Download speeds

[RS]

On 16/04/18 01:42, Alan Milewczyk wrote:
> I'm with Virgin and my 200 Mbps connection has typically achieved 
> download speeds of around 50 Mbps from the hlshd CDNs.
> 
> As quite a few TV programmes are no longer available in hlshd, I decided 
> reluctantly to switch to the 50fps option so I can still get HD content. 
> However, hvfhd downloads (using hvfhd1 CDN) are typically only achieving 
> download speeds of around 20 Mbps. This, combined with the fact that the 
> downloads themselves are double the size of hlshd, means that my 
> download times are 5 times longer than hitherto! Not good! :-(
> 
I have just downloaded two episodes of the second series of Salamander 
from hvfhd1/bi (Azure?) at 148Mbit/s.  That is similar to the HLShd 
speed.  It does vary with time of day, and can go down to 60Mbit/s.

Best wishes
Richard