internet speed test

[Rich]

my Internet has been a bit hit and miss lately so i did a speed test one using a sever in Manchester and one in maidenhead which one do i believe

[Alchamist]

Both ... it depends on the route it takes and the lag it encounters. Here's mine





And just for fun

[Rich]

this ones a bit cr*p though

[Dupe]

i use talk talk it all depends on what mood there inlol

[Alchamist]

Yeah, but see how the ping has increased. Also, it's after 6pm, when a lot of internet users get online after getting home from work .. plus most ISP's are capping speeds after 6pm to "protect their users" (translation: they don't want to invest in better infrastructure )

[Dupe]

i know talk talk use aol so there clients get first place when it gets busy.

[Alchamist]

Erm ... lol

[john (smifffy)]

it all depens on your speed to start with & other useage

[Dupe]

ok teches how do you get the speed test on the forum

[Rich]

i think i will try again later

[john (smifffy)]

go to http://www.speedtest.net/

do the test then under the map there is check your results box

on the right is the result of your tests under that is a link to it copy that and post here
it should look like this but i took a bit out show it will show as a text link

[url=http://www.speedtest.net][img]http://www.speedtest.net/rank/1376123498.png[/img[/url

[Drift]

Virgin have a lot of over subscribed UBR's (the network areas) and that affects speeds, but they are migrating the 10meg and 20meg users will be ported over to the DOCSIS 3 network but will be running DOCSIS 2.

I think they will need a new ambit 256 modem to get the benefit.
Go to www.virginmedia.com/swapmodem and you can order an Ambit

The DOCSIS3 is primarily for 50meg users but they will use the DOCSIS 3 network as opposed to DOCSIS 2.

This theoretically should open up more bandwidth and increase end user speeds.

[Roo]

My download speed is 5.63mp/s
Upload speed is 0.33mp/s
And it ping at 48ms
Sorry couldn't paste it or change it as it was set to Manchester

[Sir-Doris]

Thats not bad roo, Im averaging between 4 and 5Mb/sec and you are closer to the local exchange as well.

[damrabbit]

[Dupe]

cheers smiffy but i think i will give it a miss at least some one is good enough to try an explain cheers mate

[Ruathar]

If I go through our network I get 10mb down and 2mb up, if I go direct through the modem I am getting 49mb down and 15mb up, but that is using the VM secret speed test site that they use for the engineers to test the speed of installations. If I use speed test I get the same through the network and only 42mb down direct. Speedtest.netwill loose you aout 5-10% due to loads at times.

[dandan]

Our upload speed has always been really pants but at least download speeds are getting better

[Dupe]

[jontera]

that's from the work system/server.

I'll try the one at home tomorrow