Help with speed test connection

[DC_FC79]

anyone able to help me with a speed test ive done on my pc and laptop, im on the virgins 4 mb cable connection, the pc is hard wired to the modem and the laptop is wireless,

the download speed i get from my pc is 1279 kb/s and upload is 165 kb/s and the ping is 224 ms

the download on my laptop is 2209 kb/s and upload is 390 kb/s, the ping is 17ms

i thought the lower the ping was the better but maybe im wrong,

[Jonathan90]

somehow i think its to do with your settings as oversubscription may higher your ping etc but a ping of 17ms is fine not sure about the first one thoe. hmm maybe some tech people can help u out i'm sure they will be here soon lol

[NCS]

The speed test it all bit confusing. I get speed of from 456kbps to 2024kbps and ping of 24ms to 383.
I am supposed to have 2Mb BB. I have been tesing ton www.speedtest.net and getting various results.
I am ranked poorest speed on the regional tally.

[Ignitionnet]

anyone able to help me with a speed test ive done on my pc and laptop, im on the virgins 4 mb cable connection, the pc is hard wired to the modem and the laptop is wireless,

the download speed i get from my pc is 1279 kb/s and upload is 165 kb/s and the ping is 224 ms

the download on my laptop is 2209 kb/s and upload is 390 kb/s, the ping is 17ms

i thought the lower the ping was the better but maybe im wrong,

Hi,

Do you mean that the PC is hard wired to the router, or direct to the modem itself?

[whydoIneedatech]

anyone able to help me with a speed test ive done on my pc and laptop, im on the virgins 4 mb cable connection, the pc is hard wired to the modem and the laptop is wireless,

the download speed i get from my pc is 1279 kb/s and upload is 165 kb/s and the ping is 224 ms

the download on my laptop is 2209 kb/s and upload is 390 kb/s, the ping is 17ms

i thought the lower the ping was the better but maybe im wrong,
If you are a Virgin Media customer then the best speedtest is from the link below which is from a dedicated server from Virgin Media.
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.

[Jelly]

Also, stop using the Maindenhead server on speedtest.net; it seems to be giving inaccurate results. Try the London one instead.

[whydoIneedatech]

Also, stop using the Maindenhead server on speedtest.net; it seems to be giving inaccurate results. Try the London one instead.
If you want to use the London server then go direct to www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk (http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk)

[Jelly]

They're both the same server, so what's the point of typing a longer url?

[whydoIneedatech]

They're both the same server, so what's the point of typing a longer url?
Why type when you can click my link and save it in your favourites;)

[confucious]

Just tried your link and get 6.8Mb - using http://www.speedtest.net and the london server I very rarely get less than 10Mb...

[Stuart]

They're both the same server, so what's the point of typing a longer url?

OK... Using the London server, I got a download speed of around 8 meg.

Using Maidenhead, I got about 12 meg. Upload for both was around meg.

Now, I have a 24 meg ADSL connection and in real world use (downloading from newsgroups) I average around 18 meg, so both are inaccurate, and they definately are not on the same server.

[whydoIneedatech]

Just tried your link and get 6.8Mb - using http://www.speedtest.net and the london server I very rarely get less than 10Mb...
Different speeds from the same server, one a direct link and the other a provided link, a bit odd don't you think.:)