How to run the tweak tester?
• A: To run the tweak test please go to http://www.dslreports.com/tweaks and do the following: • Press the Start button on the Tweak Tester II applet. • When the test completes press the Results button. • Q: Advertised speeds are different than my actual speeds. • A: A general rule of thumb for determining whether or not you have a good broadband connection is whether or not you are getting at least 80% of the maximum possible speed you could. There is a built in ‘loss’ due to overhead information that must be transmitted and a few other factors that immediately eat up about 13% of your bandwidth (speed). That means that the absolute best in a perfect setup would be 87% of your theoretical maximum. With other factors thrown in, the 80% rule of thumb was developed. Now, how to apply it. As one example, lets assume you have a 1.5/384 DSL connection. This means that the best you can ever do is to get 1500kbps (kilobits per second) as a download speed and 384 kpbs upload. But at least 13%
