<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-title">quote:</div><div class="ip-ubbcode-quote-content">Originally posted by Orbital H2:
They ping your computer and return the speed, not that difficult.... </div></BLOCKQUOTE>
Nope, they send imbedded data over and time it from the start to the time it returns a "complete" packet.
Average Throughput = Bytes transferred x 8/Download time
Once you do it once, some or all of the transmitted data is cached so its faster the next time.
Geek that!
