I’ve written a complex SELECT statement for database A which sits on server 1. I’ll take the results and merge them in to database B which also sits on server 1 but, for good measure. I’ll replicate database A and database B and PUT them on server 2.
With me so far?
Great.
Except.
I can’t.
I assumed everything was crawling because of a grid slowdown at the far end, and then I remembered that server 1 and server 2 are in different countries.
So I ran a local bandwidth check.
You know, between here and BT’s local exchange.
What it tells me is that my wonderfully super-dooper twenty-first century broadband package for which I pay BT the princely sum of an arm and three legs every month is actually returning…
40k.
Yeah, really.
A 56k dial-up would be quicker.
And cheaper.
Fantastic guys.
Keep up the good work!
B.
I know that in any case they’re very unlikely to give you anything close to what you’re paying for (I observed the same thing with various services in France) but… 40k? Are you sure you weren’t still transferring data while running the test?
Nope. No internet activity apart from the test. I’ve just run it again and it’s now registering a massive 95k. Woo!!
Ouchies, now that IS slow :/
In my recent clearout I did find an old US Robotics Sportster 56K which I believe was “flashed” to allow higher speeds of up to 128K. If you need it and think you can handle the extra speed, give me a holler and I’ll send it 😉