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Broadband Download Speed Test Results
Broadband Download Speed Test Results
512kbps Services Month December 2010
Collective Download Speed Test Results of All Operators UK
Collective Download Speed Test Results of All Operators USA
Operator
Average RTT
-ms-
-ms-
Monthly Rental
-SLR-
-SLR-
Monthly
Data Volume
Data Volume
Bandwidth
Advertised
-Download-
Advertised
-Download-
*Advertised Bandwidth Availability
-Peak Time-
-Peak Time-
USA
UK
Int’l bandwidth availability
During 10MB file download
*with overheads
DIALOGDuring 10MB file download
*with overheads
286
287
1,750
unlimited
512kbps
NO
LANKA BELL344
237
2,000
unlimited
512kbps
YES
SLT246
274
1,600
unlimited
512kbps
YES
2Mbps services Month December 2010
Collective Download Speeds of all Operators USA
Collective Download Speeds of all Operators USA
Collective Download Speeds of all Operators UK
Operator
Average RTT
-ms-
-ms-
Monthly Rental
-SLR-
-SLR-
Monthly
Data Volume
Data Volume
Bandwidth
Advertised
-Download-
Advertised
-Download-
*Advertised Bandwidth Availability
-09:00-00:00-
-09:00-00:00-
USA
UK
Int’l bandwidth availability
During 10MB file download
*with overheads
DIALOGDuring 10MB file download
*with overheads
282
285
5,000
unlimited
2Mbos
NO
LANKA BELL310
332
5,500
unlimited
2Mbps
YES
SLT274
296
5,500
unlimited
2Mbps
YES
Broadband Facts
- Broadband is a network service that distributes its available resources among many subscribers who uses the service to access the Internet. The sharing mechanism of network elements helps service providers to minimize per user cost drastically by distributing it among many subscribers.
- More or less broadband is a domestic Internet service that intends to serve residential and small office users. However due to highly priced IPLC charges in the country the majority of commercial institutions prefer to use broadband services for commercial activities instead of using Internet leased circuits.
- Dedicated Internet services and IPLCs’ are more reliable than broadband and come with a guaranteed speed at a premium price.
- The speeds advertised in respect to broadband are theoretical maximum levels and their availability will depend on many factors. The data transfer speed in broadband is not a constant value and varies from time to time and depends on network conditions.
- Wireless Internet services have their own characteristics. In many cases wireless last mile is a shared segment. But in ADSL the last mile is not a shared segment.
- The aforesaid points constitute the basis of broadband. They should not be interpreted to elaborate broadband as a week service with inherent slow speeds.
- It is the responsibility of the Internet service provider to ensure an acceptable speed level in broadband especially during busy hours.
