Comments on: Internet Speed Test

By: Achal

Achal — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 05:58:38 +0000

Hello,

Thank you so much, for all the informative results.

I have a few questions if anyone can answer them.

I am using a Dell Laptop, with windows 7 home,

My internet connection is from Cable Integrated Ethernet Services, Mumbai.
My connection plan is 512 Kbps Unlimited.

I am using a D-Link Router.

I used Internet Download Manager to download most of the times.

Now I have noticed this odd phenomenon.

1) When I download from Youtube Videos or Itunes installer from the apple website… I get upto 1 Mbps speed! (IDM)

2) When I download from torrents or any other websites, i get only 60 kbps.

(i am not confused between bits and bytes)

Can some one explain me why this is happening and how can I download torrents and other software’s at such awesome speeds?

The result of my Internet Speed Test was 629kbps (download) and 707 kbps (upload).

Many thanks,
Achal.

By: Tommy

Tommy — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 18:53:28 +0000

I have a great variance in my download speed. Usually it’s .5 mbps, sometimes faster sometimes slower. I use a Links wireless router after going through my Westell Wirespeed dsl modem. All this equipment is on my desktop located downstairs. We rarely use this PC anymore as we both have laptops upstairs where it it much more convienent. My question is…. Would it benefit us speed wise if I moved the dsl modem and wireless router to the same room where we usually use our laptops. I don’t care about the old desktop loosing the internet capability, but if this will NOT help our speed I won’t bother moving it.
Thanks,
Tommy

By: Justin

Justin — Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:19:23 +0000

Hi Jim

Something is puzzling me… i live in South Africa and and my ISP is Telkom. When my Telkom bandwidth cap is reached i swop over to my banks bandwidth ( which is far cheaper) When i ran a speed test i find a odd phenomenon ie:
TELKOM PING : 26
TELKOM DOWNLOAD SPEED : 387 KB PER SECOND
MY BANK PING: 42
MY BANK DOWNLOAD SPEED: 498 KB PER SECOND

So my banks ping is poorer by almost half but it allows a higher download speed. whatever the figures are wheb i runj the tests the same always applies. I thought a low ping would always result in a higher download speed. Can you comment

thanks a stack

By: Jim

Jim — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:38:51 +0000

Yes, simply run the internet speed test from your server.

By: barat

barat — Fri, 21 Oct 2011 05:01:50 +0000

Hi i want to know the tool to test the bandwidth of my website, not my personal computer.

Can anyone help

By: James

James — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 19:44:13 +0000

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By: Bryce

Bryce — Wed, 29 Jun 2011 13:44:21 +0000

thanks for sharing this..

One request i have.. $ _POST["testspeeds"] is there any chance you could make this output 3 different posts? For example $ _POST["download"], $ _POST["upload"], $ _POST["laten"]?

Thanks

Regards
Bryce

By: Jim

Jim — Sun, 12 Jun 2011 14:09:22 +0000

Hi Jenni,

It means there are too many people using the speed test and the system is taxed. I’m working on a fix for this, but until then, you just have to wait a few minutes.

By: jenni

jenni — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 08:35:06 +0000

um….what does it mean if you run the test and it says its working but it also reads “connect time out”?

By: Ken

Ken — Wed, 08 Jun 2011 02:29:59 +0000

Hi Jim,

They cap the speed, so you have to go through your dsl provider to get an increase…