per = second. The last figure was due to limited upload bandwidth at the originating = site. My upload speeds when doing an FTP to my ISP runs from 15 to 25 k bytes = per second. I cannot account for the variation by anything over which I have control. Chuck --=20 The Moon is Waning Gibbous (92% of Full) My home page is at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh _______________________________________________ Speakup mailing list Speakup@braille.uwo.ca = http://speech.braille.uwo.ca/mailman/listinfo/speakup