USC Day One

I moved into my dorm at USC today. That is, the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. It’s rather nice. I lost lots of stuff. I’ll have to get that organizer I bought from Staples from home, to sort out all the papers.

I’m running on my dad’s old laptop. Dell Inspiron 300m; extended battery lasts roughly four hours. It’s nice, the 802.11b works great; I can connect from my Pocket PC, too. I wonder if the USC network connects computers directly, too. That is: would LAN parties on the USC network work? (December 2005: Yes. Computers can share files, printers, games, etc. However, the wired and wireless networks are separate.)

Connection statistics

USC Wireless from Pardee

1.3 megabits per second

Communications 1.3 megabits per second
Storage 164.4 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 6.2 seconds
(bandwidthplace.com)

Smart Test

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 2411 Kbps about 2.4 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Download Speed is:: 294 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Wed Aug 17 2005 21:07:30 GMT-0700 (Pacific Standard Time)
Bottom Line:: 43X faster than 56K 1MB download in 3.48 sec
Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 58.89 % of your hosts average (usc.edu)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-QE6ISDGKY

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 1096 Kbps about 1.1 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 134 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Wed Aug 17 2005 21:08:47 GMT-0700 (Pacific Standard Time)
Bottom Line:: 20X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 7.64 sec
Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 98.12 % of your hosts average (usc.edu)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-O8IF5TPG2

I hope USC’s policy allows for publishing this stuff =)

Update Even faster speeds in the USC computer labs.

Sept 5, 2005 update
:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 8818 Kbps about 8.8 Mbps (tested with 12160 kB)
Download Speed is:: 1076 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Mon Sep 05 2005 20:45:20 GMT-0700 (Pacific Standard Time)
Bottom Line:: 157X faster than 56K 1MB download in 0.95 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 117.19 % faster than the average for host (usc.edu)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-YD04QIR32

One Response to “USC Day One”

  1. Julie says:

    Wow – congratulations Elliot! Have fun!

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