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#9066 16-Aug-2006 14:27

https://www.speedtest.net/

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#44143 16-Aug-2006 18:24

Very good looking stuff...

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#44169 16-Aug-2006 22:19

Agreed - quite cool looking. And it confirmed something for me also.

On TCL's 4Mbs/2Mbs plan using the NZ speed test I get about 2288/1189kbs (this is in peak time so understandably not as fast as it could be). But when I use this new test, I can't get over about 270kbs upload to any test site (tried LA, London and Sydney). Even with the peak times now and international sites, with a supposed 2Mbs upload speed, I ought to be able to do better than 270kbs or about 1/8 of what I should be getting.

Just as another data point I tried dslreports. Got the following:

http://www.dslreports.com/stest?loc=1

1250 / 1010
Your download speed : 1250 kbps or 156.3 KB/sec.

Your upload speed : 1010 kbps or 126.2 KB/sec.

Just wonder what others on TCL plans are getting for upload speeds? What is the relationship between speed tests and real world? As I noted in another post, I have never been able to upload data faster than about 30KB/sec which is unacceptable really given we are supposed to have a 2Mbs upload speed.

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#44236 17-Aug-2006 17:27

That sounds pretty much like 256kbps bang on less ethernet, ip and tcp overhead.

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#44241 17-Aug-2006 18:08

nice site

interesting, i can't test my download speed. I don't think the file size is big enough to work properly.

Intersting seeing different parts of the world:

8/17/2006    5:52 AM GMT    0 kb/s    273 kb/s    84 ms    Auckland    ~ 300 mi
8/17/2006    6:04 AM GMT    0 kb/s    319 kb/s    146 ms    Sydney    ~ 1350 mi
8/17/2006    5:54 AM GMT    0 kb/s    280 kb/s    154 ms    Adelaide    ~ 1950 mi
8/17/2006    5:53 AM GMT    0 kb/s    228 kb/s    236 ms    Los Angeles, CA    ~ 6750 mi
8/17/2006    6:05 AM GMT    0 kb/s    168 kb/s    325 ms    New York, NY    ~ 9000 mi
8/17/2006    6:06 AM GMT    0 kb/s    148 kb/s    361 ms    London    ~ 11650 mi
8/17/2006    5:53 AM GMT    0 kb/s    117 kb/s    376 ms    Amsterdam    ~ 11500 mi

mostly expected results really.

I'm on 3.5MB/512k plan in Palmerston North

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#44243 17-Aug-2006 18:55

It is important not to completely trust these web-based speed tests.

As you are not in control of at least one end of the test, it can not be a real benchmark.

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#44245 17-Aug-2006 19:29

Fraktul: That sounds pretty much like 256kbps bang on less ethernet, ip and tcp overhead.

But on a 2Mbs upstream plan? If there were ethernet overheads etc. then that would show up on downloads also but the download speeds are what are expected

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#44246 17-Aug-2006 19:31

Yeah I'm saying it almost looks like your shaped to 256kbps upstream.

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#44247 17-Aug-2006 19:36

Fraktul: Yeah I'm saying it almost looks like your shaped to 256kbps upstream.

If that is the case then I'm on the phone to TCL right now!

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#44248 17-Aug-2006 19:43

barf: It is important not to completely trust these web-based speed tests.
As you are not in control of at least one end of the test, it can not be a real benchmark.

yes, very true. More than anything, it gives one a good indication of which mirrors to avoid if you want to utilise the speed.

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#44249 17-Aug-2006 19:47

Well I would hope I'm in control of at least my end.
/me sits and panics about lack of control at his pc

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#44255 17-Aug-2006 22:22

Fraktul: Well I would hope I'm in control of at least my end.
/me sits and panics about lack of control at his pc

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#44258 17-Aug-2006 22:54

Very flashy looking site, but it says i was less than 50 miles from the server i tested on (Auckland).

I live in Hastings.

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#44350 19-Aug-2006 20:08

lchiu7: Agreed - quite cool looking. And it confirmed something for me also.

On TCL's 4Mbs/2Mbs plan using the NZ speed test I get about 2288/1189kbs (this is in peak time so understandably not as fast as it could be). But when I use this new test, I can't get over about 270kbs upload to any test site (tried LA, London and Sydney). Even with the peak times now and international sites, with a supposed 2Mbs upload speed, I ought to be able to do better than 270kbs or about 1/8 of what I should be getting.

Just as another data point I tried dslreports. Got the following:

http://www.dslreports.com/stest?loc=1

1250 / 1010
Your download speed : 1250 kbps or 156.3 KB/sec.

Your upload speed : 1010 kbps or 126.2 KB/sec.

Just wonder what others on TCL plans are getting for upload speeds? What is the relationship between speed tests and real world? As I noted in another post, I have never been able to upload data faster than about 30KB/sec which is unacceptable really given we are supposed to have a 2Mbs upload speed.

Looks really nice, but the international results are completely inaccurate (to be kind) much like the old Speakeasy.

I get much the same results as you on my 10MB/2MB cable. I can download at 900KB/s+ on FTP Torrent or HTTP internationally depending on the source any time of the day. I would have to say there is no way at all this is even remotely accurate. Auckland is like most of the sites and fails to show much over 4MB which I also am certain is also wrong (although probably accurate for connections under 4MB ish).

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#44699 25-Aug-2006 16:37

The tests are done from www.nzdsl.co.nz for the www.speedtest.net NZ Test.

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