[118041] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Does Internet Speed Vary by Season?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dragos Ruiu)
Fri Oct 9 20:39:08 2009
From: Dragos Ruiu <dr@kyx.net>
To: swm@emanon.com
In-Reply-To: <4ACCDC67.7080108@emanon.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2009 17:38:19 -0700
Cc: nanog@nanog.org, Joe Greco <jgreco@ns.sol.net>
Errors-To: nanog-bounces+nanog.discuss=bloom-picayune.mit.edu@nanog.org
On 7-Oct-09, at 11:22 AM, Scott Morris wrote:
> I may be having my wires a little crossed (I'm not an electrical
> engineer) but I was always under the impression that manipulation of
> the
> physical characteristics like that from heat/dampness didn't reduce
> the
> "speed" but the "quality" (like line noise/errors/etc) of the line.
Well, since it's been documented that internet speed / usage varies with
the weather (it gets faster when it's sunny, slower when it rains) I'm
sure some
seasonal correlation could be found.
cheers,
--dr
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