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Broadband Speed Test thread
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Pings are better too. I'll have to check out the library again sometime over the summer when the heanet link is emptyBlack_Knight wrote: »Damn! Ill have to check the college again, see if its any better these days....
Didnt overall beat NUIGalway. In one, the upload is better but Dload isnt. The other, Download is better, but upload isnt.
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Annamoe, Wicklow calling, here are the results of the Jury -
BT connection.
Pretty pleased considering I live in the middle of the countryside on the side of a mountain.Have a weather station?, why not join the Ireland Weather Network - http://irelandweather.eu/
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Don't trust Speedtest for ping
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001] Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. C:\Windows\system32>ping www.boards.ie Pinging www.boards.ie [89.234.66.107] with 32 bytes of data: Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=58 Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=58 Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=58 Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=16ms TTL=58 Ping statistics for 89.234.66.107: Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss), Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds: Minimum = 16ms, Maximum = 20ms, Average = 18ms
A few sec. ago i was getting a ping of 150+ from the galway server.0 -
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Original line at 8mbit sync.
After upgrade to 50Mb
Pinging rte.ie [89.207.56.94] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 89.207.56.94: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=49
Reply from 89.207.56.94: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=49
Reply from 89.207.56.94: bytes=32 time=2ms TTL=49
Reply from 89.207.56.94: bytes=32 time=1ms TTL=49
Ping statistics for 89.207.56.94:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 1ms, Maximum = 2ms, Average = 1ms
(don't have a 'nix box here for more accurate pingage and only just noticed the thread!)0 -
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Magnet's speedtest is developed by the same guys behind speedtest.net (Ookla).
The speedtest is always accurate depending on your own setup and your providers connectivity to the destination, where the speedtest server is.
Magnet's speedtest server is hostet with themselfes obviously. Magnet is in general very well connected.
Galway speedtest.net server is hostet by ourselfes in Galway and should usually give quite accurate results, too. We are peered on the INEX, which means a direct connection to various irish ISPs and have multiple fiber links to Dublin. For UPC (NTL/Chorus) it might not be the best choice, because they don't peer with us directly, as we're not passing much traffic to them.
Dublin speedtest.net server is hostet by Westnet in Hosting365 to my knowledge. This should be ok for UPC, as I think they have a direct connection to them.
But make sure, that your setup is ok, when you do a speedtest and no other background downloads are running, because it can't account for those. And if one is on a wireless connection or use Vista, that can be the cause for lower speeds.
Kind regards,
Martin List-Petersen
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