I didn't even make an attempt.
I didn't either actually. My connection speed is no where near what's needed to get in on them at something I can afford. I did a quick speed test earlier and just shook my head. I knew there was no way. Maybe next year.
Speed tests alone aren't what will get people in there with the first clicks. It's timing, and no speed test in the world can alter that. I can run a 1,000-meter race with a bullet from a 9-millimeter pistol - typically, I'd be losing that race, but if I have enough time to get a 999.99-meter head-start, the bullet's gonna lose. It might be moving at about 335 meters per second and the typical non-athlete might be able to run about 5 kilometers an hour (or 1.4 meters per second), but that still gives me nearly three seconds to travel a single centimeter and win. With the right timing, a dial-up connection can beat a T1 line.
I used to hear jokes in the early days of computer telecommunications about something called the bandwidth of "the sneakernet" - a kid carrying a backpack full of floppy disks down the street had a faster bandwidth than the fastest modems available at the time. Change that to a messenger bag full of USB keychain drives, and he's probably faster than the best fiberoptic lines today. And don't get me started on the bandwidth of a station wagon...
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