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another "omg so slow" thread

brianthebard · 2008-10-14 22:38:54

Just did a speedtest and am getting a download speed of 522kb/s from upc in galway. For the lolz I clicked a london pyramid to see what would happen and got 957kb/s. What's that about? thanks.

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14-10-2008 11:38pm

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brianthebard

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Just did a speedtest and am getting a download speed of 522kb/s from upc in galway. For the lolz I clicked a london pyramid to see what would happen and got 957kb/s. What's that about? thanks.

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#2 15-10-2008 7:43am
J-blk

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If you're using www.speedtest.net, I haven't found it to be very reliable most of the time - try the Magnet one instead:

http://speedtest.magnet.ie/

That's not full proof either though - your best bet to figure out your actual speed would be to just grab a large file from a fast server (like a Linux DVD ISO from Heanet).

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#3 15-10-2008 8:18am
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yes another speed thread, there's already one covering UPC issues http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055358808&page=7

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