January 23, 2008
Bandwidth
I've decided to try to quantify the variability of my cable modem bandwidth. Just before 7 this morning, I ran a speed test:
From me to Seattle:
Figuring that the hop across the lake to Seattle doesn't prove much, I tried hitting San Jose
Coming home this evening, I get
To Seattle:
and to San Jose:
Which tells me it's not my neighbors fault my download rates suck... It's Oregon's'.
Out of curiosity, I tried a test to NY, NY...
The other way to look at that - besides blaming Oregon - is to assume that network traffic in the bay area is just as bad as freeway traffic...
Posted by dberger at January 23, 2008 6:58 AM