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Title: speed tests
Post by: Baz on Apr 15, 2010, 09:06:55
I know that these are not really very good but how do they work.I can try various ones and get different results.
On   http://www.speedtest.net/index.php I have used the nearest one to me and got  slightly better speeds than one further away but higher pings
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: Rik on Apr 15, 2010, 09:49:51
They simulate a download to your machine, Baz, by one of several methods - all of which are prone to errors, especially if your AV software is running. I find that the Maidenhead server most closely relates to my results from a BT test, so I always use that one. Pings I ignore completely, the results are too wildly variable. If I want to do a ping test, I'll do it manually.
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: Baz on Apr 15, 2010, 13:03:56
good points Rik  :thumb:
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: adamr8965 on Apr 17, 2010, 12:03:39
i do ping tests they vary depends on how long it takes to cook. :dunno:
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: Rik on Apr 17, 2010, 12:07:02
Not quite what we meant, Adam, but it makes a change for me not to be the first one to get food into a thread. ;D
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: adamr8965 on Apr 17, 2010, 12:12:22
i wanted to get ahead of you, i do know what a real ping test is i think.
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: Rik on Apr 17, 2010, 12:22:20
I have two variants, but Sue complains if I use one of them.  :whistle:
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: adamr8965 on Apr 17, 2010, 12:38:35
lol, never cross a women
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: Rik on Apr 17, 2010, 12:41:11
I try not to. :)
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: adamr8965 on Apr 17, 2010, 12:47:27
it will end in a bloody nose.
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: Rik on Apr 17, 2010, 12:49:12
My nose just squidges. :)
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: adamr8965 on Apr 17, 2010, 14:38:00
That could be useful
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: Rik on Apr 17, 2010, 15:46:18
It always has been, though I do leave a large nose print on glasses.
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: adamr8965 on Apr 17, 2010, 17:20:12
dont push your nose on glasses then rik,
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: Rik on Apr 17, 2010, 17:21:27
I never do on my own. :)
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: adamr8965 on Apr 17, 2010, 17:27:23
dont get sue mad then, whats on the menu for dinner?
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: Rik on Apr 17, 2010, 17:36:03
She's not worn glasses long enough to have learnt the proper angle of approach. :)

DR rump steak tonight, chunky chips. Homemade curry tomorrow, roast heart of rump Monday - the latter two were due to be the other way round, but I'm going to the dentist's Tuesday, and try to avoid 'smelly' foods the night before.
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: adamr8965 on Apr 17, 2010, 17:37:12
do u have oven chips of deep fried chips?
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: Rik on Apr 17, 2010, 17:40:39
Homemade chunky deepfries. Sue cooks a mean chip. :)
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: adamr8965 on Apr 17, 2010, 17:41:51
i love homemade chips and get my potatoes straight from the farms around here, along with my veg.
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: Rik on Apr 17, 2010, 17:44:22
We get 25kg sacks from a farm shop. We seem, for reasons I can't explain, to get through a lot of spuds. Shame they don't count as one of your five a day.
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: adamr8965 on Apr 17, 2010, 17:46:26
dont they, i asked the doc if one can of cider was one of my 5 a day, she wasnt impressed.
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: Rik on Apr 17, 2010, 17:47:47
They have no sense of humour...
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: adamr8965 on Apr 17, 2010, 17:54:09
no they, but they always want you to drop your trousers :dunno:
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: Rik on Apr 17, 2010, 17:55:47
That rarely happens to me - but then they know the risks...  :whistle:
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: adamr8965 on Apr 17, 2010, 17:57:59
haha she always asks me.
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: Rik on Apr 17, 2010, 18:00:56
You should do it :music: My Way :music:
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: adamr8965 on Apr 17, 2010, 18:03:05
doc knows best rite?
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: Rik on Apr 17, 2010, 18:08:08
Not always. The best ones listen to their patients.
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: adamr8965 on Apr 17, 2010, 18:09:36
i only go to the docs, with a cold.
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: Rik on Apr 17, 2010, 18:11:16
Waste of time, they can do nothing to help you. :(
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: adamr8965 on Apr 17, 2010, 18:12:58
they give me sypthamy unlike at home
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: Rik on Apr 17, 2010, 18:18:55
Meanwhile, they're thinking "You give that to me and your a dead man...". :)
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: adamr8965 on Apr 17, 2010, 18:20:04
its ok i dont get none.
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: Rik on Apr 17, 2010, 18:27:53
Now that is sad.  :evil:
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: adamr8965 on Apr 17, 2010, 18:58:59
true fact
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: Rik on Apr 17, 2010, 19:08:52
 ;D
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: adamr8965 on Apr 17, 2010, 19:19:48
i cant help it.
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: Baz on Apr 17, 2010, 19:40:34
......any hooos   about those speed tests :)
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: Rik on Apr 17, 2010, 19:41:04
Remind me, Baz. ;D
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: Baz on Apr 17, 2010, 19:43:18
i forgot myself Rik  ;) ;D
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: Rik on Apr 17, 2010, 19:44:38
 ;D
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: adamr8965 on Apr 17, 2010, 20:23:22
sorry baz, i disracted rik, he's all yours.
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: Baz on Apr 18, 2010, 07:10:16
it doesnt take much to do that Adam  ;) ;)

DR.............see he'll be off again now
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: adamr8965 on Apr 18, 2010, 08:32:24
Rik's a bit like me, i set off in truck then 30mins later i forget were im going  :meldrew:
Title: Re: speed tests
Post by: Rik on Apr 18, 2010, 10:20:33
Oh, I never forget where I'm going, just where I've come from. ;D