[nzlug] Broadband bandwidth drop: WTF?

[Cliff Pratt]

Simon Bridge wrote:
> Here's something that's been bothering me for a while...
> 
> I'm supposed to get 2M broadband from ihug, but I've never seen more 
> than 250k, and usually get more like 120-160k (incoming, ftp say).
> 
I think that the 2Mbps is a *maximum* that you can get under ideal 
conditions (eg distance from the exchange, quality of line come into 
it). Most people get less than that - many a lot less than that.

If you think you are getting losses, though my guess is that you aren't, 
you could try pinging your ISP's DNS server.

Cheers,

Cliff