Digital Common Sense

I’ve been doing a little network rearranging here, so I thought I’d do a quick speed comparision today. All done via WiFi connected laptop. Done around 5:30pm

Qwest DSL

Not bad for DSL. 89 imllisecond latency isn’t great, especially for interactive voice and video, but anything under 150ms should be ok for VoIP. Throughput is about what I’d expect on a good day.

Comcast Cable

Barely beats the DSL on throughput. Negligible difference there. That’s actually appalling as cable should clobber DSL on the download side. Better latency than DSL.

Covad T1

Covad continues to rock. Throughput in both directions is pretty consistent with full T1 speeds. Actually higher latency than the cable, which surprises me. I checked and didn’t have any spurious QoS settings like Tom Keating did when he ran his tests.

Off to look at some other things, but thought I’d post this.

I love my Covad T1!

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Filed by Ken at 5:43 pm under Technology