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Crazy speeds (200kB/s) on ORCON at 0110 Friday morning!

From: Antony Stubbs <dolby_at_paradise.net.nz>
Date: 05 Sep 2003 01:29:27 +1200
Message-Id: <1062682167.2380.7.camel@auron>

Ok - I'm with ORCON and I'm downloading two files from gameplanet, at
about 150 kB/s~! Anyone else experiancing this?
(i'm on jetstart btw)
It just started, I'll post again if/when it stops!
Holly cow! - its international too!

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472.6 kilobits per second

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Details

Your raw speed was 472645.43 bits per second which is the same as:

Communications

472.6 kilobits per second
How communication devices are rated. Kilo means 1,000 and mega means
1,000,000. Examples include 56k modem and 10Mbit Ethernet

Storage

57.7 kilobytes per second
The way data is measured on your hard drive and how file sharing and FTP
programs measure transfer speeds. Kilo is 1,024 and mega is 1,048,576.

1MB file download

17.7 seconds
The time it would take you to download a 1 megabyte file at this speed.

This was the high speed test at http://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/

mg for the love of god if only i didn't have just 5gig left on my cap!

i just downloaded the homeworld 2 demo in something like 10 minutes!
(142 meg)
Gosh dam, this is what broad band *SHOULD* be allll about =P

I feel sorry for anyone with Orcon that's asleep right now, or just
otherwise ain't gonna check these forums right now! =D

See more info here:
http://www1.gpforums.co.nz/showthread.php?s=&threadid=179538

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