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I'm visiting a friend in the mountains in Cotopaxi Colorado... litterally middle of nowhere staying in a camper. No reception... but I found a little patch of service, 4G and I've seen up to 15 Mbps. I hopped on my laptop and downloaded a couple GB of HD content and sustained 2 MB/s for the entire transfer. Amazes me. This result was pretty average. :::.. Internet Speed Test Result Details ..::: Download Connection Speed:: 10869 Kbps or 10.9 Mbps Download Speed Test Size:: 12.4 MB or 12736 kB or 13041664 bytes Download Binary File Transfer Speed:: 1359 kB/s or 1.4 MB/s Upload Connection Speed:: 1543 Kbps or 1.5 Mbps Upload Speed Test Size:: 832 kB or 851968 bytes Upload Binary File Transfer Speed:: 193 kB/s Timed:: Download: 9.599 seconds | Upload: 4.418 seconds Tested At:: http://TestMy.net Version 13 Test Time:: 2014-04-10 00:05:35 Local Time Location:: Greeley, CO US >> Destination:: Dallas, TX US Validation:: https://testmy.net/db/MWks2XE.oegONfJ TiP Measurement Summary (Download):: Min 4.57 Mbps | Middle Avg 11.73 Mbps | Max 16 Mbps | 47% Variance TiP Data Points:: 16 Mbps, 13.94 Mbps, 14.47 Mbps, 13.03 Mbps, 11.9 Mbps, 9.73 Mbps, 8.68 Mbps, 10.54 Mbps, 12.82 Mbps, 13.39 Mbps, 12.63 Mbps, 12.72 Mbps, 12.01 Mbps, 11.04 Mbps, 16 Mbps, 11.75 Mbps, 7.89 Mbps, 6.82 Mbps, 4.57 Mbps More Stats:: https://testmy.net/quickstats/CA3LE https://testmy.net/compID/643729204093 User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (iPhone; CPU iPhone OS 7_1 like Mac OS X) AppleWebKit/537.51.1 (KHTML, like Gecko) CriOS/33.0.1750.21 Mobile/11D167 Safari/9537.53 [!]} Better one from earlier... about 30 feet higher up the cliff. The mountain I'm on right now (but the picture was taken during the daytime) super remote location... Verizon is awesome. Now if they would just unlock the caps or charge a reasonable rate for overages. Technology these days... I'm in the middle of the forest, maybe 10 people within 30 miles and I'm getting 5 times faster connection than my first cable internet connection. Insane to me.

I like to get inside the computer... I just sat how I normally sit, measured it and it was only 17"... 32" back and I wouldn't feel right. I'd feel like my computer was across the room. I'm nearsighted though so to each his own.

Welcome! Roco is our British ambassador. Maybe he'll pop in and translate. This may be difficult, given our language barrier. Make sure to give the speed test mirrors a try since you're outside the US. I have a speed test server in Amsterdam that's closer and a couple of public mirrors in within the UK (look for the tab on the mirrors page to find those). Ideally, you'll get near the same result as you do to the US. But if you're being effected by poor international routing there may be a big difference. Using my mirrors and the multithread speed test (which I see you've already used) helps you get a better overall picture of your Internet performance. Hope to see you around. ... and please, share your knowledge with us.

Very cool tool, I was looking for something like that yesterday... I quickly got side tracked and forgot what I was originally looking for. lol. That tool works great though and answered an unrelated question I had yesterday. I measured and casually I sit about 17" away. Even if my 27" was 4096x2160 (4k) I would have to be 20" away before it was retina. Yeah, I can move my screen back... but I'm comfortable at 17" (that's what she said). This is what I want... Overkill. My favorite.

