Broadband: reliable speed test
reliable speed test
by shredderc - 2/21/06 5:58 PMI am testing anywhere from 1.5 mbps to greater than 6 mbps depending on the site. With cnet (SF server) and speedguide.net (NY, i think) I am usually between 1.5 and 2.5; with bandwidthplace (I am allowed to choose IL as a location), I am between 4 and 6. At speakeasy, over 6, wheteher I choose Chicago or SF. I am in Chicago. Who should I believe?
That's proper. Here's why.
by R. Proffitt
- 2/21/06 6:01 PM
In reply to: reliable speed test by shredderc
The internet will vary from second to second as to speed. There are some that think that a speed test should be repeatable. Drives them nuts...
Bob
my cnet bandwith gives me results in Kbps
by jayfin - 2/21/06 7:13 PM In reply to: That's proper. Here's why. by R. Proffitt
I am using Cnet's bandwith checker and it gives me results in kbps, the latest check was 1554 kbps. How does this translate into what I keep reading on forum sites dealing with bandwith which always talk in mbps? Do I just move the decimal 3 places to the left?
Looks like that.
by R. Proffitt - 2/21/06 7:33 PM
In reply to: my cnet bandwith gives me results in Kbps by jayfin
(NT) Thanks, I got it now
by jayfin - 2/22/06 7:33 AM In reply to: Looks like that. by R. Proffitt
The thing is ...
by shredderc - 2/21/06 8:00 PM In reply to: That's proper. Here's why. by R. Proffitt
The thing is, at cnet (I must have tested 100 times in the last few weeks), I am typically between 1.5 and 2.5 mbps. Never have I been faster than 3. On the other hand, 10 tests today on speakeasy, all faster than 6. If I believe cnet, I have a huge issue; if I am actually greater than 6, I'll relax.
variability vs. discrepancy
by shredderc - 2/21/06 9:15 PM In reply to: That's proper. Here's why. by R. Proffitt
I get the variability: I've done at least 100 tests on cnet and been between 1 and 3 mbps, but nowhere near 6. But I don't get the discrepancy: at speakeasy, I'm over 6 every time. I can use the two sites back to back, with the same divergent results.
Since time passes.... You can't get the same result.
by R. Proffitt - 2/22/06 6:46 AM
In reply to: variability vs. discrepancy by shredderc
You seem to be missing why you can't get the same or matching results. Keep thinking about it and it will dawn on you.
Bob
Simple Answer
by eightyproof - 2/25/06 10:37 AM In reply to: Since time passes.... You can't get the same result. by R. Proffitt
Your results vary because you a pinging two different servers in two different locations, at two different times.
The most reliable way is to ping a constant source (cnet is not always the best place for reliability) over the course of a day, then average out your result.
You can do this through DOS or IRC, but I really can't be bothered to remember the command. Gooogle it!
and there are a bytes and bits or KB and kb
by Gakada - 3/8/06 1:24 AM In reply to: reliable speed test by shreddercso don't be confused, if the number you get is divideable or multipliable by 8 or 1024 .. you should be closed enough..
http://www.wisegeek.com/what-is-kbps.htm
by the way, don't think that the speed test is your speed, it should be used as a reference only...
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