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Originally Posted by pippincp
Just nipped home quickly during my lunch break. Didn't have time to do all the tests but the 4 simultaneous downloads returned at
642kbs
624kbs
443kbs
333kbs
A total of 2042kbs
So according to the recommended test (albeit just one) my speed is about 1/10th of what I pay for.
Before you ask I did exit all programmes accessing the internet first eg mail client, torrent client etc.
Straight after I ran a test at speedtest.net which returned 6559 down 735 up
still well below the supposed 20Mbps being charged for.
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Don't think I've ever seen a speedtest report that 'over-estimated' a real download trial by that factor before. I suspect that your connection has serious problems.
Recommend you do the other tests when you've got some free time and post the results.
I'd be very interested to see the power levels from your modem.
"When signal levels are poor but not poor enough to provoke the above symptoms [unusual led activity on the modem], you might observe degraded throughput, or packet loss, or poor latency, or failure to acquire or renew a DHCP lease. But poor signal levels are not the only cause of these symptoms, so some diagnosis is required before you blame the signal levels."
(Source:
Cable Modem Troubleshooting Tips)