Hello,
I've just seen new rule which forces hosters to post speedtest image.
It's completely ridiculous. because it has disabled best hosting offers from offering at jobs section. By 'best hosting offer' I mean dedicated server. Good dedicated server has... Linux, not Winshit. We can now argue about that, but in the end it appears that Linux is more stable, less hacker-friendly (if(user_IQ>10)), and cheaper. Most powerfull Linux dedicated server doesn't have X server, because it's unnecessary load. So, it doesn't have graphical web browser, so it doesn't have flash plugin, so it can't run speedtest !
There is other to prove connection speed. Just place the link to dedicated server company's offer and prove you have bought it.
Other reasons to remove speedtest rule for dedicated servs:
- sometimes speedtest servers are too loaded to handle full connetion of dedicated server which is at least 100/100 mbit
@http://otland.net/f61/hosters-read-avoid-thread-deletion-42233/
Your test shows, that you have 0.79 mbit, you wrote it's 1 mbit. You've lost 21%. Imagine you have server with 100 mbit upload (30E with server) or 1 Gbit (100E with i7-proc server). That means, you loose 21 mbit and 210 mbit respectively. Btw. I'm 90% sure that speedtest couldn't even test 1 Gbit connection...
- it's advertisment and rule to use speedtest.net
- you force people to buy windows server, otherwise they won't be able to run speedtest (connecting to x server via ssh tunnel and just setting it up is much more difficult than setiing up OTS)
- you block pro hosters and encourage ots-kiddies...
@Btw. I'm sure you will need those 300 GB Sata-II for OTS, and 0.79 mbit could handle few players but ok, it's an example.
I've just seen new rule which forces hosters to post speedtest image.
It's completely ridiculous. because it has disabled best hosting offers from offering at jobs section. By 'best hosting offer' I mean dedicated server. Good dedicated server has... Linux, not Winshit. We can now argue about that, but in the end it appears that Linux is more stable, less hacker-friendly (if(user_IQ>10)), and cheaper. Most powerfull Linux dedicated server doesn't have X server, because it's unnecessary load. So, it doesn't have graphical web browser, so it doesn't have flash plugin, so it can't run speedtest !
There is other to prove connection speed. Just place the link to dedicated server company's offer and prove you have bought it.
Other reasons to remove speedtest rule for dedicated servs:
- sometimes speedtest servers are too loaded to handle full connetion of dedicated server which is at least 100/100 mbit
@http://otland.net/f61/hosters-read-avoid-thread-deletion-42233/
Your test shows, that you have 0.79 mbit, you wrote it's 1 mbit. You've lost 21%. Imagine you have server with 100 mbit upload (30E with server) or 1 Gbit (100E with i7-proc server). That means, you loose 21 mbit and 210 mbit respectively. Btw. I'm 90% sure that speedtest couldn't even test 1 Gbit connection...
- it's advertisment and rule to use speedtest.net
- you force people to buy windows server, otherwise they won't be able to run speedtest (connecting to x server via ssh tunnel and just setting it up is much more difficult than setiing up OTS)
- you block pro hosters and encourage ots-kiddies...
@Btw. I'm sure you will need those 300 GB Sata-II for OTS, and 0.79 mbit could handle few players but ok, it's an example.
