Speed Test
 

Sun, 29 Jan 2006 21:10:42 UTC

1st 512K took 8126 ms = 63 KB/sec, approx 479 Kbps, 0.5 Mbps
2nd 512K took 8157 ms = 62.8 KB/sec, approx 477 Kbps, 0.5 Mbps
3rd 512K took 7141 ms = 71.7 KB/sec, approx 545 Kbps, 0.5 Mbps
4th 512K took 8141 ms = 62.9 KB/sec, approx 478 Kbps, 0.5 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 495 Kbps, 0.5 Mbps

This result is from another site
Sun, 29 Jan 2006 21:15:33 UTC
1st 128K took 266 ms = 492752 Bytes/sec = approx 4100 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 218 ms = 601248 Bytes/sec = approx 5002 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 172 ms = 762047 Bytes/sec = approx 6340 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 141 ms = 929589 Bytes/sec = approx 7734 kbits/sec



Wyh is the forums speed test showing upload speed instead of download???
am i doing somthing wrong ? or is the site!

Re: Speed Test
 

where did you find these tests?

Re: Speed Test
 

try this one, it downloads a 1, 10, or 50meg txt file

http://proxycheck.ntl.com/

Re: Speed Test
 

the first one is the forum speedtest the second is the ntl test

Re: Speed Test
 

This site asked for a user name and password?

Re: Speed Test
 

yeah me too what`s the crack:confused:

Re: Speed Test
 

http://www.dslreports.com/stest

good one there!

Your download speed : 9389 kbps or 1173.7 KB/sec.
Your upload speed : 451 kbps or 56.4 KB/sec.

speed now.

Re: Speed Test
 

It isn't, that was the download speed it measured. It cannot measure upload speed.

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Looks like ntl have blocked general access to their "test".

Re: Speed Test
 

This was suggested on another thread. I can't even get it to work. I don't know about a password though.

Re: Speed Test
 

1: i dont know the user/pass for the ntl site
2: the forum speed test is giving me a download speed of 0.5mb this is wrong as i have tried five other tests and they all give the same speed of 4.0mb
3: is it legal to change yor web proxy for better connection

Re: Speed Test
 

3. Yes.

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Cableforum also responds to port 81, so you can cut out the proxy completely if you want ;

http://www.cableforum.co.uk:81/board/speed.php

Re: Speed Test
 

will this stop other web sites aswell ? what is the config?

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when i click on the forum speed test link the page hangs and it take about 1 min for the page to come up and it gives a very low speed

Re: Speed Test
 

wow the :81 test is like a breath of fresh air, if only we can be proxy free in general.

Re: Speed Test
 

That's quite interesting, because what I forgot was that the files it downloads are on my ntl webspace, and accessed via port 80 (and proxy) still. Hopefully when we move server we can host them ourselves as the new box is on a high speed connection.

Re: Speed Test
 

The placebo effect can never be underestimated :)

Re: Speed Test
 

i checked on netstat and it wasnt using a proxy, I can try again tho.

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me:1662 62.253.162.10:80 ESTABLISHED

Dns resolved 62.253.162.10 to homepage03-winn.server.ntlworld.com

port 80 like you said tho hmm.

Paul when you move can you put the actual data download on port 81 as well then please?

Re: Speed Test
 

netstat will not show you connected to a proxy, it will show you connected to the remote server, that's why they are called transparent proxy servers. :)

Re: Speed Test
 

yeah seems odd because once I used it when streaming of bbc and that showed the proxy but for websites it shows the website so does look like its using a proxy. I guess because it was faster then I expected I just assumed wow.

Out of interest can I have the code for the speedtest I may be able to host a link or is it private code?

Re: Speed Test
 

Right click, view source ;)

Re: Speed Test
 

Wed, 01 Feb 2006 21:30:57 GMT

1st 512K took 3015 ms = 169.8 KB/sec, approx 1290 Kbps, 1.3 Mbps
2nd 512K took 7203 ms = 71.1 KB/sec, approx 540 Kbps, 0.5 Mbps
3rd 512K took 2203 ms = 232.4 KB/sec, approx 1766 Kbps, 1.7 Mbps
4th 512K took 3860 ms = 132.6 KB/sec, approx 1008 Kbps, 1 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 1151 Kbps, 1.13 Mbps

ADSL Guide
Downstream 1261 Kbps (157.6 KB/sec) 1361 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 327 Kbps (40.9 KB/sec) 353 Kbps (inc. overheads)

It says 1Mbps but browsing is more like 56K and that’s with no p2p software running. I've tried different proxies without results. Pings seem ok, tracerts can be a bit bumpy but not too bad. It’s been like this for a day or two but I won’t have time to call NTL until Friday.

Re: Speed Test
 

Nice too see that the forum speedtest has been sorted out!!!!

Re: Speed Test
 

There was never anything wrong with it...

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read earlier in the thread there was as now it comes up in a pop up and it always give me a wrong speed tried it on svral pcs at diff locations and was the same

Re: Speed Test
 

The test was only ever capable of doing download speed. Its possible the pcs you checked it on the broadband was congested or the CF connection was congested at the time.

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It didn't like the gzipping when it was part of the page so I had to split it off as the pop-up.

Re: Speed Test
 

what does proxy mean

Re: Speed Test
 

:google: there is a search box at the bottom of every page, try a search on "Proxy server". :)

Re: Speed Test
 

I have added to my sig a link to my web site which has links to other speed tests.

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/david.e...peedtests.html