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Re: Website Host speeds
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Tue, 9 Sep 2003 05:31:40 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Bram Lambrecht wrote:
Does anyone know of a good way to compare the speed of website hosts that does
not involve pinging?  I'm particularly interested in comparing the speeds of:

www.bldesign.org (currently hosted by atlnetworks.com)
www.scibrick.org (hosted by atlnetworks.com)
www.jhkruer.com  (hosted by icdsoft.com)

Thanks!
--Bram

If you can find a traceroute server close enough to your location, I think it
would provide a somewhat accurate representation of what you want.
Go to Google and search for "traceroute"

-Orion



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  Re: Website Host speeds
 
(...) No good -- some of the listed sites have a firewall which blocks (normal) ping and traceroute. You could use a tool that does TCP "pings" using the http port, but probably actual file download speed is the number you want to measure anyway. (21 years ago, 9-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)

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Does anyone know of a good way to compare the speed of website hosts that does not involve pinging? I'm particularly interested in comparing the speeds of: www.bldesign.org (currently hosted by atlnetworks.com) www.scibrick.org (hosted by (...) (21 years ago, 9-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, lugnet.publish)

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