Broadband testing lab questions

[AdLo]

rpm

Is the only feedback the myadsl community is going to hear on the broadband testing lab in press releases given out by myadsl? I haven't heard much to date on the broadband lab and was wondering what is going on. What was the results of the testing?

Also does UJ and/or other parties sponsor the lab and are you allowed to give us feedback back on this board on the technical input and broadband tips given by the broadband operators? Is this a UJ initiative?

From a news article:

Muller says wireless broadband providers — Sentech, Vodacom, MTN and WBS — support him by supplying free hardware and will not charge for the bandwidth. Some even sent technicians along.

Oddly enough, Telkom is not one of the companies providing free bandwidth and free hardware. Is Telkom really so determined to wring all it can from its customers that it will not even support academics who test its services? What is it afraid of?If the wireless broadband providers take the lab as seriously as to provide technicians, then won't their broadband lab feedback, tweaks and tips add value to this forum?

Also won't the testing results provide unfair information to consumers if the various broadband providers' technicians are allowed to fix and tweak the lab's broadband connections so that it works better than what you normally would get if you where an average Joe consumer?

[ettubrute]

You PM'ed RPM as well? If not, do it!

/me looks again: PM RPM. Coincidence? :D

[rpm]

Hi AdLo

The testing process is slightly different from the previous time (more intensive), but the process will stay the same. You guys will hear about the results first as usual.

UJ is indeed sponsoring the lab, but there are not significant constraints regarding the publication of results. They want some exposure for their support which they will get in terms of press exposure etc, but this remains a MyADSL initiative.

We have made certain that the results are not weighed in any direction. Here I can not give all the details (like the full calculation method and all the testing methods), but it will be the most accurate results available to date.

I hope this answers your questions. We hope to have a full set of results ready by the beginning of October.

Regards,

RPM

[pupa]

I see RPM do sometimes respond to forums, wonder why he did not see those I directly PM'd to him. I asked for some comparison TCPIQ results to compare with but had no joy nor any response. The same was for a request to add a tweak or optimising sticky so we can have a specific area for those posts. Hope You see this RPM

[rpm]

Hi Pupa

If I see a certain topic I usually respond ASAP. I am quite busy at work now and this will most likely last until the beginning of November. This means that I can not read every post and will most likely not even know about them. Just PM me with an ‘
‘exclamation mark’ attached to the message if it is urgent. I will then definitely see it and respond.

My apologies for not responding to your earlier messages…definitely not on purpose.

Regards,

RPM

[ettubrute]

Just PM me with an ‘exclamation mark’ attached to the message if it is urgent. I will then definitely see it and respond.Guess who's PM box will overflow with exclamation marks? :D

[justinct]

Haha ye, now pm him another icon and he will probably notice it more than the milion !!!!!!!

[Myrrdin]

lol !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!