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Mr Clean · 12-04-2007, 20:12

It's quite simple really. Speedtests are 9 times out of 10 useless. Grabbing something from a NewsServer or a decent http server with Linux ISO's or something is a much better way to get an accurate recording of how your connection is performing.

Speedtests are usually being used by more people than just you and only have a limited bandwidth themselves for users to take the test files from and they just cant cope and give you a good recording.

That Speedtest.net has never given me a decent test on my 10Mb yet but I can leech @ 1.2MB/s all day everyday on other sources.

JG

12-04-2007, 20:12	#4
Mr Clean Inactive Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Derby Age: 48 Services: Virgin Media XLTV - Phone - 20Mb BB Connection - Godbless 'em! Posts: 200	Re: Just an observation It's quite simple really. Speedtests are 9 times out of 10 useless. Grabbing something from a NewsServer or a decent http server with Linux ISO's or something is a much better way to get an accurate recording of how your connection is performing. Speedtests are usually being used by more people than just you and only have a limited bandwidth themselves for users to take the test files from and they just cant cope and give you a good recording. That Speedtest.net has never given me a decent test on my 10Mb yet but I can leech @ 1.2MB/s all day everyday on other sources. JG