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In reply to a post by RobertoS:

I used to think that until seb corrected me. Selecting port 80 on the tbb speed test does not invoke http protocol.

Actually it isn't necessarily as simple as that even.

It all depends on how shaping/throttling/prioritisation is being done. If they do it by protocol then selecting port 80 will make no difference. If they do it by port then it could make a big difference (irrespective of the protocol actually used).

It depends on what equipment is in use and how it is configured.

[cough]
Isn't the important bit of that what I say here?

Can't argue with that! btw: When I referred to RF currents I had in mind frequencies in excess of 30 MHz.

However, for whatever reason, my BB connection speed has been higher and more consistent during this cold spell.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

In reply to a post by ian72:

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

I used to think that until seb corrected me. Selecting port 80 on the tbb speed test does not invoke http protocol.

Actually it isn't necessarily as simple as that even.

It all depends on how shaping/throttling/prioritisation is being done. If they do it by protocol then selecting port 80 will make no difference. If they do it by port then it could make a big difference (irrespective of the protocol actually used).

It depends on what equipment is in use and how it is configured.

[cough]
Isn't the important bit of that what I say here?

Hmm, sort of. Not as clearly as I stated though and you didn't explain how a difference between protocol and port may make a difference. But, it's a new year so let's not argue

noise bursts on schedule yesterday for first full working day after new year. Thankfully they didnt seem too heavy and my router handled them ok. (as no SRA again).

I've resyned, lots of times

And yes, SNR is on the move around lately, don't know why, but things are happening at my exchange so I'm not fussed as it won't be for long.

Reliability for me does tend to be better in the week between Christmas and the New Year

Until the DNS server crashed on the BeBox, I'd managed 40+ days uptime which is a lifetime record for me and syncs over 8500kbps without the usual re-syncs I get on a daily basis