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Different Results Among Different Speed Test Sites: What Causes This?
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Out of 5 different speed test sites:
- http://www.bandwidthplace.com
- https://fast.com
- https://speedof.me
- http://.speedtest.net
- https://testmy.net
My internet speed results vary widely: from 1-6 mbps upload speed, and from 10-60 mbps download speed.
Even though I think server location would only affect ping results, I made sure all servers on the different sites are near my location. I also re-did the tests multiple times. The sites vary a lot from one another, but not too much among their own individual re-tests (put simply, sites will either consistently have slow results, or consistently have fast results).
With that noted, what could account for these drastically different results?
internet speed speedtest
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Out of 5 different speed test sites:
- http://www.bandwidthplace.com
- https://fast.com
- https://speedof.me
- http://.speedtest.net
- https://testmy.net
My internet speed results vary widely: from 1-6 mbps upload speed, and from 10-60 mbps download speed.
Even though I think server location would only affect ping results, I made sure all servers on the different sites are near my location. I also re-did the tests multiple times. The sites vary a lot from one another, but not too much among their own individual re-tests (put simply, sites will either consistently have slow results, or consistently have fast results).
With that noted, what could account for these drastically different results?
internet speed speedtest
asked Mar 26 '18 at 2:35
abcjmeabcjme
158117
add a comment |
Out of 5 different speed test sites:
- http://www.bandwidthplace.com
- https://fast.com
- https://speedof.me
- http://.speedtest.net
- https://testmy.net
My internet speed results vary widely: from 1-6 mbps upload speed, and from 10-60 mbps download speed.
Even though I think server location would only affect ping results, I made sure all servers on the different sites are near my location. I also re-did the tests multiple times. The sites vary a lot from one another, but not too much among their own individual re-tests (put simply, sites will either consistently have slow results, or consistently have fast results).
With that noted, what could account for these drastically different results?
internet speed speedtest
asked Mar 26 '18 at 2:35
abcjmeabcjme
158117
Out of 5 different speed test sites:
- http://www.bandwidthplace.com
- https://fast.com
- https://speedof.me
- http://.speedtest.net
- https://testmy.net
My internet speed results vary widely: from 1-6 mbps upload speed, and from 10-60 mbps download speed.
Even though I think server location would only affect ping results, I made sure all servers on the different sites are near my location. I also re-did the tests multiple times. The sites vary a lot from one another, but not too much among their own individual re-tests (put simply, sites will either consistently have slow results, or consistently have fast results).
With that noted, what could account for these drastically different results?
internet speed speedtest
internet speed speedtest
asked Mar 26 '18 at 2:35
abcjmeabcjme
158117
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This is most likely to do with your ISP's connectivity and possibly "net neutrality issues".
The first step I would take would be to get MTR and then do MTR's to find out about latency, packet loss and routing to each location.
AS your results are consistent, its highly unlikely to be an issue with your computer, router or connection to your ISP. Its a lot more likely your ISP has a number of upstreams - some saturated, some not, and/or some sites are located on their network or via peering. It could also have to do with bandwidth managemet/pooling. Another, less likely - but nonetheless possible problem could be the connectivity of the speedtest sites.
answered Mar 26 '18 at 3:30
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Could somebody, insider, spill the beans from Rats (companies Telstra, iiNet, Optus.....)
An insider's view?
I ve tested, too, a supposedly 50 Mbs fiber. Again, similar results as above. Constantly, same results from each rats and realistic test engines.
Rats: less than 10 ms Ping (3-5ms), speeds near 50 Mbs.
Realistic test engines: Ping around 70-80 ms, speed around 15 Mbs , consistent.
Rat test engines: Telstra, iiNet, Ookla...
Realistic engines from:
www.speedof.me
www.bandwidthplace.com
www.testmy.net (with graphs, varied data to different servers ......)
I reckon "testmy.net" is the best with very consistent results with "speedof.me", "bandwidthplace.com"
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I imagine lots of things could cause this.
First have you run each of these 10 times and averaged the results?
Is there anything slowing your computer down, if so fix this first.
Plug in a 2nd computer into the same network and run the tests on that machine.
Have a friend in another town run the same tests at about the same time of day.
In other words, do your homework, sorry but really, there is no easy answer to this. Perhaps they lie. Perhaps they are broken or inaccurate. Perhaps it's your modem or your computer. So many things involved. Learn to break complexity in half, and do a binary problem search rater than to hope for easy answers. ..
Then report back here. I would be curious to hear what you find out.
answered Mar 26 '18 at 2:48
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724513
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This does not really answer the question, and ignores things the OP has actually stated.
