[adsl] P2P on unleashed Orcon Avanced 40 Plans

[LEE Tet Yoon]

At 07:30 a.m. 12/12/2006, you wrote:
>I just did this test from my Orcon account.  This site is a joke??  I 
>did their speed test 9.26Megbits???  My router says Downstream 
>3024.   nzdsl.co.nz says 2696..  Some one clarify??

Not sure if this is what your asking but here goes. 3024k is the speed your ADSL CPE negotiated with the Dslam. It's the max your 'line' is able to handle (actually depends on your modem and the Dslam and everything in between although the actual line is obviously the biggest variable). Because of overheads, especially the ATM overheads you'll lose about 15% IIRC from your line speed. (I believe I posted the calculations a while back, search through the archives.) So the 2696k seems quite good. 2696k is the speed between you and the site your testing. It'll depend on everything between and including your computer and the nzdsl.co.nz server. You'll probably get a different speed if you do the test again and you may find it'll be slower at peak times if the local links are congested or the nzdsl server's link is saturated.

As to the Orcon speed, I don't know what's up with it. It could be a cache issue but it'll usually be a lot higher if it were. It may have just been a browser issue (remember it depends on your browser accurately recording the length of time taken to transfer a set amount of data). Did you try it multiple times or only once?

Also bear in mind some braindead websites think 1mbit/sec=1024kbits/sec=1024x1024bits/sec.

Cheers