I've found that the only way to effectively deal with my internet problems is to kill myself.
:(
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I've found that the only way to effectively deal with my internet problems is to kill myself.
:(
hmm... maybe my question was too difficult.
Pick the one that matches your upspeed and downspeed the closest. Web services and stuff like proxies may also have to configure itself to upload your items to the internet in the most economical way.
And modem potential is better advertising, but if nobody else was sharing your bandwidth, you would be going that fast.
Hard to do since these ADSL connections are asymmetric and my upload speeds are less than half the donwnload speed. I'm just not used to them since I've always used symmetric cable modem connections and only recently switched to ADSL.
But I guess it's most of the time asking about download speeds, unless i'm configuring something that will act as a server... thanks.
What about this thing with ISP announcing I have a 12Mb ADSL when my speed is in fact 500Kb/200Kb? I see this everywhere. Not just with my ISP.
Usually Mario, when they ask you for that speed, they're looking for your downspeed. By the way, most Cable internet (if not all) is asymmetric as far as I know... just look at my down speeds and up speeds.
Or even 6:1 (1779:311 measured, I think the official number is 2MB/512KB which is 4:1)
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Mats
Mine is nearly 23:2.
Different experiences then. I've ran through two version of DOCSIS; 2.0 and 3.0, during about 7 years of cable access. Both offering very close ratios.
Maybe an european thing... or specific to this country service. Even though the same was true of my Australian experience - I believe DOCSIS 2.0.
Weeeeee....I scored quite well. :)
http://www.speedtest.net/result/257046236.png
Oh yeah?!?!
http://www.speedtest.net/result/257060781.png
17 Mbps is... somewhat more than I used to get. When I started using computer networks, I used a 2400 bps modem.
It's actually funny how I don't really notice a difference in speed of almost 7400 times. Gives you an idea of how much "bloat" is inherent in the Internet. 2400 bps used to be juuust fine. Then again, I wasn't downloading videos or music like everybody does today.
(I'm not trying to sound old -- just got started early :) )
Okay, this is just weird. My upload speed (6798 kb/s) is over four times faster than my download speed (1684 kb/s)!
(In case anyone's wondering how a dial-up user got such high values: this isn't my connection. It's a public wireless one.)