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ISP upload compression

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  • 18-08-2007 6:10pm
    #1
    singularity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41 ✭


    Tried the speed test over at http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest?flash=1

    and it said:

    "Warning: ISP upload compression was detected. Your upload speeds may be inaccurate."

    Anyone else get this? ... and what does this mean exactly?


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    #2
    AlmightyCushion
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 35,078 Mod ✭✭✭✭AlmightyCushion


    I just tried it and said nothing like that. I'm with eircom by the way. Who are you with?


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    #3
    singularity
    Closed Accounts Posts: 41 ✭singularity


    I'm with Irish Broadband


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    rc28
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    singularity wrote:
    Tried the speed test over at http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest?flash=1
    Lol, I just did 2 speedtests on that site and one said I have a 15mb download speed and the other said I was on a 21mb speed even though i'm on a 2mb package!


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    thebman
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    It says it for me but the whole speedtest they do seems a bit crap. It tells me, my connection is slower than it is and there doesn't seem to be any servers outside of America on it.

    Try http://speedtest.net
    or http://irishisptest.ie

    I think the second ones right, if not just google it


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    rc28
    Registered Users Posts: 2,246 ✭✭✭rc28


    brim4brim wrote:
    It says it for me but the whole speedtest they do seems a bit crap. It tells me, my connection is slower than it is and there doesn't seem to be any servers outside of America on it.

    Try http://speedtest.net
    or http://irishisptest.ie

    I think the second ones right, if not just google it
    I've just discovered that it's a firefox thing(I have no idea why though!) becasue when I do the test in ie7/safari and opera they all return normal 2mb results.


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    watty
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    You need to use the most locally hosted server that has enough bandwidth for the number of users testing, for speed tests to mean anything.


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