[Tfug] Internet speed

[arizray at comcast.net]

~$ tcptraceroute yahoo.com 
Selected device eth0, address 192.168.0.2, port 44019 for outgoing packets 
Tracing the path to yahoo.com (68.180.206.184) on TCP port 80 (www), 30 hops max 
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11 w2.rc.vip.sp1.yahoo.com (68.180.206.184) [open] 31.998 ms 32.247 ms 35.803 ms 



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Claude Rubinson" <rubinson at u.arizona.edu> 
To: tfug at tfug.org 
Sent: Sunday, April 12, 2009 8:19:22 AM GMT -07:00 U.S. Mountain Time (Arizona) 
Subject: Re: [Tfug] Internet speed 

On Sun, Apr 12, 2009 at 02:54:26PM +0000, arizray at comcast.net wrote: 
> I realize that download performance is subject to the conditions at 
> the server one is downloading from and other factors but I sense 
> that there might be a setting or something that is in need of 
> checking/changing. 

Others will be able to discuss the vagaries of Comcast; I just want to 
point out that until you have some solid stats as to your throughput, 
you can't make any claims one way or the other. 

Over at one of my old LUGs, there was recently a very detailed post on 
how to measure your throughput: 
http://www.weak.org/pipermail/buug/2009-March/003308.html 

Claude 

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