[PLUG] speed tests (was: Metrofi wins Rogue of the Week)

[Joe Shisei Niski]

John Jason Jordan wrote:
> On Thu, 10 Jan 2008 07:54:57 -0800
> "Paul Johnson" <baloo at ursine.ca> dijo:
> It's kind of difficult to decide I should drop Comcast in favor of
> something else when I don't even know what I am currently getting. Is
> there a tool I can use that will monitor my internet connection, log
> the speeds over a period of time, and give me a summary like "average,"
> "high" "low," and so on?
My ISP hosts a few test files for downloading from their servers as a 
handy real-world test. Online test tools encounter the confounding 
factor of internet traffic to the tool's host, but you can average 
results taken at different times. Take a look here:

http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest

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Joe Shisei Niski
Portland, Oregon, USA