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More info?)
Sorry this was such a frustrating process, but there was no need to get snippy. I only check this every couple of days and I didn't have time to fish the link out last time. I guess I've assume this activity was more common and that most would know which site I was referring. Thanks for the info.
nntp
/news.microsoft.com/microsoft.public.pocketpc/<vtk8j0do3oev6qtn87upu11bh67jflrd4t@4ax.com>
Right, well their scripting is patchy to say the least eg
location = "/7009-7254_7-0.html?CType=2277&ac=&ISPID=&ISPNAME=&" +
'&kbps=' + kbps;
should read location.href which is standard for almost every browser.
(There's also no 'BODY' tag for the HTML page)
Finally, their maths is flawed, they're using a 51353 Byte image to
do the test, but assuming it's 50000 Bytes in size. I haven't checked
whether the image can be compressed further.
Anyway back to the plot :
This page http
/download.enitel.no/speedtest/ downloads simple
(compressible) text. It will calculate *throughput* rather than
*bandwidth*, which is the real figure you need - the ability of your
device to max out uncompressed text data. And, it'll work with Pocket
IE.
Cheers - Neil
On Mon, 30 Aug 2004 18:04:54 -0500, "Beverly Howard
[Ms-MVP/MobileDev]" <BevNoSpamBevHoward.com> wrote:
> >> what's the url? <<
>
>Probably
http/reviews.cnet.com/Bandwidth_meter/7004-7254_7-0.html
>
>imho, all of these are subjective depending on a number of connect
>issues... for example the above test reports about 4-5 times faster than
>most other connections... I notice that some download sites perform
>hugely faster than others and those sites vary between workstations
>giving rise to the suspicion that matchups in tcp/ip configurations
>between site and computer makes a huge difference.
>
>Beverly Howard [MS MVP-Mobile Devices]
[microsoft.public.pocketpc]