Whats the point

[raefil]

In me, and perhaps many others, paying for a 20 meg connection when this is about as good as it ever gets?


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[Richy99]

what does the speedtest from this site show

speedtest varies all the time

[raefil]

Originally Posted by Richy99

what does the speedtest from this site show

speedtest varies all the time

Certainly does vary, look at it now!!!


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Frankly those download speeds for a 20 meg connection are totally indefensible. I should add that they are pretty normal no matter which sites i use to test my download speeds.

[Sirius]

Yep i am back to over subscription hell again



Sun, 20 Jul 2008 11:25:20 GMT

Test 1: 1024K took 779 ms = 1314.5 KB/sec, approx 10831 Kbps, 10.58 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 731 ms = 1400.8 KB/sec, approx 11543 Kbps, 11.27 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 781 ms = 1311.1 KB/sec, approx 10803 Kbps, 10.55 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 1526 ms = 1342.1 KB/sec, approx 11059 Kbps, 10.8 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 11059 Kbps, 10.8 Mbps


To repeat this test from the source server click here.

That's a 20 meg service

[Richy99]

i did test when i posted my message and speedtest.net gave just under 10meg, the speed test on this site gave 16meg and giganews gave me 20meg

[Kymmy]

The only way of telling your true download speed is via multiple connections (either by a multiconnection news server or by simultanious downloads.. Websites like Speedtest at time are only reading the slowest bottleneck between you and the website..

Kymmy

If you are a Virgin Media customer then the best speedtest is from the link below which is from a dedicated server within the Virgin Media network, hence the is no www. before the address.

Have you tried going to this link to check your speeds http://gamefiles.virginmedia.com/

click on blueyondergames>demos>then click on at least 2 large files and save them to your desktop, and then wait a couple of minutes then write down the transfer rates on the files that are running> times them by 8 and you will get a truer download speed.

[roughbeast]

Hey. That really worked well. I downloaded 2 files from Blueyonder and they both downloaded at 1.2 MB. therefore 2.4MBps x 8 = 19.2 mbps or 19200 kbps.

This compares well with ZEN speedtester and DSL zone UK.

[Graham M]

Originally Posted by whydoIneedatech

If you are a Virgin Media customer then the best speedtest is from the link below which is from a dedicated server within the Virgin Media network, hence the is no www. before the address.

I think you've confused that issue somewhere, the reason why there is no www. is because it is a subdomain of virginmedia.com, those files could be on the same server as the VM website and on the other hand they may not be

[Bonglet]

The thing is though when 99% of content on the web is out of the virgin media network its terrible and thats why most people are peed off all the time.

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by whydoIneedatech

If you are a Virgin Media customer then the best speedtest is from the link below which is from a dedicated server within the Virgin Media network, hence the is no www. before the address.

Have you tried going to this link to check your speeds http://gamefiles.virginmedia.com/

Actually, the best way to test a connection is to take the average speed from a selection of servers both in and outside the Virgin network.

Also, use a download manager (such as Getright) as the download tools in both IE and Firefox sometimes give incorrect speed measurements.

The reason I suggest using servers both in and outside the virgin network is that the problem may be with the link used from the VM network to the outside.

It also more accurately represents the load the average user is likely to place on their connection (no user is going to spend 100% of their internet time downloading from servers within the VM network).

Originally Posted by Stuart C

Actually, the best way to test a connection is to take the average speed from a selection of servers both in and outside the Virgin network.

Also, use a download manager (such as Getright) as the download tools in both IE and Firefox sometimes give incorrect speed measurements.

The reason I suggest using servers both in and outside the virgin network is that the problem may be with the link used from the VM network to the outside.

It also more accurately represents the load the average user is likely to place on their connection (no user is going to spend 100% of their internet time downloading from servers within the VM network).

The reason the Internal Servers are used is because the are External vagaries as to what the routing and ping responses may be on an External test.

That is the reason that Virgin only accept speed tests from this site, as you are more likely to get similar results from multiple speed tests here.