I'll have you know I'm a proud user of Superfast Corwall, averaging 50Mbs
at home.
Bristol I noticed was quite a lot slower on that map... :-)
..just sayin'
On Wednesday, March 4, 2015, Zak Mensah <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> IF you want a slooow connection always send Mike URLS as his internet is
> so poor it's useful... NEVER video call Mike
>
>
> Sorry Mike.
>
> Zak Mensah
> Head of Transformation
> Bristol Museums, Galleries & Archives
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> On Behalf Of Mike Ellis
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> Subject: Re: [MCG] Connection speeds
>
> GA turned it off in 2011 - bit of a bummer :-(
>
>
> http://analytics.blogspot.co.uk/2011/03/fond-farewell-to-connection-speed.html
>
> Ofcom 2013 showed average as 14.7Mbs:
>
>
> http://media.ofcom.org.uk/news/2013/average-uk-broadband-speed-continues-to-rise/
>
> ..although there's some detail in there about "advertised speeds" vs
> actual..
>
> NetIndex is quite useful - uses SpeedTest.net and has a nice set of
> maps: http://explorer.netindex.com/maps
>
> Presumably though, you'll put video on YouTube or Vimeo and let their
> CDN's do all the hard lifting for mobile / speed / latency / etc...?
>
> tt
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> Mike
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> Birchall, Danny wrote:
> > Good afternoon all ...
> >
> > Forgive me if this is a self-evidently stupid question, but is there any
> way of telling (even semi-reliably) via Google Analytics or otherwise, how
> fast your users' internet connections are? Failing that, are there any
> national statistics on average connection speeds. We're working on a
> project involving lots of video, and I'm keen to hit the sweet spot between
> quality of image and ease of access at the top end. What standards do you
> work to in your own institutions?
> >
> > Many thanks in advance, and as always will summarise back to the list if
> it seems useful.
> >
> > Danny
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