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To: Ed Forrest who wrote (22198)	6/15/1999 10:50:00 AM
From: David E. Taylor	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 41369

Ed: Try running the speed test at different times of the day. My cable modem (via Cablevision's upgraded network) records anything from about 200 Kbps up to a maximum of about 800 Kbps. Cablevision says that their network is fed by three T3 lines and is designed to run at 1.5 Mbps, and that the lower speeds I get in practice are due to general internet traffic, and server/connection capacity/traffic to the specific web site I'm downloading from. Seems like there are other bottlenecks to be addressed as well as at the subscriber end, my guess is that it's most likely the specific site servers/connections and not the backbone right now. Also means that as high speed subscriber access proliferates, sites will have to upgrade their servers and other hardware/software to handle the increased traffic. Good fall out opportunities for CSCO, SUNW, DELL, CPQ, IBM, HWP et al who sell the necessary hardware. David T.