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   Dan Purgert to All   
   Re: How do "they" Speed-test Internet Li   
   09 Sep 25 11:14:42   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: dan@djph.net   
      
   On 2025-09-09, Daniel70 wrote:   
   > On 9/09/2025 1:08 am, R.Wieser wrote:   
   >> Daniel,   
   >>   
   >>> But both sides only know when a FULL CYCLE has been completed .... not two   
   >>> half cycles.   
   >>   
   >> Why ?   
   >>   
   >> I can see when I start upload and when it finishes, and in the same way when   
   >> I get the first block of data of a download and when I get the last one.   
   >>   
   >> And that goes for both sides of the communication.   
   >>   
   >> Regards,   
   >> Rudy Wieser   
   >>   
   > If I send you Data ...... and I hear nothing back. Do I assume you   
   > received my Data or do I just resend?? After a Minute?? An Hour?? A Day??   
      
   For speed tests, you will never send data and not get a response.   
      
   For general traffic, if you get no response to your initial handshake,   
   you stop sending data, since there's nobody to talk to.   
      
      
      
      
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