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Old 18-06-2012, 22:46   #1
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BBC iPlayer Speed Test
Not sure if this one has been covered before, but I've just come across it.

www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/diagnostics

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Old 18-06-2012, 22:54   #2
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Re: BBC iPlayer Speed Test
How accurate is it? Its just gave me a download speed of 19557 and a streaming speed of 17407,17519,18335. That would mean I'm downloading it 19Mb and streaming around 17Mb.

I only connect at 16Mb...Although my router did reconnect today....hmmmm

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DownStream Connection Speed 21506 kbps
UpStream Connection Speed 1208 kbps

Could this be due to fibre hitting my area in the next 10 days?
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Old 18-06-2012, 23:08   #3
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Re: BBC iPlayer Speed Test
I've never really trusted this test. It seems to vary so much, and often doesn't relate to BBC iPlayer performance at all.
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Old 19-06-2012, 00:06   #4
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Re: BBC iPlayer Speed Test
Did mine, and my download speed is worse than my streaming speed.

Download: 4815kbps
Stream (1): 10845kbps
Stream (2): 18475kbps
Stream (3): 15148kbps
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Re: BBC iPlayer Speed Test
doesnt appear to be too accurate

it said I am on a 66Mbit connection

when a minute previously I tested and it came back 104Mbit.
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Re: BBC iPlayer Speed Test
Sounds like a bit of a waste of time then?
Thanks for all the feedback
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Old 21-06-2012, 11:24   #7
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Re: BBC iPlayer Speed Test
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Sounds like a bit of a waste of time then?
Thanks for all the feedback
Yeah! probably. I got a full 104Mb on the download test, but the streaming tests varied between 10Mb and 25Mb.

Please note this is a flash-based test. If you are running Firefox your result may be depressed anyway.

See fix for Firefox problems with Flash here. http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/35443997-post20.html
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