Good accurate and reliable speed test [Archive]

telfordcable

23-09-2011, 12:42

I had found a very good speed test site that will do 10, 30, 50 and 100 Meg a good accurate and reliable speed test.

Try this link and post back with your result: http://speedtest.magnet.ie/

Last Result:
Download Speed: 96412 kbps (12051.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 9573 kbps (1196.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Ping: 11ms

RB2004

23-09-2011, 13:38

Magnet Networks (http://speedtest.magnet.ie/)

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/09/13.png

Namesco Broadband MAX (http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/)

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/09/14.png

OOKLA Speedtest.NET (http://www.speedtest.net/)

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/09/15.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

http://www.pingtest.net/result/47367976.png (http://www.pingtest.net)

does seem to give nice consistent speed tests when compared to the others.
although worth noting they all use the ookla speedtester, just running on different servers.

Good find :)

Virgin Media have a couple of internal speed testers running,

http://Speedtest.VirginMedia.com
http://Speedtest1.VirginMedia.com
http://Speedtest2.VirginMedia.com
http://Speedtest3.VirginMedia.com
http://Speedtest4.VirginMedia.com

But they are all password protected, shame they dont open at least one up for Virgin Media subscribers only.

telfordcable

23-09-2011, 14:11

RB2004

23-09-2011, 14:16

qasdfdsaq

23-09-2011, 17:44

Sirius

23-09-2011, 18:46

Wow, telford's back and posting rubbish speedtests again! Wonder if he gets comission per speedtest he brings to the sites, because every one he has claimed so far to be "good" "accurate" or "reliable" has been anything but.

Magnet.ie can't reliably measure any connections over 50mbps download or 10mbps upload.

Wait for the bull plop about some new connection he has been signed up for or some info the ceo's cats fur trimmer told him about. :LOL:

vmfriend

23-09-2011, 18:47

Don't feed ;-)

Sirius

23-09-2011, 18:48

Don't feed ;-)

Sorry could not help it :)

vmfriend

23-09-2011, 19:00

I am still trying to work out if the imminent collapse of the stock markets around the world and the satellite crashing to earth are linked to the return of telfordcable in same way :-/

Hugh

23-09-2011, 19:19

Let's keep on topic, please.

Ignitionnet

23-09-2011, 19:25

Virgin Media have a couple of internal speed testers running,

http://Speedtest.VirginMedia.com
http://Speedtest1.VirginMedia.com
http://Speedtest2.VirginMedia.com
http://Speedtest3.VirginMedia.com
http://Speedtest4.VirginMedia.com

But they are all password protected, shame they dont open at least one up for Virgin Media subscribers only.

I agree! It very selfish of Virgin Media won't let us have one of those test because they don't want us to know the real true speed test I suppose.

Or it could be because they want those servers to be fast, responsive and accurate for their engineers who use them to test new connections rather than what happened when the details to the speed testers went public.

Customers, mostly with no issues at all beyond a need to find faults and an addiction to speed tests, caned the test boxes and when engineers came to test customer connections they were unreliable due to load on the servers.

I have to admit I really don't understand the obsession with knowing exactly how fast the connection is if it browses fast, streams smoothly, games responsively and is there or there abouts when doing normal downloading.

EDIT: Just for you Telford - this is spot on every time :)

terrel

23-09-2011, 19:37

My 10Mb Speedtest
http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/results.php?t=1316802683&v=13792268
http://www.pingtest.net/result/47386271.png
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1498479376.png
http://speedtest.uk.net/result/52950/%3E%3C/a%3E

telfordcable

23-09-2011, 21:46

EDIT: Just for you Telford - this is spot on every time :)

Give me that damn password as I wanna to try virgin media speedtest net from virgin media server, how selfish virgin media is!

FairyFairy

23-09-2011, 21:52

Download Speed: 9972 kbps (1246.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 917 kbps (114.6 KB/sec transfer rate)
Ping: 25 ms

telfordcable

23-09-2011, 22:04

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/09/12.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/09/13.jpg (http://speedtest.uk.net/)

Skie

23-09-2011, 22:43

That one is just a custom Ookla (aka Speettest.net). It may be running on the Magnet servers, but it uses the exact same methodology that other Ookla ones will use (including the VM one).

So yeah.

Chrysalis

24-09-2011, 09:19

To me the best scenario would be if VM have eg. 5 speedtest servers, open up 2 or 3 of them to VM ip ranges. And keep 2 as engineer only.

But its not a major issue because they do accept poor speedtest.net results as evidence of poor performance.

telfordcable

26-09-2011, 15:54

Just testing virgin media true speed on the new virgin media test site!

http://s1.postimage.org/jpzwy7i6c/Untitled.jpg (http://www.postimage.org/)

thenry

26-09-2011, 16:18

a link would be nice mate

Chrysalis

26-09-2011, 16:20

telford didnt you cancel your cable?

telfordcable

26-09-2011, 16:23

No, I never cancel my cable!

