[TriLUG] Cable vs. DSL

[Ryan Leathers]

I am using BellSouth (ATT) buisiness class DSL. The advertised rate is 
3Mbps down and 384kbps up

My location is Morrisville, near the airport, just off Lake Crabtree.
I tested against www.speedtest.net selecting the nearest (Greesnboro) node.

Results:
6/24/08 11:26AM
1463kbps down
251kbps up
101 ms ping

6/24/08 11:32AM
1224kbps down
351kbps up
132ms ping

6/24/08 11:35AM
2027kbps down
363kbps up
99ms ping


Lee Fickenscher wrote:
> Hey all,I'm moving soon and with all the wonderful decisions Time Warner has
> made lately I'm looking to change my connectivity provider.
> What I'd like to do is take an informal poll of the percentage of advertised
> bandwidth that people are actually getting.
> So either in this thread or offline send me your provider's name, your
> general location, your advertised speed, and your actual speed.
> If you are really gung-ho and interested in this you can take multiple
> readings and send them with a time stamp, but a single one will work for my
> non-scientific poll also.
> Thanks,
> Lee
>