several months ago there was a report that said many isp companies don't give you
the speed they advertise. i just checked and i'm running slower than i should be.
DOWNLOAD -- UPLOAD -- LATENCY -- SERVER ------- DISTANCE
--SPEED -- --SPEED --------------- LOCATION
6980 kb/s -- 1025 kb/s - 37 ms -- Denver, CO ------- ~ 50 mi
6925 kb/s -- 1040 kb/s - 106 ms - Denver, CO ------- ~ 50 mi
6424 kb/s -- 1006 kb/s - 62 ms -- Denver, CO ------- ~ 50 mi
5514 kb/s -- 1045 kb/s - 54 ms -- Salt Lake City UT - ~ 400 mi
3221 kb/s -- 756 kb/s -- 73 ms -- Albuquerque NM -- ~ 250 mi
2683 kb/s -- 846 kb/s -- 170 ms - Kansas City MO -- ~ 550 mi
It would appear that the your distance to a server will affect your speed.
Boosey: Where do you live? On the far side of the moon in a crater? You must be 'a geographical oddity...two weeks from everywhere.' (G. Clooney quote from 'O Brother, Where Art Thou?')
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