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Merlin2003
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Just tried the speed test and got the following on my first attempt:
Gateway Timeout
The following error occurred:
Gateway Timeout
The following error occurred:
Code:
A gateway timeout occurred. The server is unreachable. Retry the request.
The second attempt gave the following:
295.21 kbits/sec
Is the failure during the first attempt due to the port prioritising? If so, then ADSL is still not good enough for me[V]
BladeRunner
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Time : 8:45am
Date : Thurs, 14th August
Speed: 216.15
Date : Thurs, 14th August
Speed: 216.15
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Hi Bullstein
The test should take a rather short time. It usually takes between a few seconds to about a minute depending on speed.
My speed is now (Thursday 12:26 on August 14) 20.49 kbits/sec, and the test took around a minute. I think you might have an "international problem"
Regards,
RPM
rpm@myadsl.co.za
The test should take a rather short time. It usually takes between a few seconds to about a minute depending on speed.
My speed is now (Thursday 12:26 on August 14) 20.49 kbits/sec, and the test took around a minute. I think you might have an "international problem"
Regards,
RPM
rpm@myadsl.co.za
Hi,
I am beginning to wonder just what it is that we are measuring here [?]
I ran a bandwidthplace speed test 14.08.2003 at 12:09, and got 50.77 kbits/sec ~= 8.2K/s
I use linux, and started to download http://ftp26moz.newaol.com/pub/firebird/releases/0.6.1/MozillaFirebird-0.6.1-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz via the Firebird browser.
It chugged along at about 5K/s. I thought that a bit gradual, so I tried wget, a command-line downloader - dont laugh, it works really well, with a bunch of settings that allow you to get a file when most browsers and downloaders just give up. It upped things a bit to 6.67K/s - still no great shakes.
So, I broke off and resumed from ftp://ftp26moz.newaol.com/pub/firebird/releases/0.6.1/MozillaFirebird-0.6.1-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz, i.e same site, using ftp rather than http. This immediately doubled throughput, peaking at 15.7K/s, eventually averaging 12.12 K/s. Ftp downloads should be a bit better than http, but not THAT much.
My point is that with all the undisclosed choking, prioritising, cacheing, etc we are stumbling around in the dark when trying to get best performance. I think that we should demand that Telkom disclose what exactly they are doing with our data stream, and why. That should allow us to work together [with Telkom.. edited], rather than yelling insults at one another.
I am beginning to wonder just what it is that we are measuring here [?]
I ran a bandwidthplace speed test 14.08.2003 at 12:09, and got 50.77 kbits/sec ~= 8.2K/s
I use linux, and started to download http://ftp26moz.newaol.com/pub/firebird/releases/0.6.1/MozillaFirebird-0.6.1-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz via the Firebird browser.
It chugged along at about 5K/s. I thought that a bit gradual, so I tried wget, a command-line downloader - dont laugh, it works really well, with a bunch of settings that allow you to get a file when most browsers and downloaders just give up. It upped things a bit to 6.67K/s - still no great shakes.
So, I broke off and resumed from ftp://ftp26moz.newaol.com/pub/firebird/releases/0.6.1/MozillaFirebird-0.6.1-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.gz, i.e same site, using ftp rather than http. This immediately doubled throughput, peaking at 15.7K/s, eventually averaging 12.12 K/s. Ftp downloads should be a bit better than http, but not THAT much.
My point is that with all the undisclosed choking, prioritising, cacheing, etc we are stumbling around in the dark when trying to get best performance. I think that we should demand that Telkom disclose what exactly they are doing with our data stream, and why. That should allow us to work together [with Telkom.. edited], rather than yelling insults at one another.
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83.64 kbits/sec - 13:48 Thursday 14 August 2003.
Hi Madala,
as a fellow Linux user you might be interested in this file downloader
d4x from
http://www.krasu.ru/soft/chuchelo
I am currently getting 55 kbyte/sec while downloading Windows 2000 SP3 from MS !!!
It does multiple parallel downloads, fooling Telkom's port prioritization.
d4x is still a little bit buggy, but, given the speed advantage I'll live with it.
as a fellow Linux user you might be interested in this file downloader
d4x from
http://www.krasu.ru/soft/chuchelo
I am currently getting 55 kbyte/sec while downloading Windows 2000 SP3 from MS !!!
It does multiple parallel downloads, fooling Telkom's port prioritization.
d4x is still a little bit buggy, but, given the speed advantage I'll live with it.
<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"><i>Originally posted by pdos</i>
<br />Hi Madala,
as a fellow Linux user you might be interested in this file downloader
d4x from
http://www.krasu.ru/soft/chuchelo ... given the speed advantage I'll live with it.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
Sold!! to the guy with his tongue hanging out.[]
Thanx, I will give it a bash.
<br />Hi Madala,
as a fellow Linux user you might be interested in this file downloader
d4x from
http://www.krasu.ru/soft/chuchelo ... given the speed advantage I'll live with it.
<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
Sold!! to the guy with his tongue hanging out.[
] Thanx, I will give it a bash.
Hi Folks,
I've run three tests in the last 45 minutes or so and I gradually get better results. It started at a dismal 14.0 kilobits and is currently running at 123 kilobits. It seems there was a problem earlier on, but it's being fixed.
My best speed has been 354 kilobits, but that was a few days ago.
Vincent
I've run three tests in the last 45 minutes or so and I gradually get better results. It started at a dismal 14.0 kilobits and is currently running at 123 kilobits. It seems there was a problem earlier on, but it's being fixed.
My best speed has been 354 kilobits, but that was a few days ago.
Vincent