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Re: Website Host speeds
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lugnet.off-topic.geek
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Thu, 11 Sep 2003 21:45:46 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.geek, John Henry Kruer wrote:
> In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Bram Lambrecht wrote:
> > In lugnet.off-topic.geek, Matthew Miller wrote:
> > > Bram Lambrecht <bram@cwru.edu> 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)
> > >
> > > 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 (several times T1 speed!), and jhkruer.com at 50-75K.
> >
> > Hmm, in that case maybe it's not worth saving $10/year to change hosts...
> > --Bram
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> Yes, I agree. How's the service there at atlnetworks?
The service is pretty good. Problems are usually fixed within 24 hours or less,
but the staff could use some grammar lessons. Seems like the speed of the site
is pretty variable though. I've since paid for the next year, so I won't be
switching yet.
--Bram
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