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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)
 
  Re: Website Host speeds
 
(...) Find decently-large files on each site and compare their download speeds. For me both at BU and on my DSL connection at home, the first two are blazingly fast and the third is pretty slow. The fast ones I get at over a megabyte a second (...) (21 years ago, 9-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Re: Website Host speeds
 
(...) 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 (21 years ago, 9-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
 
  Website Host speeds
 
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)
 
  Re: Three updated and one new Mortar Headd!
 
(...) Diamond Comics, why that's where I work! But we don't seem to have any new Mortar Headd items yet. That's not to say that it's not in the works (I'm too lowly to get the good dirt). Remind me and I'll look into it. Aaron S (21 years ago, 4-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.geek, FTX)


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