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Apparently I get 28 Mbps down from Road Runner…
I should also note I was streaming di.fm when I got those numbers.
Speedtest.net has been getting some funky reads. I suggest trying the internet speed test at toast.net
I find it unlikely that several speednet servers at various locations put me at 24-28Mbps and this one puts me at 2.5. Do the math and it’s at least pretty close to the other tests. I’m fairly certain they meant MBps. I usually download from the net at ~ 2MBps so…that would make more sense.
Keep in mind your Time Warner has turbo-boost. You’ll get faster DLs but that’s not your real speed as it backs down after a prolonged use.
well I have a 3Mb connection and I just ran the same test as you and got 1.5Mb/s; I cannot possibly have 9Mb so I think toast is just fail lol
MasterP said:
Keep in mind your Time Warner has turbo-boost. You’ll get faster DLs but that’s not your real speed as it backs down after a prolonged use.What the *edited* do I need 28Mbps for other than downloads? Surfing the web? I dun think so. BTW IRC misses you. They said so earlier.
You won’t even get it sustained on downloads. It lasts maybe a minute then backs down to the normal speed.
Nickname said:
well I have a 3Mb connection and I just ran the same test as you and got 1.5Mb/s; I cannot possibly have 9Mb so I think toast is just fail lolToast is not fail sir, it just looks at the glass as half empty and doesn’t get your hopes up. Because realistically you may be downloading at fast speeds but you will only be able to receive the information as fast as your hard drive can process it. But you guys already know that.
Bitey said:
Toast is not fail sir, it just looks at the glass as half empty and doesn’t get your hopes up. Because realistically you may be downloading at fast speeds but you will only be able to receive the information as fast as your hard drive can process it. But you guys already know that.Seagate Barracuda maximum I/O data transfer rate (Mbytes/sec Max): 300 (Ultra DMA 5 Mode).
300 MBps is a great deal more than 20Mbps. (120 times the speed of the internet connection to be exact). I don’t think HDD I/O writes are the problem. It also interfaces at 3.0 Gbps maximum write (150 million times the speed of the internet connection). Pretty sure it’s just a *edited*ty website for speed test evaluation. Cache the page and the reload it and you can triple your score…that already makes it a trivial test.
Speeds pulled from: http://www.seagate.com/staticfiles/support…/100468393f.pdf Seagate barracuda product manual.
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