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Re:5G researchers manage record connection speed by rayiner on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @07:06PM (#9110616)
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/i/1154366377.

Just posted 22/9 40ms ping in DC Union Station. It's 7pm and the place is packed with people playing on their cell phones while waiting. Maybe blame SF NIMBYs for not letting the cell companies put up enough towers or run enough fiber backhaul?

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Re:5G researchers manage record connection speed by ngoldbaum on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @07:21PM (#9110660)
To be fair, I've seen ISPs give special treatment for packets coming from speedtest.net. I'm looking at you Comcast.
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Re:5G researchers manage record connection speed by irishcoffee on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @08:39PM (#9110873)
Yes I've noticed the same thing. I ended up rolling my own test just to verify. I wish I was surprised comcast does this, but they totally do.
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Re:5G researchers manage record connection speed by nodesocket on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @07:59PM (#9110777)
Doesn't speedtest use lots of mirrors that have different IPs and hostnames?
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Re:5G researchers manage record connection speed by jessriedel on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @07:57PM (#9110772)
Actually, transportation hubs are usually outfitted with specialized microcells so the throughput is higher there even though the user density is large.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcell

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Re:5G researchers manage record connection speed by rayiner on Wednesday February 25, 2015 @08:12PM (#9110810)
Okay, just 13/13 in my large apartment complex in downtown Baltimore. http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/i/1154413210
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