What resolution are you running? How far away are you sitting? What kind of TV is it? I want a 32" too... but I'd like 4k in my next monitor. I'm waiting for 4k IPS displays to drop to under $1000. You can get TN 4k displays for around $700 but I need color accuracy and TN displays aren't accurate... they're kinda weak all around actually. Read, dude, don't get a dell 4k monitor. With 8k here I'm sure that it's only a matter of time before 4k is MUCH cheaper... Who knows, 8k could replace 4k before it even gets a real chance to take off. 8k is only noticeable on HUGE displays and is a potential waste of bandwidth so 4k could still become the new standard. All I know is that after being spoiled with retina and super high pixel density displays it's hard to go back. I use my 2011 27" iMac with 102 ppi and I see is pixels now. Didn't bother me before, now it occasionally bugs me. You probably have your 32" sitting further back than my monitor though. To be honest, I'm really waiting for a better display that directly interfaces with your visual cortex... the display would be in your mind and would be only limited by your imagination and the power of your brain. I promise you, it will happen.

Those colors slide down the RGB scale. Red being the worse and blue being better. Although, sometimes little variance is bad... like sometimes if you encounter a bottleneck along your route. So use your best judgment, don't always go off the color. e.g. Say you have a 50 Mbps connection but you're scoring only 12 Mbps... BUT the TiP is showing only 5% variance. It's going to show up blue. Obviously you know that something isn't right because you're supposed to have 50 Mbps. What the test saw however is a steady transfer... You can have a steady clean connection that is limited... just make sure to judge your result in its entirety, the color is only a hint to how steady the connection was... not an indication of if it was a good result or not. Here's one in red that I wouldn't consider bad... 67% middle variance ... it could have done better, here's a result taken at the same time on a different device. 25% middle variance Is either one of the above bad? I personally don't think so. But I think it's obvious which performed better. Hint: Just like in a drag race, it's usually the one that accelerated the fastest. As long as there aren't bumps in the road. Funny story, testing at the same time were a pair of identical LG G2's. One was bogged down with programs running and the other was the better result above. Here's the result from the bogged down phone. Now that's a rough ride... something she had running was ruining her connection. Hint: pattern variance (like this example) is usually a major indication to an underlying issue. She opened the task manager and closed all programs and retested... ... almost mirrored the result of the other phone. Both beat my i5s Note: In case you didn't know. TiP is measured from 5% to 95% ... the middle of that (or 10% to 90%) is the middle. The variance within that is the middle variance. ... so a large burst or drop off at the beginning or end will not effect the middle variance. I hope this answers your questions and then some about TiP. It's something I made up and never really explained. I guess I'm always aiming to build something that doesn't need explaining. ... I'll keep working at it.

Testing on my friends LG G2 ... blows my iPhone 5s away. Maxing out my connection. :::.. Internet Speed Test Result Details ..::: Download Connection Speed:: 109875 Kbps or 109.9 Mbps Download Speed Test Size:: 93.6 MB or 95872 kB or 98172928 bytes Download Binary File Transfer Speed:: 13734 kB/s or 13.7 MB/s Upload Connection Speed:: 14202 Kbps or 14.2 Mbps Upload Speed Test Size:: 9 MB or 9216 kB or 9437184 bytes Upload Binary File Transfer Speed:: 1775 kB/s Timed:: Download: 7.148 seconds | Upload: 5.316 seconds or 1.8 MB/s Tested At:: http://TestMy.net Version 13 Test Time:: 2014-03-23 16:54:10 Local Time Location:: Unknown US >> Destination:: Dallas, TX US Validation:: https://testmy.net/db/tlb61Ie.GZu5Eey TiP Measurement Summary (Download):: Min 54.81 Mbps | Middle Avg 113.71 Mbps | Max 129.17 Mbps | 30% Variance TiP Data Points:: 78.79 Mbps, 120.24 Mbps, 128.01 Mbps, 118.84 Mbps, 114.09 Mbps, 117.66 Mbps, 110.04 Mbps, 114.82 Mbps, 113.9 Mbps, 112.11 Mbps, 119.64 Mbps, 106.9 Mbps, 123.36 Mbps, 129.17 Mbps, 78.79 Mbps, 113.18 Mbps, 116.13 Mbps, 96.23 Mbps, 54.81 Mbps More Stats:: https://testmy.net/compID/4602014672148 User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; Android 4.2.2; VS980 4G Build/JDQ39B) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/33.0.1750.166 Mobile Safari/537.36 [!]

