[nzlug] Broadband bandwidth drop: WTF?

[Cliff Pratt]

Andrew Errington wrote:
> On Tue, January 22, 2008 15:03, Cliff Pratt wrote:
>> Vik Olliver wrote:
>>
>>> On Tue, 2008-01-22 at 09:29 +1300, Bob Harvey wrote:
>>>
>>>> There's an unambiguous tester at:
>>>> http://www.consumerspeedtest.org.nz/speedtest.php
>>>> and it is in kilobits-per-second.
>>>>
>>>> As far as I am aware all Telecom DSLAMS are limited
>>>> to an upload speed of 128kbps unless specially configured.
>>> Last Result:
>>> Download Speed: 524 kbps (65.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
>>> Upload Speed: 435 kbps (54.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
>>>
>>>
>> I've been to the site, but how do you get it to test your connection?
> 
> You press the ambiguously labelled button in the centre of the screen
> marked "Begin Test Now".  Tricky to spot, I'll grant you.
> 
> ...or maybe you don't have Flash[1] installed?
> 
> [1] A-aah!
> 
Ah! In the middle of my screen is a box in which "Begin Test Now" 
appears briefly followed by "Connecting", "Connected", "Preparing 
Download Test..."... and so on....

I thought it was an animated ad!!

Cheers,

Cliff