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    Can't be THAT fast...

    I've not done a speedtest.net test in a while, so I gave a few a try today and was astounded with the results. Tried every server in the united kingdom and ireland got basically the same results everytime:



    15mb/s !?

    Is this wrong? I thought my download speed was capped at 1.2mb/s (the most I've ever been able to download at).

    Hmm...

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    Re: Can't be THAT fast...

    Did you repeat the test over again straight away as sometimes it measures the speed getting the data out of the systems cache and as such erronous results such as the above happen.

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    Re: Can't be THAT fast...

    Yes, but I tried it on 2 separate computers in my house and got the same results.

    Cleared the cache and still got the same results, even better now:

    Last edited by Haiku32; 19-12-2008 at 06:26 PM.

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    Re: Can't be THAT fast...

    that's 16mbit... 16000kbps. which gives around 16000/8 minus overheads.

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    Re: Can't be THAT fast...

    Quote Originally Posted by Haiku32 View Post
    I've not done a speedtest.net test in a while, so I gave a few a try today and was astounded with the results. Tried every server in the united kingdom and ireland got basically the same results everytime:



    15mb/s !?

    Is this wrong? I thought my download speed was capped at 1.2mb/s (the most I've ever been able to download at).

    Hmm...
    that is 15900Kbps, kilobits

    that would translate to around 1987kB/sec, kiloBytes

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    Re: Can't be THAT fast...

    Ah, that makes alot more sense, thanks .

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    Re: Can't be THAT fast...

    If I don't believe a test (my connection once showed 3.1Mb and I was doubtful) I go to Ubuntu's site at a 'quiet' time of day, go to the download page, select a nearby server and start a download (if it seems silly-slow I try another server). The 3M was actually correct; lasted a day or so and now is 1.7 - 2.1M :-(
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    Re: Can't be THAT fast...

    Quote Originally Posted by Giraffe View Post
    If I don't believe a test (my connection once showed 3.1Mb and I was doubtful) I go to Ubuntu's site at a 'quiet' time of day, go to the download page, select a nearby server and start a download (if it seems silly-slow I try another server). The 3M was actually correct; lasted a day or so and now is 1.7 - 2.1M :-(
    You can't seriously be measuring your bandwidth like that can you?
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    Re: Can't be THAT fast...

    Quote Originally Posted by jamin View Post
    You can't seriously be measuring your bandwidth like that can you?
    why not? as long as you use some kind of download accelerator it works perfectly, 2.1MB/s which is right on the money
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    Re: Can't be THAT fast...

    No accelerator - just a plain, real-world test of something that I do occasionally. Only take about 50MB and then stop it.
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    Re: Can't be THAT fast...

    yeah I download from major sites to test speed too, works great imo.

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    Re: Can't be THAT fast...

    Quote Originally Posted by jamin View Post
    You can't seriously be measuring your bandwidth like that can you?
    How else do you measure it then?

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    Re: Can't be THAT fast...

    Generally if i want to do a rough test i choose a server that i know the previous performance of.

    Working through ubuntu servers until a decent one is found just seems a bit too random to me.
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    Re: Can't be THAT fast...

    Quote Originally Posted by moogle View Post
    How else do you measure it then?
    the amount of pies you can eat before the download finishes?
    that's how i measure my internet speed, anyway.

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    Re: Can't be THAT fast...



    Yay for BT changing my IP profile to 350Kbps even though the line's been 100% stable all day.

    Maximum speed isn't much better, best I've seen is about 550Kbps

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    have you hit your limit?
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