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> PSA: ISPs never, ever advertise download speeds. ISPs advertise signaling rates. Not true of all ISPs. And at some point, even if they are only advertising
by Sohcahtoa82 2y ago
> PSA: ISPs never, ever advertise download speeds. ISPs advertise signaling rates.
Not true of all ISPs.
And at some point, even if they are only advertising signaling rates, it's inconsequential.
I'm paying I think $70/mo for symmetrical gigabit. I just ran a speed test and got 922 mbps down, 910 mbps up. I'm not going to complain about that.
- Sohcahtoa82 2y agoCan't edit my comment now, but I did get to wondering... Does speedtest.net include packet headers in its speed? Assuming 40 bytes of a 1500 byte packet is from headers, leaving only 1460 bytes is available for application data, that means that a minimum if 2.7% of my bandwidth is packet headers. So if speedtest.net is only counting application data and not compensating for the bandwidth used by headers, then I should at most see 973 mbps on my gigabit connection.