Tim Deegan

26-09-2011, 16:28

Each test comes up with completely different results

telfordcable

26-09-2011, 16:28

a link would be nice mate

The link are here: http://80.3.144.194

thenry

26-09-2011, 16:31

Access forbidden! :( didn't realize you were a vm employee too.

telfordcable

26-09-2011, 16:54

I got the login and password as vm engineer type it in as he forget to clear it when he left :)

thenry

26-09-2011, 17:23

be nice, erase it from your history :)

telfordcable

26-09-2011, 21:51

I had now erase from history! It now asking me for login & password which I had no idea

qasdfdsaq

26-09-2011, 22:17

I got the login and password as vm engineer type it in as he forget to clear it when he left :)
Admitting illegal and unauthroized access to VM servers on a public forum. Good call.

RB2004

08-01-2012, 22:13

old topic... but these servers have now been opened up under a VM Trial.

Username and password is available on the net :)

not going to post here, as said previously overload of their servers.

BUT it is an official trial going on and the credentials have been released by a VM member of staff and they can be found with a quick google search.

craigj2k12

08-01-2012, 23:56

http://community.virginmedia.com/t5/General-broadband-questions/Help-us-test-our-speed-test/td-p/803499

they havnt been leaked, just opened up publically lol

anyone worked out the password to http://80.3.144.194/ (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Summer_holiday) yet? ;)

RB2004

09-01-2012, 00:06

I never said they had leaked I said they was openly publicised as part of a trial

craigj2k12

09-01-2012, 00:22

yeah sorry old thread and all, the 'leaked' bit I read from one of the other posts

I did leak a bit of info myself though :D

qasdfdsaq

09-01-2012, 17:19

Lame. I bet they only want to run their own speedtests so they can avoid blame when they've provided too little backhaul or peering capacity and external speedtests show how crap the VM service is as a result.

roughbeast

10-01-2012, 00:07

Here's two consecutive results from speedtest magnet:

Download Speed: 104454 kbps (13056.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 9454 kbps (1181.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

Download Speed: 104315 kbps (13039.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 9586 kbps (1198.3 KB/sec transfer rate)

Then my usual test server.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/01/92.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/01/93.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Seems pretty comparable to me.

CPCUK

13-01-2012, 11:00

Here's my result using the MAGNET NETWORKS speedtest (couldnt get a pic!)
I'm on 100Mbit:

Last Result:
Download Speed: 32663 kbps (4082.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 9624 kbps (1203 KB/sec transfer rate)

If i go on any speedtest site I never get past 45Mbit!!!!

thenry

13-01-2012, 14:27

could people please test Luxembourg > http://speedtest.net/ and state results, upload in particular

Hugh

13-01-2012, 14:32

could people please test Luxembourg > http://speedtest.net/ and state results, upload in particular
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/01/75.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Can I ask why?

thenry

13-01-2012, 14:35

just curious as to why mine shows up as 4Mb up too

roughbeast

13-01-2012, 16:20

could people please test Luxembourg > http://speedtest.net/ and state results, upload in particular

Luxembourg speedtest.net

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/01/73.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

London, Namesco

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/01/74.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Yeah! I see your point.

qasdfdsaq

13-01-2012, 17:40

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/01/72.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
Lulz

thenry

13-01-2012, 17:41

is speedtest.net down?

craigj2k12

13-01-2012, 18:21

looks like it as all the images have disappeared

g0mit

13-01-2012, 19:51

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/01/70.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Skie

13-01-2012, 19:56

Those VM speedtests seem to provide full whack for the first 2 seconds and then drop off considerably. I wonder if they have STM'd their own servers? :p

telfordcable

13-01-2012, 22:01

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/01/68.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

roughbeast

13-01-2012, 22:57

Those VM speedtests seem to provide full whack for the first 2 seconds and then drop off considerably. I wonder if they have STM'd their own servers? :p

On the other hand your processor could be struggling during speed tests thus giving you bizarre results.

Trooper

13-01-2012, 23:24

:D
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/01/67.png

qasdfdsaq

14-01-2012, 02:28

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/01/64.png
Meh. Speedtest still broken with fast uploads.

Ignitionnet

14-01-2012, 08:04

Well Luxembourg is interesting. If you are a saddo who feels the need to pretend your internet is faster than it is it's the place to be.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/01/63.png

Primary Downstream Service Flow
Downstream(0)
SFID 9859
Max Traffic Rate 53000000 bps
Max Traffic Burst 10000 bytes
Mix Traffic Rate 0 bps
Primary Upstream Service Flow
Upstream(0)
SFID 9858
Max Traffic Rate 1750000 bps
Max Traffic Burst 3044 bytes
Mix Traffic Rate 0 bps
Max Concatenated Burst 0 bytes
Scheduling Type Best Effort

roughbeast

14-01-2012, 12:04

Well Luxembourg is interesting. If you are a saddo who feels the need to pretend your internet is faster than it is it's the place to be.

