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Internet connection speed

! dwarfchucka · 2005-03-16 23:27:27

Here's a brilliant site which i've only discovered tonight. speed test You can check the true speed of your internet connection and averages it out over time. I'm wondering if any of you lot would mind trying it and posting your results. Just click on "your speed"/"world"/start and see what it comes up with. I'm with NTL…

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17-03-2005 12:27am

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! dwarfchucka

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Here's a brilliant site which i've only discovered tonight.

speed test

You can check the true speed of your internet connection and averages it out over time.
I'm wondering if any of you lot would mind trying it and posting your results. Just click on "your speed"/"world"/start and see what it comes up with.
I'm with NTL 750Mb/s and this has given results of 320kB/s throughput over 5 runs. Just wondering what the other networks and packages are delivering.

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#2 17-03-2005 12:31am
snappieT

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That is so bogus. The files are hosted in the middle of nowhere. Get a real speed test, like http://bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/

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#3 17-03-2005 12:32am
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I'm 406.8 kilobits per second by that test. That's actually in line with my downloading speeds, and completely different from the 220 the other test gave me.

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#4 17-03-2005 12:36am
! dwarfchucka

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Tried your one and doubled the speed.Whats the true reading then??
The site i linked to doesn't ask for anything so why would it be bogus - not offended by the way, just curious!!

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#5 17-03-2005 12:36am
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! dwarfchucka wrote:

I'm with NTL 750Mb/s and this has given results of 320kB/s throughput over 5 runs. Just wondering what the other networks and packages are delivering.

750Mb/s? er.....Kbp/s?
320kB/s=~2.560Mb/s

Many things don't add up here.

Anyway using Cox : 429kB/s (~5Mb/s which is at my theoretical max. but higher than any other benchmark I've tried so I think this test is not too accurate, 'course could be wrong).

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#6 17-03-2005 12:36am
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427.3 kilobits per second
Communications 427.3 kilobits per second
Storage 52.2 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 19.6 seconds
Subjective rating Not bad

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#7 17-03-2005 12:41am
! dwarfchucka

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_CreeD_ wrote:

750Mb/s? er.....Kbp/s?
320kB/s=~2.560Mb/s

Many things don't add up here.
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Sorry.Typos happen!! - adds to the excitement!!

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#8 17-03-2005 12:43am
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This is the nearest speed test closer to home . Its the one that gave me the most accurate results . It calculates the speed in a unusual way.

the test at the top of the page gave me 270 kbps, while 10 minutes ago i was downloading at 460 kbps . Not really a good test as the pc spec is not taken into account.

http://homepage.tinet.ie/~leslie/testpage.htm

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#9 17-03-2005 12:44am
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! dwarfchucka wrote:

Tried your one and doubled the speed.Whats the true reading then??
The site i linked to doesn't ask for anything so why would it be bogus - not offended by the way, just curious!!

It just isn't a proper test. Your true speed is probably a bit above the result from my test. Try it at 3 in the morning, and it'll be at it's highest.

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#10 17-03-2005 12:46am
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168 kbps with the first test, and 426.3 kbps with the second...

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#11 17-03-2005 12:47am
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it's all subjective really..

like how long do you gotta wait to connect to a page or how long do you wait for a download!!

like the speed test says your connection is blazing a trail through the net to your computer at amazing speeds , but your download still takes agonising minutes, hours, days
lol

anyway for what it's worth.......mine

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=235171
half way down the page!

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#12 17-03-2005 12:50am
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I find this website to be the best
http://www.giganews.com/test_connect.html

I hope you will agree.

Uses realtime and also has a line info test.

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#13 17-03-2005 12:52am
! dwarfchucka

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These are the results from the second test.
Don't know what to believe now!!!
The reason for testing was because i downloaded Skype tonight and was experiencing some jitter when i called a friend. He suggested i check my connection speed and if these results are true, i can't see why i had a poor signal earlier.

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#14 17-03-2005 12:58pm
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Communications 413.2 kilobits per second
Storage 50.4 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 20.3 seconds
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#15 17-03-2005 1:41pm
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Communications 930.7 kilobits per second
Storage 113.6 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 9 seconds
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Delish.

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#16 17-03-2005 4:48pm
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Communications 2038.7 kilobits per second
Storage 250.16 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 4.1 seconds
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#17 17-03-2005 6:44pm
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Blacknight Solutions test
http://www.irishisptest.com/

jbkenn

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#18 17-03-2005 7:28pm
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The speed result was too high or too low

God bless my work connection.

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#19 17-03-2005 7:38pm
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Off that blacknight server I got
Your current bandwidth reading is:

26.97 Mbps

which means you can download at 3.37 MB/sec. from our servers.

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#20 17-03-2005 8:14pm
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http://www.irishisptest.com/
'Your current bandwidth reading is: 6.32Mbps which means you can download at 809.06 KB/sec. from our servers.'

http://www.giganews.com/test_connect.html
news-europe.giganews.com 6058kbps
news.giganews.com 4638kbps

These are the test results from an LLU line with Smart Telecom. The profile applied to the line is that of full line speed. This isn't what we're offering right now, but I thought it might be pertinent to post.

Garfield.

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#21 17-03-2005 9:04pm
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Garfield, I'm assuming you got that pm yes?

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#22 17-03-2005 9:55pm
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All these speed tests are totally off the wall.. I Get 430 "ish" on most of them but only 380/ 395 ish on this one.....On eircom starter 512....Plse try this one and let me know...http://u.tv/speedtest/speedtest.asp?t=1&r=4191248&total=2031

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#23 17-03-2005 11:35pm
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417.7 kilobits per second
Communications 417.7 kilobits per second
Storage 51 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 20.1 seconds
Subjective rating Not bad

I'm on Esat 512.

try this one then
All these speed tests are totally off the wall.. I Get 430 "ish" on most of them but only 380/ 395 ish on this one.....On eircom starter 512....Plse try this one and let me know...http://u.tv/speedtest/speedtest.asp...1248&total=2031

351 kbit

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#24 18-03-2005 10:08am
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Your current bandwidth reading is:

9.04 Mbps

which means you can download at 1.13 MB/sec. from our servers.

Oh yes!

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