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by: LLIB9999 March 7, 2010 8:39 PM PST

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Broadband speed test

by LLIB9999 - 3/7/10 8:39 PM

Does anyone know why the CNET speed test indicates a much lower speed than speedtest.net? I get 2.0 mbps from CNET and about 29 mbps from speedtest.net. I know the higher number is not correct but don't know why it tests that way. My cable company doesn't take me seriously because they reccommend speedtest.net for testing.


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by sunwatcher - 3/14/10 11:39 PM

In Reply to: Broadband speed test by LLIB9999

Bandwidth test sites try to connect you to the closest test server possible. My guess is that the Cnet test isn't connecting you to a server as close as the Speedtest.net one. Go with the Speedtest.net results.


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Re: Brad band speed check.

by chandirika - 3/17/10 4:46 AM

In Reply to: Broadband speed test by LLIB9999

Hio, use this http://www.ip-details.com/ site for checking your broadband speed,i am using only this free site.


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