Google is working on some tools to test your internet connection. It's still in the early stages but Dave may have benefited from it with his recent internet woes.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2009/01/introducing-measurement-lab.html
http://www.measurementlab.net/measurement-lab-tools.html
That Matt... be great when we see some local servers though. Unfortunately ISP's work on speeds from local servers - they are happy if you are getting the minimum from a server down the road. That despite the fact that you might be downloading an email at 22k per second!!!
The server down the road is a much easier metric to come up to spec with :P
But I like the idea with the networking tools and stuff like that. Actual speed is a pretty hard thing to measure. We usually notice when there is something wrong and then we don't have proof we just know it ain't us :)
Thanks Mate!
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