Speed Test II

<b><u>Bandwidthplace.com</u></b>

307.6 kilobits per second



<b><u>MyADSL Test: </u></b>

454.30kbps

Couldn't believe my eyes when I got this on the Telkom local speed test:
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Results:

Below is the data used to calculate your download speed:

* Download time: 0.06 seconds
* Size of file: 500 KiloBytes
* Estimated line speed: 68000 (kilobits/second)
* Estimated line speed: 8333.3 (kiloBytes/second)
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For a moment there I thought I was in Nirvana... did it again and got the following, far more realistic (though still not _real_ ADSL);
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Results:

Below is the data used to calculate your download speed:

* Download time: 9.083 seconds
* Size of file: 500 KiloBytes
* Estimated line speed: 449.2 (kilobits/second)
* Estimated line speed: 55 (kiloBytes/second)
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Any thoughts on what happened the first time around?

The page was cached...you were accessing it on your hard drive... that's why it was fast...

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MyAdsl Speedtest
MyADSL Local (South African) Speed Test
Your current bandwidth reading is:
432.30kbps
which means you can download at 54.04 KB/sec. from our servers.

Telkom Speedtest
Download time: 8.469 seconds
Size of file: 500 KiloBytes
Estimated line speed: 481.8 (kilobits/second)
Estimated line speed: 59 (kiloBytes/second)

DSL Reports
2004-06-03 15:33:57 EST: 224 / 245
Your download speed : 230355 bps, or 224 kbps.
A 28.1 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 251461 bps, or 245 kbps.

FLIPPIT - and that's precisely the first thought that went through my mind but was immediately discarded, as this simply does not apply... The test was done with a brand new Gentoo Linux install using a brand new install of Firefox - the test was exactly the second site visited after logging on to MyADSL. Also checked my SME-Server unit acting as a gateway, but nuthin' doing... Wierd is an understatement...

transparent caching?

Yup - it's about the only reasonably logical inference one can make - Telkrap must have a router-based cache engine somewhere for transparent caching. Dunno how this explains the weird line speed readings, tho'...

Ok, something strange, but am I just stupid the first time I did the telkom speed test on my 56k( yes its sad) i got 432kbits and 50+-k bytes ( same as dsl, on my second one i got my normal 56k speed) And when i downloaded the ftp I got 35kb/s in the transfer speed