– davidgo
Mar 26 '18 at 3:27
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This is most likely to do with your ISP's connectivity and possibly "net neutrality issues".
The first step I would take would be to get MTR and then do MTR's to find out about latency, packet loss and routing to each location.
AS your results are consistent, its highly unlikely to be an issue with your computer, router or connection to your ISP. Its a lot more likely your ISP has a number of upstreams - some saturated, some not, and/or some sites are located on their network or via peering. It could also have to do with bandwidth managemet/pooling. Another, less likely - but nonetheless possible problem could be the connectivity of the speedtest sites.
answered Mar 26 '18 at 3:30
davidgodavidgo
44.5k75292
add a comment |
This is most likely to do with your ISP's connectivity and possibly "net neutrality issues".
The first step I would take would be to get MTR and then do MTR's to find out about latency, packet loss and routing to each location.
AS your results are consistent, its highly unlikely to be an issue with your computer, router or connection to your ISP. Its a lot more likely your ISP has a number of upstreams - some saturated, some not, and/or some sites are located on their network or via peering. It could also have to do with bandwidth managemet/pooling. Another, less likely - but nonetheless possible problem could be the connectivity of the speedtest sites.
answered Mar 26 '18 at 3:30
davidgodavidgo
44.5k75292
add a comment |
This is most likely to do with your ISP's connectivity and possibly "net neutrality issues".
The first step I would take would be to get MTR and then do MTR's to find out about latency, packet loss and routing to each location.
AS your results are consistent, its highly unlikely to be an issue with your computer, router or connection to your ISP. Its a lot more likely your ISP has a number of upstreams - some saturated, some not, and/or some sites are located on their network or via peering. It could also have to do with bandwidth managemet/pooling. Another, less likely - but nonetheless possible problem could be the connectivity of the speedtest sites.
answered Mar 26 '18 at 3:30
davidgodavidgo
44.5k75292
This is most likely to do with your ISP's connectivity and possibly "net neutrality issues".
The first step I would take would be to get MTR and then do MTR's to find out about latency, packet loss and routing to each location.
AS your results are consistent, its highly unlikely to be an issue with your computer, router or connection to your ISP. Its a lot more likely your ISP has a number of upstreams - some saturated, some not, and/or some sites are located on their network or via peering. It could also have to do with bandwidth managemet/pooling. Another, less likely - but nonetheless possible problem could be the connectivity of the speedtest sites.
answered Mar 26 '18 at 3:30
davidgodavidgo
44.5k75292
answered Mar 26 '18 at 3:30
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Could somebody, insider, spill the beans from Rats (companies Telstra, iiNet, Optus.....)
An insider's view?
I ve tested, too, a supposedly 50 Mbs fiber. Again, similar results as above. Constantly, same results from each rats and realistic test engines.
Rats: less than 10 ms Ping (3-5ms), speeds near 50 Mbs.
Realistic test engines: Ping around 70-80 ms, speed around 15 Mbs , consistent.
Rat test engines: Telstra, iiNet, Ookla...
Realistic engines from:
www.speedof.me
www.bandwidthplace.com
www.testmy.net (with graphs, varied data to different servers ......)
I reckon "testmy.net" is the best with very consistent results with "speedof.me", "bandwidthplace.com"
answered 24 mins ago
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Could somebody, insider, spill the beans from Rats (companies Telstra, iiNet, Optus.....)
An insider's view?
I ve tested, too, a supposedly 50 Mbs fiber. Again, similar results as above. Constantly, same results from each rats and realistic test engines.
Rats: less than 10 ms Ping (3-5ms), speeds near 50 Mbs.
Realistic test engines: Ping around 70-80 ms, speed around 15 Mbs , consistent.
Rat test engines: Telstra, iiNet, Ookla...
Realistic engines from:
www.speedof.me
www.bandwidthplace.com
www.testmy.net (with graphs, varied data to different servers ......)
I reckon "testmy.net" is the best with very consistent results with "speedof.me", "bandwidthplace.com"
answered 24 mins ago
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Could somebody, insider, spill the beans from Rats (companies Telstra, iiNet, Optus.....)
An insider's view?
I ve tested, too, a supposedly 50 Mbs fiber. Again, similar results as above. Constantly, same results from each rats and realistic test engines.
Rats: less than 10 ms Ping (3-5ms), speeds near 50 Mbs.
Realistic test engines: Ping around 70-80 ms, speed around 15 Mbs , consistent.
Rat test engines: Telstra, iiNet, Ookla...
