[nfbcs] Videos and buffering.

Wed Dec 22 15:27:15 UTC 2010

I have just tested on both sites and get wildly different results.  On 
Comcast/Earthlink, IE8, and Windows XP at 9:15 A.M. CST, they say:

4GSpeed = 448 kbps.
Speedtest = 24.85 Mb/s download and 1.91 Mb/s upload from Minneapolis to a 
server 200 miles away.

The Speedtest is consistent with my experience, so what is 4GSpeed doing?

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Lee" <dgl at dlee.org>
To: "NFB in Computer Science Mailing List" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 22, 2010 8:45 AM
Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Videos and buffering.

>I haven't followed this thread carefully, but I think the original
> poster is on cable.  Cable usually uses DHCP and not PPP over Ethernet
> (PPPoE).  This is good because PPPoE tends to add some overhead to
> every data packet, which means that it ends up being slower.  PPPoE is
> commonly used for DSL but not cable.
>
> All this to say, if you are indeed on cable, I would think the
> advertised speed and the actual speed should be close to each other at
> least sometimes, specifically, when no one else in your area is
> hauling in or pushing out a lot of data.  Your mileage may vary of
> course.
>
> On Wed, Dec 22, 2010 at 08:38:40AM -0600, Steve Jacobson wrote:
> Alan,
>
> Cable Broadband can vary in speed dependeing upon whom else is connected 
> in your neighborhood and also what they are doing at a particular time. 
> Try
> the speed test suggested to see if you are getting the speed that is 
> advertised.  Someone else has already given you a speed web site you can 
> go to, but I
> have used
>
> http://www.speedtest.net
>
> in the past.  There is some flash on this page and your results will 
> disappear if you don't find them quickly enough, but there is a link that 
> will display your
> results again.
>
> If you are not getting the speed you should be getting, it is worth 
> unplugging and then plugging back in the AC power to your cable modem to
> restart it before complaining.  Check the speed test again to see if 
> anything changed.  Don't be overly worried if you are not getting the 
> exact number you
> are paying for as this number is always an estimate and is subject to 
> exaggeration in my opinion.  If you are getting less than half, even, that 
> might be worth
> complaining about but probably isn't causing your buffering problem. 
> However, I've seen cases where the speed has fallen to a tenth of what one 
> expects,
> and this could be causing a problem.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Steve Jacobson
>
> On Tue, 21 Dec 2010 21:31:37 -0600, Alan Wheeler wrote:
>
>>How do I go about that, being on cable (broadband) internet?
>
>
>>----- Original Message ----- 
>>From: "Larry Wayland" <lhwayland at sbcglobal.net>
>>To: "'NFB in Computer Science Mailing List'" <nfbcs at nfbnet.org>
>>Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 8:57 PM
>>Subject: Re: [nfbcs] Videos and buffering.
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>
>>> You may want to check your internet speed to make sure it is working the
>>> way
>>> it should.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nfbcs-bounces at nfbnet.org] On 
>>> Behalf
>>> Of Alan Wheeler
>>> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2010 10:48 AM
>>> To: nfbcs at nfbnet.org
>>> Subject: [nfbcs] Videos and buffering.
>>>
>>> Hello, I hope you can help. I am running Windows Vista (64 bit) and JAWS
>>> 11.
>>> Lately, within the past month, I can't seem to watch video content on 
>>> web
>>> pages, be it from You Tube or anywhere, without it buffering (breaking
>>> up).
>>> I tried, not sure how successfully, to install the new Adobe flash 
>>> player
>>> and am still having problems. Any suggestions?
>>>
>>> Alan
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