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Re: What speed do you surf the net? Take the test!

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Originally Posted by Adam Shapiro
Whether or not you have an 11Mbps connection (typically wireless) has no effect on your connection speed unless you are running at a T1 or better. Typical broadband modems have a cap around 1.5Mbps so your average network settings will not slow it at all (unless you have a large surplus of computers using your bandwidth).
Remember that wireless has a large tendancy to have a lot of packet loss. Your theoretical maximum speed may be 11 mbps, but rarely is that speed seen.

Microwaves, along with many other common household devices such as cordless phones operate on the same frequencies as wirelss internet. Any such devices will cause packet loss and higher ping times.

I've seen it happen.

Also remember that T1 is only 1.544 mbps -- not much faster than common cable modems on the downstream side.

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