Re: Why is my HTTP download speed clock higher then a speed test
- From: tom23499@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: 18 Nov 2005 20:15:58 -0800
Vanguard wrote:
> <tom23499@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Can anyone tell me what is difference between the transfer rate of a
> > HTTP download using internet explorer vs FTP download ? Also why is it
> > that when I run a speed test from some sites I get 1.8Mb/s but when I
> > download something I get 345KB/s ? Is that my browser is running slower
> > then usual ?
> >
> > thanks all feedback welcome
> >
>
>
> Unless you are downloading from the same site that you used for the speed
> test, and that site guarantees equal bandwidth for downloads as they do for
> their speed test, then don't expect different sites to give you the same
> response. Obviously if a site is being hit hard, it needs to distribute its
> bandwidth amongst all concurrent connections. They may also choose to
> throttle their maximum bandwidth for downloads. You are probably going
> through a different route (set of hosts) to reach one site than you do for
> another, and each host will have varying bandwidth and a different load of
> connections at that time. You are not subscribing to a service with a
> guaranteed minimum transfer rate and you cannot force other hosts or sites
> to provide maximum bandwidth just for you or force them to connect to huge
> trunks to provide you with as much bandwidth as you desire. You get what
> they choose to give and what every host in the route between you and them
> choose to provide. You are not in control of anything past your own host.
>
> So how does a speed test comprised of downloading a few kilobytes to maybe a
> megabyte equate to you downloading from a DIFFERENT site a file that is many
> megabytes in size? A speed test is like taking a snapshot of the highway.
> Oh, look, there are few cars in that snapshot so it should be a breeze to
> travel that way, but a snapshot a minute later shows a multiple car crash
> that blocks the entire highway (actually just a lane block will do to pile
> up traffic). Snapshots are just that and cannot be used to provide adequate
> information that represents actual results in usage over time. Unless the
> sentence is a one-word sentence, you cannot tell what is the sentence from
> one word.
Ahh I see so basically I really can't compare then a speed test vs
downloading. Yes the speed test and download sites are different. I
usually run a speed test from www.toast.net and download test from
Microsoft.com. The difference is significant. I understand that the
route the speed test and download take are very different dependent on
each host bandwidth availability or restrictions. Thanks a bunch for
the reply. Tommy.
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