comcast “speed test”

2005.08.08

here’s something to test your cable modem speed if you’re a detroit-area comcast customer. it’s really not a speed test, but something available for download in each metro area. http://detr-cdn01.westlandrdc.mi.mich.comcast.net/downloadable_install_wizard.exe

nick@server:~$ wget http://detr-cdn01.westlandrdc.mi.mich.comcast.net/downloadable_install_wizard.exe
–21:05:05– http://detr-cdn01.westlandrdc.mi.mich.comcast.net/downloadable_install_wizard.exe
=> `downloadable_install_wizard.exe’
Resolving detr-cdn01.westlandrdc.mi.mich.comcast.net… 68.87.77.6
Connecting to detr-cdn01.westlandrdc.mi.mich.comcast.net|68.87.77.6|:80… connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response… 200 OK
Length: 37,966,872 (36M) [application/octet-stream]

100%[====================================>] 37,966,872 752.05K/s ETA 00:00

21:05:53 (783.20 KB/s) – `downloadable_install_wizard.exe’ saved [37966872/37966872]

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