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Broadband Speed Test Megathread

Cabaal · 2008-09-18 10:30:16

Right time for a new speedtest thread as the old one created by Mike is over 12 months old, however lets have some rules so to give more information to everyone :) Rules: - State who your ISP is and type of Broadband (cable, DSL, wireless etc) - Provide a graphical test result from http://www.speedtest.net - Provide ping…

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#212 18-03-2009 1:54pm
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Finally getting the speed I should be on a 3meg connection after hounding Imagine who in turn hounded Eircom to finally fix a line fault.

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#213 22-03-2009 6:46pm
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anyone using the 02 test? seems to get exact same results as speedtest.net only faster

http://webkit.o2online.ie/broadbandspeedtest/index.html

also - dunno about you guys but blacknight speed test i don't trust - only ever shows 3.5mb when i get 4.5-5mb on speedtest/02. 7mb Eircom home

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#214 22-03-2009 7:06pm
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Can anyone recommend an accurate speed test?

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#215 22-03-2009 7:56pm
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Well everyone here, as you can see, is using http://www.speedtest.net/

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#216 22-03-2009 8:03pm
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#217 22-03-2009 8:13pm
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5uspect wrote: »

Well everyone here, as you can see, is using http://www.speedtest.net/

Cheers pal but as you probably know speedtest.net is the only site that (i know of) you can share and post the results on a third party site. So that's why other results that might be more accurate may not be posted here as there probably isn't any external links to share your result.

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#218 22-03-2009 8:35pm
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Go to ftp.heanet.ie and look for a nice big ISO file, download it and it will give you a very good idea of your connection speed.

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#219 22-03-2009 9:07pm
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http://speedtest.magnet.ie/

Is the most reliable, for use with any ISP.

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#220 24-03-2009 12:27am
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My upload has dropped by a factor of five at least. No explanation from DigiWeb. They say they can't detect my equipment.

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#221 25-03-2009 6:48pm
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I am in dublin 8 with the ntl/upc 10mb package and it's been like this for the last 2 weeks. Totally unusable until maybe after midnight. Here's a summary of speedtest.net results from several nights.

http://boards.ie/vbulletin/attachment.php?attachmentid=75679&stc=1&d=1238003233

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#222 27-03-2009 1:51pm
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#223 27-03-2009 6:16pm
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My 3mb package is nerfed? I was getting full speeds in late 2008 what's eircom up to?:mad:

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#224 28-03-2009 12:23pm
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cisk wrote: »

http://speedtest.magnet.ie/

Is the most reliable, for use with any ISP.

That's a load of h*******t. Magnet's speedtest is developed by the Ookla boys (the guys that own speedtest.net) and is the exact same speedtest as speedtest.net in a different skin.

How reliable a speedtest is (in regards to figures) depends on which ISP you are with, what connectivity it has to the speedtest server, if you use a wireless router or not, how crap your network card or adsl modem is and what operating system you use (Vista is an absolute non-runner).

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#225 28-03-2009 12:26pm
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Marlow wrote: »

That's a load of h*******t. Magnet's speedtest is developed by the Ookla boys (the guys that own speedtest.net) and is the exact same speedtest as speedtest.net in a different skin.

How reliable a speedtest is (in regards to figures) depends on which ISP you are with, what connectivity it has to the speedtest server, if you use a wireless router or not, how crap your network card or adsl modem is and what operating system you use (Vista is an absolute non-runner).

/M

Easy there....no need to nail people. There can be big differences in the tests and this sometimes leads people astray.

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#226 28-03-2009 12:29pm
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Rorser wrote: »

Easy there....no need to nail people. There can be big differences in the tests and this sometimes leads people astray.

Correct, but just stating: "Magnets speedtest is the most accurate", is the most wrong thing anyone ever could come up with.

Magnets speedtest is the most accurate, if you are a Magnet customer: correct.

Magnets speedtest is the most accurate, if you not are a Magnet customer: wrong.

And I can get more specific, but we'll leave it at that.

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#227 28-03-2009 12:36pm
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Marlow wrote: »

Correct, but just stating: "Magnets speedtest is the most accurate", is the most wrong thing anyone ever could come up with.

Magnets speedtest is the most accurate, if you are a Magnet customer: correct.

Magnets speedtest is the most accurate, if you not are a Magnet customer: wrong.

And I can get more specific, but we'll leave it at that.

/M

I'm pretty sure you are right....our development team told me something along these lines before. I'm just saying that not everyone will be right on the money when it comes to these things so a little leeway is always appreciated.

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#228 28-03-2009 8:23pm
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Terrible most of the day. Even after resetting modem a few times.

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#229 28-03-2009 8:53pm
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Eircom 7mb package, that upload speed is wrong, so ****ing wrong

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#230 31-03-2009 6:08pm
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o2 broadband, happy enough with it

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#231 31-03-2009 6:43pm
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fintaneduffy wrote: »

o2 broadband, happy enough with it

Really? Shocking upload speed.

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#232 01-04-2009 12:44pm
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I'm with BT and at face value these figures seem ok so why is everything outrageously slow.....it's like SLOW dial-up.

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#233 01-04-2009 12:55pm
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fintaneduffy wrote: »

o2 broadband, happy enough with it

Does the upload not drive you crazy....what about sending an email with an attachment?

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#234 01-04-2009 3:07pm
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ive had ntl out 3 times in the last year to try sort my bb out , from crazy high pings to really low uploads , finally i think they cracked it, they replaced the cable running from the roof to the house and since friday *fingers crossed* its been great. apparently the cables can weather and snag. im getting 3.5 mb download and 0.35 uploads

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#235 03-04-2009 9:22pm
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the only way out is to have them cancel your contract, they will ask for a cancellation fee but tell them where to put it, remember the call may be recorded though, and it may take a month or so but its well worth it, been there done that.

this is slow to me at the moment (contention). but never have to wait for a page to open,

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#236 03-04-2009 9:24pm
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Rorser wrote: »

Does the upload not drive you crazy....what about sending an email with an attachment?

when i use my sisters modem it has a higher upload capacity, over half meg, so i guess i just have to upgrade my modem, but its not a problem for me in the meantime

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#237 03-04-2009 11:20pm
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Happy with that

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#238 03-04-2009 11:29pm
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Happy with that, unfortunatly not something that we sell to residential customers You'd have to live in the datacenter to get it.

(PS. How speedtest got it to 104.87 mbit/s is odd to me. That box only sits on a 100 meg port)

/M

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#239 04-04-2009 5:05pm
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#240 04-04-2009 5:08pm
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#241 05-04-2009 8:14pm
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my connection results =

am a bit surprised to see them! I knew things were slowish. need faster! Must ring 'round service providers tomorrow. Had thought about getting a two way sat connection but have read some bad reviews...

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