On Saturday 18 February 2006 15:07, Michele Neylon:: Blacknight.ie wrote:
> You can also try the one we host, which uses the same software:
>http://www.irishisptest.com/
When I try this, I'm told
"Your download speed is 3.21Mbps. Upload speed is 300kbps."
But when I try dlsreports at
<http://homepage.eircom.net/~leslie/testpage/testlrge.htm>
I'm told "Your throughput is 798080 bps".
I've noticed this huge discrepancy before.
Are they measuring different things?
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