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Old 08-04-2021, 10:06   #1
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Has VM pulled their speedtest.net servers?

Hi,

On speedtest.net VM us to have servers around the country, however I went to test yestarday and noticed the only one available was in Dublin.

Has VM pulled all their speedtest.net servers?
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Old 08-04-2021, 10:39   #2
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Re: Has VM pulled their speedtest.net servers?

Yes - there is a thread over here about it

https://community.virginmedia.com/t5...668184#M266926
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Old 08-04-2021, 14:37   #3
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Re: Has VM pulled their speedtest.net servers?

They were useless in my experience anyway, I always got substantially lower results from their servers compared to other providers like structured communications or spitfire, the speeds reported by the latter mentioned were consistent with what I could get with real-world downloads.
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Old 08-04-2021, 14:54   #4
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Re: Has VM pulled their speedtest.net servers?

Also Speedtest.net (and others) is a test to your device over both your home network and VM, so the speed could actually be fine to your Hub, and then a problem in your home network only.
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Old 08-04-2021, 15:20   #5
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Re: Has VM pulled their speedtest.net servers?

…. and,if I understand correctly, there is no longer a requirement to use an Ethernet-connected device to get the speed being delivered to the Hub as the SamKnows Realspeed test measures that:
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Old 08-04-2021, 16:56   #6
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Re: Has VM pulled their speedtest.net servers?

Anyoneknow if the VM/SamKnows Realspeed test be available for customers using a Hub 3 and 200Mb at some point?
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Re: Has VM pulled their speedtest.net servers?

It has been tested on Hub3 and will be made available. It is also the reason that the Speedtest servers have been removed.
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Old 08-04-2021, 18:27   #8
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Re: Has VM pulled their speedtest.net servers?

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It has been tested on Hub3 and will be made available. It is also the reason that the Speedtest servers have been removed.
Thank you for the information RobboEdin, hopefully I will get some form of notice when us, errrrrr, less well endowed customers are given access.
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Re: Has VM pulled their speedtest.net servers?

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Also Speedtest.net (and others) is a test to your device over both your home network and VM, so the speed could actually be fine to your Hub, and then a problem in your home network only.
Ahh the "sells a 1gig service that can't supply 1gig to a single device" has come home to roost.
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Re: Has VM pulled their speedtest.net servers?

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Ahh the "sells a 1gig service that can't supply 1gig to a single device" has come home to roost.
It's not sold as 1Gig to a single device
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Re: Has VM pulled their speedtest.net servers?

Do we know if this is only going to be available to hubs in router mode?
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Old 09-04-2021, 12:59   #12
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Re: Has VM pulled their speedtest.net servers?

Yes, Sam Knows needs the Hub to be in router mode as that's what it's part of.
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Re: Has VM pulled their speedtest.net servers?

Well no point me using the samknows considering I have a mesh network for better WIFI
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Re: Has VM pulled their speedtest.net servers?

You can still use it to measure the speed to your hub & devices, even if you have your own mesh WiFi providing you aren't in modem mode
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Well no point me using the samknows considering I have a mesh network for better WIFI
You can turn off the VM wifi - I use Google Mesh for wifi.
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