I think Telford likes it.

Skie

14-01-2012, 14:11

On the other hand your processor could be struggling during speed tests thus giving you bizarre results.

Considering the processor I have, that's not likely :)

And it was definitely network side anyway, live tomato graph shows the peak 50meg usage for a few seconds then it dies away while the test is still running.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/01/61.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

thenry

14-01-2012, 16:23

anyone else having troubles on speedtest.net? :mad:

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/01/59.png

Pedro1

14-01-2012, 16:39

I use speedtest.net as it seems to be pretty on the money with what i have.....

No speed test will be 100% accurate tho........

joglynne

14-01-2012, 16:42

Nope, no problems using the same London server as you have used.
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/01/57.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

However using Maidenhead speedtest result looks a tad different.
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/01/58.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

thenry

14-01-2012, 16:49

some of those servers on the site suck. just done another...

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/01/56.png

joglynne

14-01-2012, 16:56

That's why I don't rely on them. If my connection does what I want and isn't behaving out of the ordinary why waste time trying to get the "perfect" speed test reading. :shrug:

thenry

14-01-2012, 16:59

true. I only test because of an ongoing issue or I wouldn't bother.

Pedro1

14-01-2012, 17:48

Try downloading stuff from HERE (http://gamefiles.virginmedia.com/blueyondergames/) and check how fast the download speed it.
This should tell you what you are getting.

ie if you are downloading a large one at 4.5mb p/s then you are gettting around 45MB...

This type of calculation works for me....

qasdfdsaq

14-01-2012, 18:10

VM Gamefiles has been pretty slow and useless for speedtesting for years now. (also 4.5MB/s is 36mbps)

thenry

14-01-2012, 18:11

i can't even hit that. bt wholesale gives me a good reading

Chrysalis

14-01-2012, 18:29

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/01/55.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

that is accurate (the speed) as downloads are matching that, abysmal.

and my area is in progression for speed doubling :LOL:

qasdfdsaq

14-01-2012, 18:48

I do wonder what they're doing with the contention ratios during this whole kerfuffle...

Chrysalis

14-01-2012, 18:55

I do wonder what they're doing with the contention ratios during this whole kerfuffle...

Well publically they have stated they spending 110 million or so GBP on these upgrades. To me that doesnt sound like a lot of cash, as a comparison BT are spending many billions to put into perspective. I suspect early areas 'may' get what work they need for good performance as long as its easy then the latter areas (which seems like the upstream uplift 2 channels vs earlier area 3 channels) will simply get corners cut and the absolute min work done, I wouldnt be surprised if some areas have no work done and the configs are just switched over. Which is what I think happened here when 100mbit was activated as all I seen was a sudden drop in performance with no new special 5th DS channel etc.

I hope infinity gets rolled out here ahead of schedule as the lack of credible competition here is hurting.

Skie

14-01-2012, 20:02

100 million on Usain Bolt. 10 million on green paint for the cabs.

qasdfdsaq

14-01-2012, 23:09

Pretty much spot on there Skie ;)

Pedro1

15-01-2012, 00:25

Lol lol Skie lol.......................

Chrysalis

15-01-2012, 11:56

:LOL: sounds about right for their budget allocations.

Ignitionnet

15-01-2012, 13:32

that is accurate (the speed) as downloads are matching that, abysmal.

and my area is in progression for speed doubling :LOL:

Check again. April - July.

No-where is in progress yet, first areas will go to that in March as card by card the uplift is done.

---------- Post added at 13:29 ---------- Previous post was at 13:26 ----------

I do wonder what they're doing with the contention ratios during this whole kerfuffle...

Not really relevant, more down to average usage. If average usage is 200kbps at peak times contention ratio looks hideous selling lots of 50Mb services but is fine in practice.

---------- Post added at 13:32 ---------- Previous post was at 13:29 ----------

Well publically they have stated they spending 110 million or so GBP on these upgrades. To me that doesnt sound like a lot of cash, as a comparison BT are spending many billions to put into perspective.

At a guess something to do with BT having to build an entire network overlay from final cabinet to exchange complete with tens of thousands of active MSAN cabinets, tons of new fibre runs and in some areas a complete network overbuild from access network to core. Along with that new OSS systems, additional equiment within exchanges, etc, etc, etc.

A slightly bigger task than upgrading an existing HFC network, hence why even with the huge amounts of people BT have working on this project it's taking 5 years while VM can complete their upgrades in 18 months.