ISP Testing - UFB Gigabit Only - Download Speeds for Origin / Steam / Speed Test website

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Mikek

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#207529 31-Dec-2016 17:34

Hi All

Just doing a small test for my own information and to help out others, I really wanted to get some information posted here about download speeds people are actually receiving from there ISP,

I have tested my self 3 ISP's over the last three weeks but really wanted some information from people with connections from "My Republic, Orcon, Stuff, Voyager," all other users are welcome to post as well,

But please keep it to Gigabit only - Wired Connection - Good equipment

Please note if you see slower speeds at peak times as well. plus allow time for downloads to ramp up

ISP: Spark

Origin Average: 96.00 - 104.00 M/B's - Downloading any large game off-peak or Peak no major change

Origin Fastest: 111.2 M/B's

Steam Average: 50.0-58.0 M/B's - Downloading any large game off-peak or Peak no major change

Steam Fastest: 64.00 M/B's

Speed test website - Fastest

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ISP: Bigpipe

Origin Average: 77.50 - 90.00 M/B's - Downloading any large game off-peak or Peak no major change

Origin Fastest: 99.8 M/B's

Steam Average: 41.0-46.0 M/B's - Downloading any large game off-peak or Peak no major change

Steam Fastest: 64.00 M/B's

Speed Test Website - Fastest

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ISP: 2 Degrees

Origin Average: 48.50 - 58.20 M/B's - Downloading any large game off-peak or Peak no major change

Origin Fastest: 79.7 M/B's

Steam Average: 42.0-47.0 M/B's - Downloading any large game off-peak or Peak no major change

Steam Fastest: 52.00 M/B's

Speed Test Website - Fastest

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#1696874 31-Dec-2016 18:20

M/B's

question:

what do your units mean?

Mega divided by Byte as a unit claims ownership of a second?

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Mikek

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#1696879 31-Dec-2016 19:03

Yes as in 100 MB/s into Mbps = 800Mbps

So those download speeds are Megabytes not Megabits otherwise it would be pretty slow for gigabit.

Hope that helps :D

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#1696882 31-Dec-2016 19:15

Network connections don't actually have a speed as such - the simplest measurements generally look at throughput and latency. Throughput is the amount of data that gets through the connection in a given timeframe, and latency is the time for data to traverse the connection.

In terms of testing, then to compare apples with apples, you need some consistency with how (and to where) the tests are conducted. Posting throughput of (say) Steam downloads is going to be widely variable, and not necessarily a good comparison.

If you are interested in gigabit only connections across multiple ISPs (and most likely people increasingly will be), I'd suggest contacting https://truenet.nz/ or pm@JohnButt here on Geekzone, and see what sort of reports they can get.

Mikek

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#1696886 31-Dec-2016 19:43

This test is to measure mainly throughput and you can get a fairly good understanding of where you stand by downloading from Origin as its data center is located in Sydney,

I take my connection for example I get a very consistent speed everyday all day from Origin and it doesn't vary by much at all. Same applies for my previous two ISP's Big-pipe & 2degrees so for a general guide I'm sure what I'm asking will be just fine.

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#1696900 31-Dec-2016 20:38

Interesting tests.

I do note a fair consistency in the steam tests there though.

Do you opt for popular or unpopular steam games? a range? - Popular games should hit the ISP akamai cache generally rather than going to SYD to the closest content servers.

Are you writting to SSD or Mechanical hardware? - Steam has a rather bloated download system now, where disk speed is often your limitation before link speed. Obviously if you want true tests, this would be something to consider.

As you opt for things like games, i would expect you to target these tests within the gamer market. smokepings etc could be handy here, however for it to realistically be comparable you would need multiple 1gbit UFB services at the same time.

Also 'good equipment' is arguable.

Personally i see the only good equipment for a gbit connection to be terminating on a high end PFSense box tuned correctly, Obviously this is a heck of a lot higher than many others count as "good Equipment"

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#1696902 31-Dec-2016 20:44

hio77:

[snip]Personally i see the only good equipment for a gbit connection to be terminating on a high end PFSense box tuned correctly, Obviously this is a heck of a lot higher than many others count as "good Equipment"

Or a stock standard Huawei HG659b :-)

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#1696904 31-Dec-2016 20:48

Talkiet:

Or a stock standard Huawei HG659b :-)

Cheers - N

So many arguments i could make for not using that device!

i'll admit, on the support side of things the HG659b makes life ever so much easier for the RSP(obviously spark in this case).

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#1696906 31-Dec-2016 20:50

The hg659b has perfectly fine straight gigabit lan. No comments on anything else.

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#1696908 31-Dec-2016 20:54

hio77:

Talkiet:

Or a stock standard Huawei HG659b :-)

Cheers - N

So many arguments i could make for not using that device!

i'll admit, on the support side of things the HG659b makes life ever so much easier for the RSP(obviously spark in this case).

I'm intrigued. I've had many complicated setups in the past from my original 1200/75 modem for fidonet and BBSes, through 2400, 9600HST up to 56k, and all flavours of DSL etc, a period with cable and now two Ultra Fibre Max (Gig) connections into my house. I've used Mikrotiks, pfSense boxes, Sonicwall, Netscreens and I have hosted game servers, websites, live streams etc in the past.

I'm not exactly a typical user - I'd say reasonably demanding even... And I can't think of a good reason not to use the Huawei HG659b. (I do have an odroid C2 on my network as an OpenVPN concentrator)

What are the arguments for not using a standard router? What am I missing out on?

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#1696913 31-Dec-2016 21:01

Talkiet:

I'm intrigued. I've had many complicated setups in the past from my original 1200/75 modem for fidonet and BBSes, through 2400, 9600HST up to 56k, and all flavours of DSL etc, a period with cable and now two Ultra Fibre Max (Gig) connections into my house. I've used Mikrotiks, pfSense boxes, Sonicwall, Netscreens and I have hosted game servers, websites, live streams etc in the past.

I'm not exactly a typical user - I'd say reasonably demanding even... And I can't think of a good reason not to use the Huawei HG659b. (I do have an odroid C2 on my network as an OpenVPN concentrator)

What are the arguments for not using a standard router? What am I missing out on?

Cheers - N

Eh, i do a lot of Queuing and routing on mine that the HG659b would be incapable of doing.

Personally i don't like to have HDM open up for any tinkering..

monitoring wise, can dig right down a lot deeper than the HG659b offers

oh and the best feature of all, no reset button to be pressed, no assumptions that rebooting the internet fixes slow speeds or whatever... being an non "modem" looking device has its perks.

Absolutely i'd expect you to be a power user, i just personally prefer to have extra control over anything and everything.

I will admit, i have not given a HG659b a serious stress test as of yet. might have to see if i cant borrow a gig line to give one a serious test at some point...

Realistically have directly shown my point though. Some of us have extreme expectations to be 'good' while others are more... relaxed...

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#1696914 31-Dec-2016 21:04

Fair enough... The one thing that does annoy me most about the 659 is the lack of SNMP monitoring... I should just get a decent switch and do it that way... Hmmm... [heads to trademe]

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#1696916 31-Dec-2016 21:12

Talkiet:

Fair enough... The one thing that does annoy me most about the 659 is the lack of SNMP monitoring... I should just get a decent switch and do it that way... Hmmm... [heads to trademe]

Cheers - N

snmp monitoring is throughout my whole network, absolutely love the graphs~

Always interesting when there is a large difference in stats on switch vs router.

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