54 M *bits*/second is the theoretical maximum for 802.11a and 802.11g
WLANs. I think the device is reporting its theoretical max on the local
network. It's unlikely to actually be achieving that and most assuredly
not when venturing outside the local network.
Chuck Norcutt
On 1/18/2011 7:56 AM, Piers Hemy wrote:
> Brian, are you sure you were not measuring the wireless connection speed
> between the PC and the wireless router, rather than the speed on the wired
> connection from the wireless router out to the ISP?
>
> You can check the latter using on-line tools such as
> http://www.ozspeedtest.com/
>
> And, to be pernickety, I think you mean 54Mbps, not 54MBps - the former
> being megabits per second, the latter megabytes per second. The difference
> is significant!
>
> Piers
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Swale [mailto:bj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 18 January 2011 12:49
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] (OM) OT Internet connection speed
>
> This post is just for information and novelty :-)
>
> I'm not fishing for advice or whatever.
>
> On dial-up, in a house where we have several filters to distinguish between
> dial-up and broad-band, on dial-up I commonly get anything between 19.2 kbps
> to ( if lucky) 33.3 kbps. In urban Christchurch I used to get close to what
> the modem allows - 55.6 kbps.
> My partner's son who lives with us and uses broadband, typically gets about
> 100 kbps.
> I noticed today when juggling images on facebook that mostly my speed was
> anywhere between 600 and 800 bps. For about 15 minutes it was down to an
> astounding 3 to 6 bps !! And still the electrons moved data.
>
> Until about 8 months ago I used the computer at my partner's old house,
> about 7 KM away, in a rural setting. Dialup speed there was about 30 kbps
> (memory).
> You can imagine my astonishment this afternoon when I visited an old
> neighbour up her (ex) road. They have just bought a 2nd hand laptop ($500)
> and it looks recent, with wireless communication inside the house to cover 3
> metres through a wall, and they are on broadband with the SAME company who
> delivers to my partner's son.
>
> Their connection speed is 54MB/s 54 MB/s
>
> I saw it myself. She knows very little about winders computers and let me
> look at the connection details; Didn't take long to find. 54 MB/s !
> Amazing.
>
> I will be making some enquiries.
>
> By the way, the i7 processor computers I referred to in a post yesterday,
> were winders machines, and really quite affordable. About $1,800 NZ, but I
> don't remember what that included. Naturally, many components could be
> upgraded at increased cost(s).
> These very fast machines were developed for people whose primary interest is
> playing games online.
>
> Brian Swale.
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