Torrent something big. Especially if it's something pirated, and especially if it's something popular with many seeders.
No, I'm not kidding. No ISP is going to 'prioritize' those packets from multiple sources, they can't possibly know all where you're going to connect. Your download rate will max out soon enough and you'll know from that your actual downlink rate.
And you'll see a plummet after a certain total transfer amount/speed demand when they put you in the 'expensive customer' bad list. This is the undisclosed version of 'unlimited' cell data plans where transfer speeds are heavily throttled past a monthly thresh hold.
Torrent something big. Especially if it's something pirated, and especially if it's something popular with many seeders.
No, I'm not kidding. No ISP is going to 'prioritize' those packets from multiple sources, they can't possibly know all where you're going to connect. Your download rate will max out soon enough and you'll know from that your actual downlink rate.
Interesting, but I'm still trying to figure out how you expect to make an overall impact on broadband with the 0.001% who actually know what the fuck you're talking about.
None of it matters anyway. Why the actual fuck are they bothering with an 'app' that only runs on phones? Aren't we supposed to be worrying about actual broadband, as in wired connection at your house? Some 'app' isn't going to tell you shit about that.
Here's how to test speed without anyone's 'app': (Score:1)
No, I'm not kidding. No ISP is going to 'prioritize' those packets from multiple sources, they can't possibly know all where you're going to connect. Your download rate will max out soon enough and you'll know from that your actual downlink rate.
Traffic total throttling complicates measurement (Score:2)
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Torrent something big. Especially if it's something pirated, and especially if it's something popular with many seeders. No, I'm not kidding. No ISP is going to 'prioritize' those packets from multiple sources, they can't possibly know all where you're going to connect. Your download rate will max out soon enough and you'll know from that your actual downlink rate.
Interesting, but I'm still trying to figure out how you expect to make an overall impact on broadband with the 0.001% who actually know what the fuck you're talking about.
No, I'm not kidding.
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