[LINK] Streaming TV Tests

[stephen at melbpc.org.au]

At 10:33 PM 28/03/2007, George writes:

> Thanks Rick, you've got a nice pipe there :)

Ok .. Rick may have a fat pipe .. but I've got a long one :-)

By that I mean, just for interest, and, perhaps of some help,
here, being 100km NW of Bendigo with waving wheat fields,
and via the free broadband-connect-scheme 256/64 satellite
/wireless 'broadband' (haha) connection, (either that or dialup
which is untimed and unlimited but one dollar a call) the audio
for your vvr-test-3 streams well, but the video is non-existent :-(

It's a little surprising because, on the other hand, YouTube works
fine.. true, it's slow (trick is to hit pause, build a buffer at around a
minute of buffer for a minute play time) but it eventually does work.

Be that as it may, it may make sense in assisting George if Linkers
visit say, <http://www.ozspeedtest.com/bandwidth/> and include the
results in your report, to give George a hard-data comparison basal?

For example ...

1. Test run on 28/03/2007 @ 10:44 PM

Mirror: Telstra Bigpond
Test Time: 2.76 secs
Your line speed is 208 kbps (0.21 Mbps).
Your download speed is 26 KB/s (0.03 MB/s).

2.  Test run on 28/03/2007 @ 10:48 PM

Mirror: Telstra Bigpond
Test Time: 2.86 secs
Your line speed is 200 kbps (0.2 Mbps).
Your download speed is 25 KB/s (0.02 MB/s).

3. Test run on 28/03/2007 @ 10:50 PM

Mirror: Telstra Bigpond
Test Time: 21.56 secs
Your line speed is 226 kbps (0.23 Mbps).
Your download speed is 28 KB/s (0.03 MB/s).

4. Test run on 28/03/2007 @ 10:54 PM

Mirror: Netspace
Test Time: 2.68 secs
Your line speed is 214 kbps (0.21 Mbps).
Your download speed is 27 KB/s (0.03 MB/s).

Or: http://resources.broadbandguide.com.au/speedTest

First Result:
Download Speed: 245 kbps (30.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 60 kbps (7.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

Second Result:
Download Speed: 246 kbps (30.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 62 kbps (7.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
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Cheers, George
Stephen Loosley
Victoria Australia