Baffling speeds...?

[nofx210]

No speedtest is really accurate. I never can do a download speedtest that actually shows my max download. Speedtest.com will show 13000kb/s but i'll go d/l from NG's at 200000kb/s or 2MB. I found NG's are the best way to test your download speed. Speed test give an idea. Although some people can do a speedtest and it'll be very close to their max, while for some like me, its never really that close.

Same here. I dont trust speed tests. they're never accurate I prefer to test via giganews

[superfuzzy]

1 megabit = 128kb so 6mb = 768kb so 800 is only 5% fater than it should be

So true! My crappy Verizon DSL is 1.5 megabit, and my download speed for newsgroups is usually 187kb, which is what it should be:

128*1.5=192. 192 is the theoretical maximum, but there is always a bit of overhead.

I pay for a maximum of 3 megabit, but no increase until FIOS is available, some day.

[link2009]

There's something strange on my end...I've gotten a 400KB/s increase in the last few weeks. I now reached 1.02MB/s from 640KB/s being my max. A lot of people seem to be getting quicker speeds all of a sudden.

[haydeno]

pulling 301 now on my 3meg