DSL

[Null]

Originally Posted by Happydude

the speed test there isn't accurate at all becuase it doesn't allow for the full speed of the connection to be active (i was told this by a technical support person at my ISP)...if you wanna see your top speed, download a driver from ATI...ATI allows full speed downloads...i was downloading from them at 600+kb/s (i have a cable connection)

it only allows downloads the speeds of which it can upload. so if it can upload to one person on a such and such line at over 500k/sec, then it can sure as hell allow for for full download speeds of a DSL line.

however, it shouldnt be used to give yourself an exact number, it just gives you an idea of what you have and its good at that.

BTW, people at isp's will say things like that just to get themselves off the hook and end a coversation. person calls up and says he's only getting such and such speed. isp tech says its the website, it lies. your ok. person on phone, oh...well ok then.

Nothing can ever give you an exact number really, theres too many variables that get in the way, everything would have to be exactly perfect, exactly the same each time for it to work.



long story short (too late) if he goes there and it tells him he's getting 0.9Mb/s he sure as hell doesnt have a 100Mb connection (he sure as hell doesnt anyway, lol. but that was just to show)