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  • (Score: 2) by Gaaark on Thursday June 28 2018, @01:21AM (4 children)

    by Gaaark (41) on Thursday June 28 2018, @01:21AM (#699592) Journal

    Well, Bell tells me i get

    2018-06-27 21:04:10 167.04 Mbps 166.17 Mbps

    speedtest-cli tells me

    Download: 17.42 Mbit/s
    Upload: 18.72 Mbit/s

    I guess it's Megabytes vs Megabits?
    Dunno. Gonna go to sleep. Brain tired. Go sleepy. Buhbye.

    Unlimited, ftw.

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  • (Score: 2) by isostatic on Monday July 02 2018, @10:00AM (2 children)

    by isostatic (365) on Monday July 02 2018, @10:00AM (#701255) Journal

    17.4mbit/second means megabit per second

    What is "Bell"?

    • (Score: 2) by dry on Thursday July 12 2018, @04:49AM (1 child)

      by dry (223) on Thursday July 12 2018, @04:49AM (#706101) Journal

      Crappy Canadian ISP.

      • (Score: 2) by isostatic on Thursday July 12 2018, @10:57AM

        by isostatic (365) on Thursday July 12 2018, @10:57AM (#706164) Journal

        Assuming it's his ISP, then they could both be right - the bell speedtest server could be consumer side of the bottleneck

        This is where the concept of 'speed' of your ISP falls apart, you do have contention, everyone does, the question is where those bottlenecks are

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 06 2018, @06:30AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday July 06 2018, @06:30AM (#703406)

    What has that to do with Hermione?