Internet Speed Testing

[pip1011261]

Hi

I have just upgraded my connection from 2000 somethings to 3000 somethings (i dont know what it is) i can notice it is way faster especially when downloading. I did a few speed tests and im getting totally different results. Can anyone explain let me know what all this is about.

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Download Connection is:: 574 Kbps about 0.6 Mbps (tested with 1075 kB)
Download Speed is:: 70 kB/s
Tested From:: http://visioncorp.plexecutor.com
Test Time:: 2007/02/25 - 10:04am
Bottom Line:: 10X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 14.63 sec
Tested from a 1075 kB file and took 15.329 seconds to complete
Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 26.49 % of your hosts average (t-dialin.net)
D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-WIST64EGR
User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; Ringo; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; InfoPath.1) [!]


79.8 kbps =YOU


Your DOWNLOAD Speed:
1798 kbps or 225 KB/sec
Your UPLOAD Speed:
362 kbps or 45 KB/sec
2181.8 Kbit/s
267.4 Ko/s

Download size: 200 KB
Download time: 0.953 seconds
Download speed: 1679 Kbps (kilobits per second)
Client IP Address: xxxxxxxxxx

28.8k Modem
28
33.6k Modem
33
56k Modem
56
64k ISDN
64
128k ISDN
128
384k DSL
384
768k DSL
768
1.5Mb DSL/Cable
1500
You
1713
Results 7816 kbits downloaded in 4.562 sec

 

[diduknowthat]

use SpeakEasy, it's a really nice speed test website.

http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

 

[pip1011261]

does it matter where the closest server is....as that sitehas US only...i am in germany.....i still did it but it said 80kb/sec

 

[Emperor_nero]

Yes it does matter where the server is because the farther away the server is the longer it takes to reach it, but I don't think it will make a HUGE difference.

 

[pip1011261]

I just used

http://www.speedtest.net/

with munich as the location and got this

Date: 2/25/2007 6:01 PM GMT
Download: 270.9 kB/s
Upload: 47.1 kB/s
Latency: 68 ms
Server: Munich
Distance: 200 km