Connection speed

[WorAl]

is this connection speed very good?



Doesn't look it to me

http://www.speedtest.net/

Edited by WorAl on Thursday 9th September 21:36

[dreamz]

what are you meant to be getting?

[SlipStream77]

The ping's a little high, try a closer server.

Also that site will allow you to compare your results by location and ISP to determine if they are any good.

[Fats25]

still beats mine!

Edited by Fats25 on Thursday 9th September 21:48

[matthewg]

ping is 92ms, what does this mean?

is it an issue?

[andy-xr]

As a reference point (I was quite surprised at Virgin Media getting close to advertised speed)

[Plotloss]

Double what I'm getting. Be grateful.

[WorAl]

SlipStream77 said:

The ping's a little high, try a closer server.

Also that site will allow you to compare your results by location and ISP to determine if they are any good.

Done that, got this



So doesn't seem too bad then? think it's supposed to be 8MB??? but not certain on that.

[speed8]

andy-xr said:

As a reference point (I was quite surprised at Virgin Media getting close to advertised speed)

Yeah, we're on the 10Mb connection with Virgin and recently it's been pretty steady at 14Mb anytime I've checked it.

[Sheets Tabuer]

This is mine, 20mbit virgin ADSL

[SlipStream77]

matthewg said:

ping is 92ms, what does this mean?

is it an issue?

It's the time taken for a message to travel to the server and back, it's usually an indication of distance from the server for obvious reasons.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ping

I wouldn't worry too much about a 90ms ping, IMO it's probably not high enough to cause any problems, even if you're online gaming.

I only mentioned it to the OP because it just seemed a little high compared to other readings I've had from that site.

[WorAl]

it seems a hell of a lot quicker that it was on my old computer so not complaining, was just wondering.....wish it was faster

[EK993]

WorAl said:

SlipStream77 said:

The ping's a little high, try a closer server.

Also that site will allow you to compare your results by location and ISP to determine if they are any good.

Done that, got this



So doesn't seem too bad then? think it's supposed to be 8MB??? but not certain on that.

You are getting around 4mb download which isn't too bad considering its BT. I lived in Docklands less than a couple of miles from the local exchange, was on their "up to 8mb" (operative word here being "up to") and got around 4mb down. Your upload speed doesn't look so good though.

Ping is fine as well - its a measure of latency, or how long it takes for a single packet of data to perform a round trip from source to destination and then back again

[WorAl]

EK993 said:

You are getting around 4mb download which isn't too bad considering its BT. I lived in Docklands less than a couple of miles from the local exchange, was on their "up to 8mb" (operative word here being "up to") and got around 4mb down. Your upload speed doesn't look so good though.

Ping is fine as well - its a measure of latency, or how long it takes for a single packet of data to perform a round trip from source to destination and then back again

Cheers.

Anything that can be done to increase upload speed? or am I stuck with it?

[Mobile Chicane]

[EK993]

Nah its an ADSL line (Asynchronus) - so the upload is pretty much limited in terms of bandwidth. You shouldn't really have a need for large upload bandwidth unless you act as an upload hub of some description.

You could always enquire about your own DS3 Internet connection.. might set you back a few £k a month though!

[SlipStream77]

WorAl said:

SlipStream77 said:

The ping's a little high, try a closer server.

Also that site will allow you to compare your results by location and ISP to determine if they are any good.

Done that, got this



So doesn't seem too bad then? think it's supposed to be 8MB??? but not certain on that.

Great, you try a server further away and get a LOWER ping.

You did that on purpose to make me look stupid didn't you.

Obviously pings are affected by other factors as you have proven rather well.

Regarding download rate, the advertised rate is the absolute optimum, almost everybody will get less, the further you are from the exchange I think the more the rate will drop.

[Holst]

The problem I have found with speedtest is that different servers give different speeds.

If I use maidenhead then I almost always get full speed (10mb/s) and low ping.

If I use the closer coventry server i only get 3mb/s and a high ping.

[WorAl]

SlipStream77 said:

WorAl said:

SlipStream77 said:

The ping's a little high, try a closer server.

Also that site will allow you to compare your results by location and ISP to determine if they are any good.

Done that, got this



So doesn't seem too bad then? think it's supposed to be 8MB??? but not certain on that.

Great, you try a server further away and get a LOWER ping.

You did that on purpose to make me look stupid didn't you.

Obviously pings are affected by other factors as you have proven rather well.

Regarding download rate, the advertised rate is the absolute optimum, almost everybody will get less, the further you are from the exchange I think the more the rate will drop.

I didn't do that on purpose. I'm from Newcastle, the Morecambe one is closer, it's just that the speed test thing decided to put my computer near Glasgow on the map

Edited by WorAl on Thursday 9th September 22:32

[broadhat]

Haven't used that site before. Not sure what's wrong with the upload but the download seems nippy enough

Edited by broadhat on Thursday 9th September 23:43