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Why do those speed connection test sites suck?
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Mac Enthusiast
Join Date: Mar 2001
Location: NC, USA
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For purely academic reasons I decided to test my connection speed with several of these online tests. I happen to know that my maximum down speed is 375kB/s and my maximum up speed is 100kB/s, so I really wasn't expecting any shocks. What I hadn't realised is how woefully inadequate these servers are. Not a single one reported more than half of my line speed. I even went so far as to upload and download files from a known fast server just to make sure I was actually transferring data at full speed. Thanks to the application Net Monitor at least I can track my local data traffic.
What I don't understand is why these so called report sites don't garner more ridicule. I had no idea of how bad they are and have never heard complaints from anyone else. I tried, what I felt was, a broad cross-section of these sites. What has been your experience? Is there a reliable way to test connection speeds?
Cheers!
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Join Date: Mar 2001
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That was actually the first site I tried. I suppose network traffic just makes it impossible to gauge connections. But, I still wonder why they bother.
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Satellite deployment by:
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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Clinically Insane
Join Date: Jun 2001
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Maybe the reports you got were correct, and you are not getting what you're paying for ?
-t
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Last edited by turtle777; Feb 4, 2005 at 11:32 AM.
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Join Date: Oct 1999
Location: New York, NY, USA
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I usually like www.toast.net/performance -- I only use the free tests. It actually isn't working properly right now, but I usually get (what I believe to be) fairly accurate results.
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Addicted to MacNN
Join Date: Oct 2002
Location: Boston, MA
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I was surprised at the low rating that Earthlink received. My experience has been good. I've had the service for about 4 years, only a down time of a matter of hours twice.
I'm not really sure how to read my results from toast.net.
Loaded 340,781 bytes in 1.207 seconds from Polar Comm. server.
Your Results:_
2259 Kb
Bellsouth:_
1171 Kb
Sympatico:_
1217 Kb
Rogers:_
1323 Kb
Avg. Results:_
1568 Kb
Adelphia:_
1642 Kb
Comcast:_
2536 Kb
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