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Hard to understand speedtest.net grading system

maurasmith50 · 2012-08-29 19:04:16

I regularly check the speed of my connection using speedtest. net and find their grading system a bit peculiar. For example , these 2 tests both get a Grade D- even though I would consider the 2nd one to be far better than the 1st one. http://www.speedtest.net/result/2147807141.png…

29-08-2012 7:04pm

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maurasmith50

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I regularly check the speed of my connection using speedtest. net and find their grading system a bit peculiar. For example , these 2 tests both get a Grade D- even though I would consider the 2nd one to be far better than the 1st one.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2147807141.png

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2145961477.png

No big deal really, just wondering why they would consider both of these to merit the same grading.

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#2 29-08-2012 11:21pm

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The upload speed features heavily in the calculations and in the test with the low download speed the upload is quite good hence both the same grading.

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#3 30-08-2012 5:04pm

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Thanks for the reply. Anyway, I'll have 30Mbps in a few years:rolleyes:

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