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Update: the upcoming new release has this... I love it! Renders instantly regardless of the test size or connection speed. -- it's actually a combination of the current server-side rendering and client-side rendering. Came together extremely fast once I got on the task actually. I mean... it's totally instant. Also saves everyone time and bandwidth, sweet! ... the upload test will also include progress. Works amazingly too. Such an optimal idea, thank you! PM me if you want beta information.

Welcome to TestMy.net! Just let us know if you have any questions.

What you're looking at on that page https://testmy.net/live is everyone's results as they're testing. Your personal results can be found in the menu under "Results (My Results)" Run a download test - upload test or schedule an automatic speed test to log results.

I was finally able to get it to bug like that. Should be all fixed for you know. Thank you Sean!

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I can't reproduce. Tried multiple browsers. Have you tried clearing cookies? That option will be toggled with javascript in the future.

A couple of tutorials on setting up pfSense on virtualbox and opnsense. Once setup your traffic routes through the virtualbox and you can the sniff out and block offending traffic. Highly effective but it's more advanced. May have a learning curve depending on your background with computers and networking.

That's strange that it mysteriously gets better when the tech is around. So it was right after they left, you tested again and 2.5 Mbps? I see spikes in your latency too. https://testmy.net/rt/Civrel What I would do if the issue is consistent is reset the router, factory defaults with the reset button. If the modem is a separate unit unplug it for 15 seconds. The reason you want factory defaults is because you want to disconnect all the other machines (variables). Then set up your very best computer on the fresh network. Wired if you can. Get back to testing here at TestMy.net and see if you're still having an issue. Maybe do this over night since you'll have to have the other devices down for good results. I see that you've tested overnight before and you were at 2.5 Mbps... Let me know what you see and I'll advise from there. If you're wireless, make sure that you're following best practices by searching good for "wireless feng shui" -- here's a result. https://www.makeuseof.com/tag/wireless-feng-shui-optimize-house-wifi-reception/ If you find that the issue is alleviated then I would add one machine back at a time until you see the drop in speed. That should point you to the computer and then you can dig deeper. You can also put something like a pfSense or OPNsense router on your connection to help track down a computer and even application that may be using too much bandwidth. Maybe you have bit torrent running in the background or something... or maybe your neighbor has broken in and has bit torrent or another bandwidth intensive task running. You can build a tiny pfSense box for like $40 out of a Raspberry Pi, run a VM that does it or repurpose an old machine to do it.

You may be seeing the same thing I experienced when I tried to upgrade a while back. I'll have to do some digging to find the topic. What ended up happened in my case... I reverted back to my old package. Although the new package was faster on the top end it had such a slow ramp up after the upgrade that I favored my old package. The new package required a new modem (16 channel). As with many previous cable internet speed upgrades over the years I was excited to upgrade, newer modem usually means great things. But that's just not at all what I observed with TestMy.net. Other tests, especially speedtest.net, will show higher results. They don't work like TestMy.net... they combine threads to achieve the highest possible speed. Good to know but it only shows part of the performance picture. For a multithread comparison within TMN you should try TestMy.net's multithread speed test - make sure you disable the option when you're done to test as you normally do. My conclusion was that the newest, "fastest" packages from Comcast we're not what I was expecting. Again, fast top end but really slow starting out. It's like having a Lamborghini that can only drive in 4th-6th gear... eventually it will win a LONG race but for most stuff it just didn't stack up to the slower package with less threads. The "slower" package jumps off the line like a Tesla. Instantly up to speed with little ramp up at all. By the time the 16 channel modem would ramp up my "slower" modem/package was already done with the race ...and the next one. Sometimes higher package speed doesn't equate to higher results on a single computer. It might just equate to more computers and devices that can be aggressively pulling resources without affecting each others speed as much. Personally, I favor my off the line performance more than the top end or being able to serve more devices. Especially with how bad it was in this case. I switched back and my results instantly fell back into line with the performance curve I expect. By the way, I'm still easily able to serve over 20 devices on my connection. That was the first time a cable upgrade disappointed me and needed to be switched back to previous settings. Hey... at least I saved money because I no longer needed a new modem and the "slower" package is cheaper. TestMy.net saved me money by showing me that I actually performed better on a cheaper package.

Very interesting, I'll keep this in mind...

Welcome to TestMy.net pastor1ray! You sound very cool, glad to have you around.

Hey DenaliDave, Can you try that for me again please?

It's just out of the menu for now until it's reorganized.

That would definitely not be a feature. I don't know what would cause that to happen for you and not for others. In your address bar when you see that page, does it say https://testmy.net or does it show a different address once it loads?

I think what's happened is a bug with the filters. It's on my list now so I'll make sure it gets taken care of this time around. I say “this time” because I'm actively building right now. Before you reset those filters, can you please share the query with me? It may help me track the bug easier. Go to http://testmy.net/myresults and click ‘share query’. Then paste that back to this topic. After that, click ‘default’ at the top and it should fix the issue and display correctly. Here's what I see when I pull up your results.

Thank you Gympie QLD. Welcome to TestMy.net!

Hughes Network Systems Speed Test Analytics

The ranking algorithm wasn't set correctly. Thanks for pointing that out. Basically is was only ranking people with over 100 tests recently logged. Oops!

Hi Robert, You can export to CSV by visiting My Results then click "Export" below your graph. Whatever search options you have selected will be used in the export. Open CSV in a text editor or spreadsheet program. In spreadsheet you can convert the data to your own charts and manipulate the data in a number of useful ways that TestMy.net's website interface isn't able to do, yet.

Welcome RoamerUA, The test information is automatically cleared from your cache as soon as the test completes. Nothing to worry about.

Hi Mookie, Welcome! The host graph is tests logged from other users on your ISP. It won't really help prove your case, it's more for you to compare against. Show them your results at https://testmy.net/compID/80911138787 What speed are you paying for?

I don't think you should test that often on a regular basis, it's a waste of bandwidth. Personally I would only run an automatic test every 15 minutes for only a limited amount of time. If you need to do it over a longer period of time you should only test a few key times a day. Getting your speed 4 times a day over a long period of time should be sufficient in proving your point to your ISP. If you see a pattern where it's often lower at a specific time... that's when you want to run a more frequent test cycle, during that time period. To have it just always run, it's going to intermittently degrade your performance.

Have you see https://testmy.net/auto?

It depends on the quality of the stream you're trying to accomplish and the service you're using. Here's a video that may help with selecting bitrate on twitch. Looking at your upload results https://testmy.net/stats/?&t=u&y=u&l=25&q=John Bouchard Looking at twitch guidelines it looks like you're fairly capable but you aren't going to be streaming 4K or anything. https://help.twitch.tv/customer/portal/articles/1253460 You're right in the minimum requirements. You don't need 40 Mbps upload speed to stream, you're just able get a higher bitrate if you have more than what you're rockin' right now.

Your account has a memory of your last server selection, when you're logged out TMN also has memory of your last setting... stored differently. See in your results, when you're logged in you can see your username in the result. On those results you also see a star standing for the Dallas TX locale. The others are testing against servers in Australia. While logged in visit the test mirrors and select au.testmy.net. The next version of TestMy.net has mechanisms built in to remember your settings regardless of whether you're logged in or even signed up. It will also track your IP address changes regardless of being signed up or not. Actually, it's already doing this it's just not enabled yet so when it's enabled it will be possible to track your old IP addresses over the past few years.