Google Fiber is supposedly about 10 times faster than that. Presumably, the bandwidth test server was being maxed out. His comparison based on the 91 Mbps result makes current ISPs look better than they should.
> For comparison, where with Comcast I can download a 1080p Breaking Bad episode (1.86 GB) in about a half hour, Google Fiber would get it done in under 3 minutes.
On Google Fiber, that Breaking Bad episode would be downloaded in about 15 seconds at max throughput.
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Google Fiber is supposedly about 10 times faster than that. Presumably, the bandwidth test server was being maxed out. His comparison based on the 91 Mbps result makes current ISPs look better than they should.
> For comparison, where with Comcast I can download a 1080p Breaking Bad episode (1.86 GB) in about a half hour, Google Fiber would get it done in under 3 minutes.
On Google Fiber, that Breaking Bad episode would be downloaded in about 15 seconds at max throughput.
Is it possible the WiFi, or a crappy laptop's hdd, are the culprits for the bottleneck?
I've definitely had speedtest.net results constrained by wifi and a slow laptop that couldn't run the flash control that well.