One of the myths of High speed Internet
Hi, me again.
I thought I would talk to you about an interesting thing that some folks may not be aware of. When you contact Videotron or Sympatico or any other Internet service provider, one of the things you would be doing is purchasing internet access. Well I’d like to explain something. On their web sites they claim “up to 5 Mb” or “up to 7 Mb”. What this actually means is that you may be paying a certain amount of money for “up to 5Mb”, it doesn’t mean you’re getting it. What it actually means is the closer you are to the central connection, the faster your speed will be up to the limit your paying for. I have know some of our customers who are paying for 5Mb and getting 2.
There are ways to check. My favorite is a site called toast.net http://www.toast.net/. Select the “internet speed test” on the left side. Now just under the words “Performance Test“, click on the “Shuttle + Text”. Under the “Select Speed Test Host” select any one of the sites there. The important thing here is to be consistent and use the same ones all the time.
Now click on the “Run Test” button. The next window will give you the results. The top line is your Internet download speed. To get a true representation of your speed you should run the exact same test over 3 or 4 days and at different times during the day. Record each number and then average it out. This will be your average download speed. Compare this to what you have purchased and you’ll have a good idea if your speed is good or not.
Hope this info helps, please let me know
If you have any questions, please email me at john.palamar@palmesis.com
John Palamar
