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Re: Does Internet Speed Vary by Season?

  • From: Dragos Ruiu
  • Date: Fri Oct 09 20:39:16 2009

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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