Broadband Speed & Ping Test Megathread

phog

What does Latency 242ms and Jitter 15ms mean when reading a speed test result?

Mr. G

phog wrote: »

What does Latency 242ms and Jitter 15ms mean when reading a speed test result?

Latency refers to a measure of time delay. 242ms is way too high which is not good for VoIP or gaming.

You should have below 100ms really (unless your on satillite).

phog

Mr. G wrote: »

Latency refers to a measure of time delay. 242ms is way too high which is not good for VoIP or gaming.

You should have below 100ms really (unless your on satillite).

Thanks.

Currently, not into gaming and don't use VoIP. I did the test via a tablet. There are other wireless appliances hanging off the WiFi, would that matter.

I'm on a very long line, 1.6mB max speed. I'm about 1km from fibre cab, should the latency improve when connected for vDSL.

wexdevil

There's mine(I'm on the 24mb package)

domeld

In my opinion speedtest.net is not more reliable.
Try do speedtest on speedtest.magnet.ie or speedtest.digiweb.ie (if will ask for account number type dw123456.

wexdevil

I gave them a try seeing as I've never used them but for me they seem pretty close to speedtest.net

allen175

wexdevil wrote: »

There's mine(I'm on the 24mb package)

They are very good noise readings, attenuation is brilliant, are you living next door to the exhchange? The down noise margin is abit low and might equate to not being able to get more that 19mb on speedtests.

wexdevil

allen175 wrote: »

They are very good noise readings, attenuation is brilliant, are you living next door to the exhchange? The down noise margin is abit low and might equate to not being able to get more that 19mb on speedtests.

Couple of houses away from it, so basically next door to it

2012paddy2012

Hi sorry for jumping in I cannot seem to copy and paste my results from speed test!? I cut and paste but the whole window doesn't seem to paste ... Appreciate any advice

Thks

Paddy

gavmcg92

2012paddy2012 wrote: »

Hi sorry for jumping in I cannot seem to copy and paste my results from speed test!? I cut and paste but the whole window doesn't seem to paste ... Appreciate any advice

Thks

Paddy

Click "share this result" after taking the test and copy & paste the url provided. That provided the main results like the images above.

Mr. G

phog wrote: »

Thanks.

Currently, not into gaming and don't use VoIP. I did the test via a tablet. There are other wireless appliances hanging off the WiFi, would that matter.

I'm on a very long line, 1.6mB max speed. I'm about 1km from fibre cab, should the latency improve when connected for vDSL.

If you did it from a wifi device, it will be greater than done through ethernet.

If you switch to FTTC then the latency you receive will be less alright as the wire from the exchange to the cabinet will not be copper but fibre. If you're 1km from the exchange the latency won't be as good as being right beside it obviously, so it may be high depending on how crappy the line is.

Israeli Superiority

AlanS181824

advertsfox

FYI - Checked my UPC connection in Ratoath, Co. Meath yesterday and it's been upgraded from 25MB to 30MB, getting ~31000kbps download speed

NOTE: This is with the Cisco 3925, SPI off and anonymous requests allowed through a Zyxel AP for the wireless only. Here's results from my server now:

fabo1thecross

2Mad2BeMad

thats it on a good day
their has been days were its been like 0.5 mb download ....

cant wait for fibre

fabo1thecross

These are within mins of each other.







If only it was like that when I get home from work in the evening.

ChrisMcCauley

New Eircom connection in Raheny, Dublin. Previously 2.5Mb/s now ~47Mb/s

jamescd

ChrisMcCauley wrote: »

New Eircom connection in Raheny, Dublin. Previously 2.5Mb/s now ~47Mb/s

How much does that cost ya monthly ?

rob808

ChrisMcCauley wrote: »

New Eircom connection in Raheny, Dublin. Previously 2.5Mb/s now ~47Mb/s

Wow nice speeds Im with UPC 25 mb 2.5mb for 35 euro

red_bairn

rob808 wrote: »

Wow nice speeds Im with UPC 25 mb 2.5mb for 35 euro

I'm sure you can upgrade to 50 for free. A friend of a friend rang up UPC customer care to find out why they weren't upgraded and they did it there and then.

ChrisMcCauley

jamescd wrote: »

How much does that cost ya monthly ?

It's €55 I think - would need to check exactly because there was a €45 option I was considering. That price includes unlimited downloads and reasonable fixed-line minutes.

Chris

2012paddy2012

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is this ok for mobile B/B

is higher ping better or worse than low ping! which is best for playstation

jamescd

the lower the ping, the better

IrishStuff09

2012paddy2012 wrote: »

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is this ok for mobile B/B

is higher ping better or worse than low ping! which is best for playstation

Its a fair speed, depends where you're located and how high the contention is.
It wouldn't be amazing for online gaming as pings lower than 70 are best for gaming. Lower pings are better.

johndoe99

ISP: UPC 50mb
Location: Waterford City

Westboy

New Vodafone fibre to the cabinet (VDSL)

Package Vodafone Home Extra




speedtest.png

IrishStuff09

Nice speeds there ^^

Really hoping UPC will increase their upload speed as the VDSL providers are faster than them...

Nolars

Westboy wrote: »

New Vodafone fibre to the cabinet (VDSL)

Package Vodafone Home Extra




speedtest.png

nice ping, oh yea and the down/up

johndoe99

IrishStuff09 wrote: »

Nice speeds there ^^

Really hoping UPC will increase their upload speed as the VDSL providers are faster than them...

totally agree, only 10mb max upload, thats terrible.