On Wed, 2005-08-17 at 18:13 +1200, criggie(a)criggie.dyndns.org wrote:
For those intereted, trademe has been running a survey of ISPs and a test of performance.
http://www.trademe.co.nz/structure/community/survey_results.asp
Any comments on the speed differences for 256 kbit customers?
Well, without seeing the test methodology, it's hard to say. But if I assume that the server that the punters tested against was located close to TM's citylink connection, then it's an interesting observation on the effects of the telcos and ISP's electing to peer (or not) with citylink as the case may be. Meh, but then again it could be just a reflection on the kind of people who would do a survey, be interested in how they connect to the net and be a trademe member. what interests me is how they defined a 'corporate' connection - which is a somewhat different classification to the tech based one in the same section. And I'd be assuming that broadminded corporate connections would be exceeding 2Mbps. psst. wanna buy my old washing machine? jamie