Eeyore writes:
> > 24 megabit connection. 2 megabytes per second down, 270 kilobytes per
> > second up. Synced at 23098 kbps down / 2468 kbps up.
>
> I'm puzzled by the seemingly slow up speed.
>
> > The one you linked to doesn't go as fast as the thinkbroadband tester.
>
> I haven't had the pleasure of finding that out. It certainly registers a 'score' of
> greater than 7000 kbps for my connection at times.
I've always judged connections by the steady 60KB/sec I got when I used
to have a 512Kb connection with Claranet many years ago. Going by that
speed I just multiply the megabits by 120 to see how fast in kilobytes
per second things should be transferring at. However, it seems kindof
flawed - maybe it doesn't take into account the greater TCP/IP wastage,
since for my 23098 sync the formula says that I should be getting 2.64
megabytes per second download speed, but the ThinkBroadband speed test
only reaches 2.4MB/sec. Eeeeeh, it's roughly right.
As for uploading, the rough formula of kbits*117/1000 gives a 288KB/sec
speed, so my real-world 270KB/sec is roughly okay.
The Excel spreadsheet I use for this kind of thing is here:
http://a.nfshost.com/kilobytes_kilob...calculator.xls
Note that I was never very good at maths so someone please correct me if
I'm completely wrong or there is a better formula that takes into
account the relative increase in overhead the faster you go.