Realistic engines from:
www.speedof.me
www.bandwidthplace.com
www.testmy.net (with graphs, varied data to different servers ......)
I reckon "testmy.net" is the best with very consistent results with "speedof.me", "bandwidthplace.com"
answered 24 mins ago
user1014516user1014516
1
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Could somebody, insider, spill the beans from Rats (companies Telstra, iiNet, Optus.....)
An insider's view?
I ve tested, too, a supposedly 50 Mbs fiber. Again, similar results as above. Constantly, same results from each rats and realistic test engines.
Rats: less than 10 ms Ping (3-5ms), speeds near 50 Mbs.
Realistic test engines: Ping around 70-80 ms, speed around 15 Mbs , consistent.
Rat test engines: Telstra, iiNet, Ookla...
Realistic engines from:
www.speedof.me
www.bandwidthplace.com
www.testmy.net (with graphs, varied data to different servers ......)
I reckon "testmy.net" is the best with very consistent results with "speedof.me", "bandwidthplace.com"
answered 24 mins ago
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I imagine lots of things could cause this.
First have you run each of these 10 times and averaged the results?
Is there anything slowing your computer down, if so fix this first.
Plug in a 2nd computer into the same network and run the tests on that machine.
Have a friend in another town run the same tests at about the same time of day.
In other words, do your homework, sorry but really, there is no easy answer to this. Perhaps they lie. Perhaps they are broken or inaccurate. Perhaps it's your modem or your computer. So many things involved. Learn to break complexity in half, and do a binary problem search rater than to hope for easy answers. ..
Then report back here. I would be curious to hear what you find out.
answered Mar 26 '18 at 2:48
Elliptical viewElliptical view
724513
2
This does not really answer the question, and ignores things the OP has actually stated.
– davidgo
Mar 26 '18 at 3:27
add a comment |
I imagine lots of things could cause this.
First have you run each of these 10 times and averaged the results?
Is there anything slowing your computer down, if so fix this first.
Plug in a 2nd computer into the same network and run the tests on that machine.
Have a friend in another town run the same tests at about the same time of day.
In other words, do your homework, sorry but really, there is no easy answer to this. Perhaps they lie. Perhaps they are broken or inaccurate. Perhaps it's your modem or your computer. So many things involved. Learn to break complexity in half, and do a binary problem search rater than to hope for easy answers. ..
Then report back here. I would be curious to hear what you find out.
answered Mar 26 '18 at 2:48
Elliptical viewElliptical view
724513
2
This does not really answer the question, and ignores things the OP has actually stated.
– davidgo
Mar 26 '18 at 3:27
add a comment |
I imagine lots of things could cause this.
First have you run each of these 10 times and averaged the results?
Is there anything slowing your computer down, if so fix this first.
Plug in a 2nd computer into the same network and run the tests on that machine.
Have a friend in another town run the same tests at about the same time of day.
In other words, do your homework, sorry but really, there is no easy answer to this. Perhaps they lie. Perhaps they are broken or inaccurate. Perhaps it's your modem or your computer. So many things involved. Learn to break complexity in half, and do a binary problem search rater than to hope for easy answers. ..
Then report back here. I would be curious to hear what you find out.
answered Mar 26 '18 at 2:48
Elliptical viewElliptical view
724513
I imagine lots of things could cause this.
First have you run each of these 10 times and averaged the results?
Is there anything slowing your computer down, if so fix this first.
Plug in a 2nd computer into the same network and run the tests on that machine.
Have a friend in another town run the same tests at about the same time of day.
In other words, do your homework, sorry but really, there is no easy answer to this. Perhaps they lie. Perhaps they are broken or inaccurate. Perhaps it's your modem or your computer. So many things involved. Learn to break complexity in half, and do a binary problem search rater than to hope for easy answers. ..
Then report back here. I would be curious to hear what you find out.
answered Mar 26 '18 at 2:48
Elliptical viewElliptical view
724513
answered Mar 26 '18 at 2:48
Elliptical viewElliptical view
724513
answered Mar 26 '18 at 2:48
Elliptical viewElliptical view
724513
answered Mar 26 '18 at 2:48
Elliptical viewElliptical view
724513
724513
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This does not really answer the question, and ignores things the OP has actually stated.
– davidgo
Mar 26 '18 at 3:27
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This does not really answer the question, and ignores things the OP has actually stated.
– davidgo
Mar 26 '18 at 3:27
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This does not really answer the question, and ignores things the OP has actually stated.
– davidgo
Mar 26 '18 at 3:27
This does not really answer the question, and ignores things the OP has actually stated.
– davidgo
Mar 26 '18 at 3:27
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