50M : International speed result.

[TJS]

I know i'm going to get told to do speedtests closer to home for more accurate results, but there will always be websites outside of the u.k. or even europe that are visited...


http://www.speedtest.net/result/1279869570.png

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1279870645.png

am i wrong in thinking these look a little low, even if they are across the ocean?

---------- Post added at 19:16 ---------- Previous post was at 19:06 ----------

I wasnt very clear in my post,


90% of speedtest results to europe are 40 - 50 mb/s even as far as the middle east usually hit arround 25 - 30+ mb/s

but every connection to america is below 15 mb/s

[craigj2k12]

they are low, but as has been discussed the links between UK and america aren't great to say the least

it also doesnt help that you are testing at peak times, but remember peak times in america are different to those here

[TJS]

Peak times doesnt seem to make any difference to me, I think because im in a rural area there's only 30 other houses apart from mine

[tweetiepooh]

Speed tests can be very odd.

Recommended server for me is Maidenhead -> very poor results.
London -> great results
Ashford -> used to be great, less good now

Paris -> can be very good
Budapest -> used to give super results

Things really can vary widely between runs on the same servers.
Maybe folk play around, get great results from a server, tell all their friends and then overload that server with tests.

I tend to stick with London or Newbury as I know the sort of figure I'm going to get. If it's really off on those I can try others and this can indicate there may be an issue and possibly where it is.

[arcimedes]

Originally Posted by TJS

Peak times doesnt seem to make any difference to me, I think because im in a rural area there's only 30 other houses apart from mine

I think what was meant was peak time for use of the trancontinental cables as shown in your other speedtests.