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[Mark Haney]

Brian McKee wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 9, 2008 at 11:30 AM, Mark Haney <mhaney at ercbroadband.org> wrote:
>> Yeah, it was kinda smart assed, but accurate.  The files are just 'dd'
>> created files with nothing but zeroes in them.  Empty from a content
>> standpoint, not a size standpoint.
> 
> If they are just zero filled, then doesn't compression start coming
> into play giving false results?
> 
> I was under the impression that a file filled with random data (thus
> not really compressible) was much more accurate.
> 
> Brian
> 

Only if there is a bandwidth optimizer running between the two 
endpoints.  TCP/IP by itself won't compress the data.


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Mark Haney
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