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big_blue
16-02-2006, 16:24
http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest

I go to that site and take the speed test and im only getting 1.9 megabits per second and im on a 10mb connection, any suggestions of what im doing wrong? Also on torrents with lots of seeders and not many leechers i get around the 500 - 600kb/s in speed, surely i should get more than this? Any suggestions on what im doing wrong? Or suggestions on how to speed it up. Thanks.
Ramrod
16-02-2006, 16:29
Are you on a stb or a modem? Do you use a router as well?
UncleBooBoo
16-02-2006, 16:34
I just tried it and this is my result: 704.2 kilobits per second

Think the site is wrong if you try adslguide.org I get the correct speed!

Edit: I'm on the 2Mb teir by the way!

Just done a speed test on adslguide.org and one on here and i'm getting 1.9Mb which is good!
monkey2468
16-02-2006, 16:43
using that site I get 754.6 kilobits per second (i'm on 10Mb).
Using UK based sites including this one http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/speed.php I get full 10Mb.
big_blue
16-02-2006, 17:20
Are you on a stb or a modem? Do you use a router as well?

Sorry if this sounds stupid, but my internet is through the silver NTL modem thing? Through ethernet.

Cheers everyone, is there anyway i can speed my d/l's up or anything? cheers agian.

This is the speed i get from the site you provided:
Downstream2755 Kbps (344.4 KB/sec)2975 Kbps (inc. overheads)Upstream484 Kbps (60.5 KB/sec)522 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Enuff
16-02-2006, 17:31
what does it tell you if you go here (http://192.168.100.1/) the username is root and the password is also root - click operation config on the left, then look at what the Maximum Downstream Data Rate: is? I normally get my right speed when I test it here (http://www.irishisptest.com/myspeed/).
marky
16-02-2006, 17:32
http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest


Did you read this part Connections over 8mbit/s are not supported. :shrug:
UncleBooBoo
16-02-2006, 17:37
Im only on 2Mb and it gives me an incorrect reading!
marky
16-02-2006, 17:43
Im only on 2Mb and it gives me an incorrect reading!
I just did it on my 2meg, it looks more like an upload speed :Yikes:
Chrysalis
16-02-2006, 18:24
Communications 417.3 kilobits per second
Storage 50.9 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 20.1 seconds
Subjective rating Not bad

looks accurate to me, marking a site off because it doesnt report 10meg does not make it inaccurate.
big_blue
16-02-2006, 19:21
what does it tell you if you go here (http://192.168.100.1/) the username is root and the password is also root - click operation config on the left, then look at what the Maximum Downstream Data Rate: is? I normally get my right speed when I test it here (http://www.irishisptest.com/myspeed/).


Hey, ok the first site gives my maximum downstream data rate as:
Maximum Downstream Data Rate : 10240000

And this is a picture of the second site you gave me:
http://img108.imageshack.us/img108/3514/untitled7ut.jpg

So what kind of download speed should i be getting when downloading torrents etc? Thanks agian.
monkey2468
16-02-2006, 19:32
That looks fine.
big_blue
16-02-2006, 19:36
its like now though, im downloading something off download.com and its 2.97mb in size, it should download straight away shouldnt it, but its got 3 minutes 20 seconds left. Transfer rate: 9.41kb/s.
monkey2468
16-02-2006, 19:41
Try downloading a large file from a large site that won't be saturated. microsoft, ati, nvidia, bbc or something.
Chrysalis
17-02-2006, 14:53
monkey2468 by your reckoning if a speedtest shows a slow speed it is inaccurate?

it can never be ntl right?

---------- Post added at 14:53 ---------- Previous post was at 14:45 ----------

here is one I just did :(

here (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/chrcol/stestirish.jpg)