Measure and check your Internet connection


	Measure and check your Internet connection

jarek69

1-29-2009 9:48 AM

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internet, rate, bit, measure, google, labs, isp, throttle, bittorrent

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The <A href="http://broadband.mpi-sws.org/transparency/bttest-mlab.php" linkindex="40">Glasnost</A> tool determines how your ISP is handling BitTorrent traffic and gives a readout on whether it's being denied, throttled, or otherwise impaired. <A href="http://e2epi.internet2.edu/ndt/" linkindex="41" set="yes">Network Diagnostic Tool</A> covers other problems that might affect your upload or download speeds. And the <A href="http://www.psc.edu/networking/projects/pathdiag/" linkindex="42" set="yes">Network Path and Application Diagnosis</A> tries to reveal the routing, network tools, and other "last mile" issues that affect net performance.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/5141758/measurement-lab-checks-if-your-connection-is-being-throttled"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/lifehacker.com/img/C95BB3D0-EE45-49AD-B628-4EBB780965A9" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/5141758/measurement-lab-checks-if-your-connection-is-being-throttled"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/lifehacker.com/img/7A25A231-D57F-4AB0-B66E-40DA3F59832E" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://lifehacker.com/5141758/measurement-lab-checks-if-your-connection-is-being-throttled"><DIV class="related"><A href="http://www.measurementlab.net" linkindex="45">Measurement Lab</A> [via <A href="http://blogoscoped.com/archive/2009-01-28-n84.html" linkindex="46">Google Blogoscoped</A>]</DIV></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/58EC9A3A-1C63-4DC5-B858-22E23CB5FC53/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>