{"id":177,"date":"2004-10-25T11:36:03","date_gmt":"2004-10-25T10:36:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.randomwire.com\/2004\/10\/25\/speed-demon\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T22:46:06","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T20:46:06","slug":"speed-demon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/speed-demon\/","title":{"rendered":"Speed Demon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:11131,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/bandwidthplace.com\\\/speedtest&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20220810072934\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.bandwidthplace.com\\\/speedtest\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/bandwidthplace.com\\\/speedtest&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-04 03:33:19&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-11-16 21:56:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-16 17:01:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-19 23:36:41&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2025-12-29 06:25:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-05 05:21:28&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-01-09 04:05:37&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-26 10:09:16&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:503},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-14 04:44:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-17 17:39:46&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-23 12:49:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-27 19:37:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-27 19:37:54&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:206},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p>The Internet connection in college is pretty fast, in fact you can\u2019t get much faster considering we\u2019re directly connected to the SuperJANET backbone, the UK\u2019s education and research network. The network is government funded and the largest of its type in the UK with cross-continental links to Asia and the US \u2013 quite impressive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"388\" class=\"wp-image-69377\" src=\"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/backbone.jpg\" alt=\"Backbone Diagram\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>I was downloading a couple of fairly large files the other day and was pretty astounded by the transfer speeds I was getting, close to 1megabits per second through a proxy server.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"402\" height=\"327\" class=\"wp-image-69453\" src=\"https:\/\/randomwire.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/fastdownload.jpg\" alt=\"Fast Download!\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>I decided to run a bandwidth <a href=\"http:\/\/bandwidthplace.com\/speedtest\/\">speed test<\/a> with Ethernet being the base connection type. It worked out that connection speeds averaged out at about 2.6 megabits per second which is higher than average for the UK! You can see the results <a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/speed.jpg\">here<\/a>. Now if only they allowed BitTorrent connections through properly\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Internet connection in college is pretty fast, in fact you can\u2019t get much faster considering we\u2019re directly connected to the SuperJANET backbone, the UK\u2019s education and research network. The network is government funded and the largest of its type in the UK with cross-continental links to Asia and the US \u2013 quite impressive. 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