Tunerz Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Testing my university's speed... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted November 27, 2009 Moderators Share Posted November 27, 2009 There is little point in online speed testing because if you try several different website tests you will find they all say something different. That's true. However they do offer some validity to test your connection to make sure your ISP isn't completely screwing you over - it's how I got my ISP to fix things on my connection last year about this time when I starting forwarding them my SpeedTest.net results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M0NKEY Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 It has a lot to do with how good and how far your exchange is from your PC. The closer you are to the exchange the better. The size of the Exchange I don’t now if bigger is better or not. It is probably more to do with max volume and percentage in current use. Most of these sites for speed tests are for market research by various ISP’s and other market researchers that want information about you so that they can target potential consumers with New Exiting Offers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fireryone Posted November 27, 2009 Share Posted November 27, 2009 Most of these sites for speed tests are for market research by various ISP?s and other market researchers that want information about you so that they can target potential consumers with New Exiting Offers. While yes it's likely its used for research the speed test sites (the ones mentioned here) don't ask for your contact details so except via their targeted site advertising you won't be called or emailed regarding an offer (and I run an adblock extension so don't see them either). And back on topic, speed test are interesting and useful to gauge speeds provided by your isp (if you choose a local site to test with). as here in australia, I can get great speeds to my isp and to other local hosted sites, but if I do a speed test (speedtest.net) and pick an overseas isp, which most sites will be, the speed could be very different. So that actual speed you feel while browsing is affected by so many factors; ADSL speed you signed up for, distance to your exchange, pc speed/stability, other active downloads, the browser you are using, distance (hops) to website host, adsl speed of the host, speed limiting of the host, oh and don't for get wither or not you're shaped. fireryone Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDPower Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 oh and don't for get wither or not you're shaped. Which no doubt everyone will be eventually Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
M0NKEY Posted November 28, 2009 Share Posted November 28, 2009 There are also the factors of time of day and what day of the week it is that influence your speeds. There are solar storms that also mess around with electronics on the planet. Personally I blame the gremlins for bad Internet speeds I hate adverts and block just about everything possible letting just enough through to let a website work. Not all sites need cookies but they are rare sadly. Yes speed tests are great for basic testing but should be taken with a pinch of salt. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators Andavari Posted November 28, 2009 Moderators Share Posted November 28, 2009 speed limiting of the host That's one of the biggest bottlenecks in my opinion. Although the other day when I downloaded my PS3 update via Firefox from Sony I was able to see what my connection speed is truly capable of from a very fast site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cool0 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 My speed test results are,Downloadspeed:1.787MbpsUploadspeed:0.837MbpsI checked my internet speed test here ScanmySpeed.com .Is this good or not .......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
comper6 Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 ... The computer is mightier than the sword Click here for cool stuff Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob G Posted December 11, 2009 Share Posted December 11, 2009 "Sacred cows make the best hamburger." - Mark Twain Dell Inspiron 600m, Windows XP Pro (SP3), IE 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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