[Gllug] Calculating 'real' bandwidth

[Peter Childs]

On 14/03/07, Chris Jones <cmsj at tenshu.net> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Dylan wrote:
> > We're talking about a simple minded Windows user who has an "I'm paying for
> > 8meg why aren't I getting 8meg?" mentality. I need to show him that that the
>
> Every single advert for 8Mb ADSL tells you you won't get 8Mb. Anyone
> who's ever downloaded anything on the Internet knows the speed is variable.
> Perhaps a better strategy would be to tell him to ask his ISP so it's
> their problem, or suggest he find better things to worry about ;)
>

Hence why my 2Mb Virgin Cable Connect seams faster than the 8Mb
Connection BT ADSL at work it also depends who you are talking to,
some very small adsl providers can be much much small than the bigger
adsl providers it all depends upon contention and how fast there up
band line actually are....

Peter.
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