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To: Rock_nj who wrote (50369)	12/23/1999 10:10:00 AM
From: vagabond	Respond to of 108040

OT, more "Speedtest" results: Have just run several more tests of my DSL line, figuring this qualifies as a "high-traffic" time of day -- and again, have gotten widely-varying results. So I'm not sure anyone should take the figures too literally as a "standard speed" -- may be better to regard them as a general indication that their line tends to be fast, medium or slow. When I first tried it this morning, I got the following truly-incredible result: 8160 Kbps (1000 Kbytes/sec) -- and even I don't really believe that, as nice as it would be. Later results ranged from my previous high of 3709 Kbps (I've gotten that so often, it seems like a plausible "high" for me), down to infrequent lows in the 1046-1200 Kbps range. But most of the time, it's been in the 2500 Kpbs area. VERY INTERESTING, FWIW: I've tried doing the test using both Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator (I use both daily, for different things) -- and the IE results are consistently superior. Highest I've gotten with Netscape is around 904 Kpbs (110 Kbytes). Would be curious if anyone else has tried it with both browsers, and gotten the same lopsided results... Vagabond