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Test Your Internet Connection Speed!

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Submitted on: 2/9/2001 5:44:59 PM
By: Wåzerface  
Level: Intermediate
User Rating: By 6 Users
Compatibility: JavaScript
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     This program tests the speed of your internet connection by downloading an animated GIF picture and mesuring the time it takes. NOTE: Remember to erase the cache on your browser if you peform the test more than once because it will get the picture from the cache and say you downloaded it VERY quickly. Also, please vote! thanks! :-)

 
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2/9/2001 6:05:19 PMGreg C.

Cool!
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2/9/2001 6:10:49 PMGreg C.

I Have DSL and the final screen shows "Over 128,000" but the BAR is really long and is the width of about 10 screens!!!

Still good!
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2/9/2001 6:35:42 PMwazerface

This is meant for modems, thats why your DSL went way off the charts.
Shows you that they're not jokin in those ads where they have the DSL speed WAAAAAAYYYYYYY faster then the modem. ;-) Also, I made a VB version of this at: http://www.planet-source-code.com/xq/ASP/txtCodeId.15160/lngWId.1/qx/vb/scripts/ShowCode .htm

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