RE: [OT] Broadband Speed Test (Contention Ratios)

["Nigel Giddings" <nigel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Paul,

I would say contention ratio is important, but as you mention in your
e-mail what is important is who you are in contention with...

I suppose (complete guess) that when you are connected to the D-SLAM in
the local exchange they connect people across all the ports evenly and
not put the first 10 (or whatever the number) on the first i/f card and
then the second etc.

My personal experience in a Rural location with a 512/256 Kb connection
with 50:1 is that I can achieve 40K plus downloads all the time,
regardless of time of day or day of week. Except maybe Sundays that fall
with a Bank Holiday...

Looking at my neighbours I don't think they are 'Heavy' users. My
immediate neighbour uses his laptop occasionally on his B/B connection
to download e-mail. I'm reluctant to mention the BBC Listen Again
service or Bit Torrent to him....

I have heard people with Business Tariffs find out of business hours can
be very good, I suppose because those users have turned off their PCs.
This could change in the future with services like on-line backups
though.

In Summary 50:1 works for me, by your mileage may vary.

HTH

Nigel

-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Gale [mailto:groups@xxxxxxx]
Sent: 13 March 2005 10:34
To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject: RE: [ukha_d] [OT] Broadband Speed Test


On a slightly different but related topic - has anyone got any info on
whether contention ratios actually do make a difference?

I'm thinking of moving ISP and currently have an expensive service with
Eclipse - 2Mbps, 20:1. Will I notice a difference with a 50:1 living in
a very small town (more like village).

Paul.

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