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Ever wondered how fast the internet connection at Google is?

  • 29-03-2011 10:31PM
    #1
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭


    1226257835.png

    I join the articles author in crying myself to sleep.


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  • #2
    cookie1977
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,794 ✭✭✭cookie1977


    aidan_walsh wrote: »
    1226257835.png

    I join the articles author in crying myself to sleep.
    I'm not greedy. I'd settle for half that :P


  • #3
    Micilin Muc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,842 ✭✭✭Micilin Muc


    No wonder they can't see how slow YouTube is for the rest of us!


  • #4
    Overheal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 86,683 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    thats it?

    hardly justifies gigabit LAN..


  • #5
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,022 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    Overheal wrote: »
    thats it?

    hardly justifies gigabit LAN..

    Remember, speed test is limited by the pipe you are testing with. So if you have a better connection then the test server, you have actually tested the test server.


  • #6
    FSL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,456 ✭✭✭FSL


    The odd thing about those figures is the upload speed is only about a quarter of the download. I would have thought Google would need an upload speed significantly greater than the download speed.

    On its search side it downloads queries and uploads answers. A 25 character search can generate a million plus answers.

    Even if it only uploads a page full at a time.


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  • #7
    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,565 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    I'd love to play QWOP on that and see how it handles in multiplayer


  • #8
    aidan_walsh
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,208 ✭✭✭✭aidan_walsh


    They likely do. The employee internet access is a very small percentage of their total throughput capability I would imagine.


  • #9
    spider guardian
    Closed Accounts Posts: 884 ✭✭✭spider guardian


    Would be perfect for a household where streaming football matches and playing online simultaneously is the norm!


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