Have just run two speedtests with Sky Download Speed: 55528 kbps (6941 KB/sec ) Upload Speed: 627 kbps (78.4 KB/sec )
http://www.speedtest.net/result/250049973.png
what kind of connection was this?! it looks to me like the speedtester was acting screwy.
I have had some incredible results from that speedtester too.
Having anti-virus software running distorts the results for speedtest.net.
For example, this is what I get with Kaspersky running:
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/250102443.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)
And this is with Kaspersky disabled:
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/250102839.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)
To be honest, speedtest.net is the least reliable of the testers. Go for the BT speedtest http://test.speedtester.bt.com:50301/ if you can get it to work. It has just given me this result, 4 minutes after the above results from speedtest.net :
Test1 comprises of Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
IP profile for your line is - 7150 kbps
DSL connection rate: 448 kbps(UP-STREAM) 8128 kbps(DOWN-STREAM)
Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 5166 kbps
I agree with you, Bruce. Speedtest.net has some very strange ideas at times.
I tend to avoid SpeedTest.net; I find it tends to be inaccurate. I prefer the Namesco speed test (http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk) as it is always closer to the BT speed tester. :)
I suspect speedtest.net is not doing a long enough test to get a clean result.
I tried it yesterday and got speeds in excess of 15Mb. :P
If only!
Now what we really want is speeds in excess of 15MB... ;D
Quote from: Rik on Mar 25, 2008, 08:56:21
Now what we really want is speeds in excess of 15MB... ;D
Anything's possible with SpeedTest.net. ;)
:rofl: :karmic:
My experience with speedtesters is that the ones i avoid using are bbmax and speedtest.net, dismally inaccurate readings or so I have found. I find they are usually about 500k over the true reading. DSLZoneUK speedtester is pretty good as is ThinkBroadband, experience has shown them to be pretty close to the BT Speedtester. I have also found various sites such as Fast.co.uk hosting a speedtester to be wide of the mark also.
James
Quote from: Rik on Mar 25, 2008, 08:56:21
Now what we really want is speeds in excess of 15MB... ;D
After my recent problems - I'd quite like a speed in excess of 256k :(
Quote from: D-Dan on Mar 25, 2008, 20:32:58
After my recent problems - I'd quite like a speed in excess of 256k :(
crikey Dan .................what caused that monstrosity !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I got me a dual ssid 2wire 2700HGV from ebay £30 quid, and its been Ferrari F40 speeds all the way dude, what modem or router you using to get 241k out of.
James
Don't ask - there's another thread devoted to it. Until Friday I was getting a solid 5,800 Kbs - then the disconnections started and my IP profile is crippled. This is all down to BT's "helpful" error correction.
I'm waiting for it to start to come back up.
there definitely seems to have something going on lately, i was a regular 6500k -- 6900k getter and my down speed slid right down the porcelain throne too. Since the scheduled BT work finished , mine has been superb and I got a speedtest of 7006k to underline that fact.
Im 640 metres as the crow flies to my exchange, how far away is yours dan ? Its peculiar because several idnet users from all over the uk were having similar snails pace down speed, my low was 1900k :puke:
James
It certainly looks like the BT maintenance was to blame, James. Hopefully users that are experiencing speed problems will also see a fix pretty soon. :)
I'm between 2.5 - 3 miles - and always considered my speed pretty good given that. I really hope it's a BT glitch - but I'm getting more convinced that my profile is now stuck at the lowest common denominator.
Unfortunately - I can't cry wolf yet - as for totally unrelated reasons - I had to power down all electrical equipment (except essential like fridge, and alarm - and of course - my getting up alarm) last night - so I'm right back to day one on trying to improve things :(
Even so - that shouldn't flag as an error - and it concerns me that my profile hasn't improved in 36 hours.
You really need to give it 3 days, Dan, and you should see it return to its correct level then.