samanthar, on 04 February 2012 - 06:53 AM, said:
Hi.
I just ran a test of my comcast cable connection as it seems to be running slower since we added TV to our package this week. Testmy reports:
Sat Feb 04 2012 @ 8:41:23 am US ../images/10/arrow-down-double.png 7.7 MB
7.14 Mbps 914 kB/s
and my cisco router test reports:
22.25 mbps dowload and 6.47 mbps up
Does anyone know what could account for this difference?
Thank you.
Welcome!
First, there can be overhead. Second, how is the cisco router testing? Where is it testing to? I can also almost guarantee you that it's not testing through your browser. You may be in your browser but it's not actually using your browser. There is most likely a 3rd party application handling the test. Like Macromedia Flash or Sun Java... right? Tests that run that way are a poor judge of your browser... and as we've found many other issues as well. Other speed tests seem to not notice a problem unless it's on the Providers end. TestMy takes everything into account and is
the only Internet speed test online that works this way. There is no layer between the test and your browser. TestMy's servers are also unbiasedly placed on the backbone of the Internet. I believe this makes for a more accurate depiction of your connection speed.
Try testing with one of the mirrors, use these buttons on the speed test pages.
Testing with the mirrors can help you see if you're having a routing issue to the main server.
... the results you get here can't be compared to results you get with any other speed test. Read
Why Do My Results Differ From Speedtest.net? for a little more insight. That information applies to any Ookla speed test... but if they have to adjust I assume any flash speed test has to. Besides the adjustments they admit they make, as I said before... there's allot that they simply
can't test because of the protocol they've chosen to use. ... things are different here.
...please help me by telling your friends about
TestMy.net - this spreads by word-of-mouth only.
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