Yeah, you're interpreting the results correctly. But if you look at how the data flowed during the test... ... you went over your package speed, it just fluctuated. Try testing with larger sizes manually, for your speed 50 MB should be more than enough to get a really solid result. I don't think you're in bad shape at all for a 20 Mbps connection. You're getting 78% of your package, you want greater than 60% ...so you're doing better than you think.

Driving to the airport, outside Castle Rock Colorado... Verizon LTE is sweet. ... iPhone tethered to my rMBP. :::.. Download Speed Test Result Details ..::: Download Connection Speed:: 22139 Kbps or 22.1 Mbps Download Speed Test Size:: 25 MB or 25600 kB or 26214400 bytes Download Binary File Transfer Speed:: 2767 kB/s or 2.8 MB/s Tested At:: http://TestMy.net Version 13 Validation:: https://testmy.net/db/zsa1YDl TiP Measurement Summary:: Min 8.04 Mbps | Middle Avg 24.44 Mbps | Max 28.95 Mbps | 30% Variance TiP Data Points:: 25.2 Mbps, 28.95 Mbps, 27.88 Mbps, 17.61 Mbps, 17.76 Mbps, 28.13 Mbps, 23.53 Mbps, 23.39 Mbps, 27.96 Mbps, 21.09 Mbps, 20.21 Mbps, 23.16 Mbps, 23.19 Mbps, 24.77 Mbps, 25.68 Mbps, 27.55 Mbps, 27.72 Mbps, 26.89 Mbps, 8.04 Mbps More Stats:: https://testmy.net/quickstats/CA3LE https://testmy.net/compID/64372917206 Test Time:: 2014-03-11 21:26:05 Local Time Location:: Greeley, CO US >> Destination:: Dallas, TX US 1MB Download in 0.37 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~6 Minutes - 395X faster than 56K This test of exactly 25600 kB took 9.48 seconds to complete Running at 234% of hosts average (Verizon Wireless https://testmy.net/hoststats/verizon_wireless) User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10.9; rv:27.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/27.0 [!] ... but as we drive along, it's variable.

I'm just seeing your post, sorry I missed it. I'm busy at the moment but I'll respond soon.

Nevermind, I made it link to your posts and added a link "FC" for followed content next to that. Hope that helps.

I made it link to your followed content... does that help?

... I've used the download test to adjust stream quality too. For instance, a couple of months ago I was on a connection with limited bandwidth but I wanted to watch some TV shows I had on my computer at home. The stream was playing all slow, kept pausing and pissing me off so I ran a quick speed test. Saw that I had only 1.5 Mbps down, so I went into the settings on StreamToMe and set it to like 1.2 Mbps or something a little lower than the available bandwidth... played perfect, looked nice too. Another example, I'm driving on a 12 hour road trip. Watching a video on my iPhone that's on my computer at home, it starts to have issues so I run a test. 160 Kbps down... ouch. I just turned the video quality to the lowest and turned audio quality to 128 Kbps and finished my movie with only audio and blocky shadows. But at least it didn't skip or pause.

I think he's talking more about his upload speed EB Welcome Eonofaeon, I would trust TestMy.net's upload results over all others, I'm biased but Twitch users are a growing segment of the population here because they rely on TMN's results. ... you know that you have a problem, so I think it's obvious which results to trust. If you had a nice clean 5 Mbps then your stream wouldn't be having issues. You may be bursting 5 Mbps here and there but there may be pauses or drops that cause your true overall speed to drastically drop. Now that you have an idea that you may have an issue go upload a video to youtube, I see that you're on Windows, while you upload watch your bandwidth with a program like FreeMeter (please let me know of better free bandwidth monitors for Windows, been a while since I've used Windows) ... (watch the bandwidth on your monitoring software during the TMN upload test too.) ...I will bet you that your speed when you upload to youtube is in line with the TestMy.net results. Other tests try to give you the best case scenario, TestMy.net doesn't sugarcoat the data or manipulate the process. I start time, initiated an upload, stop time. I leave it up to your computer and Internet connection to perform their best between start and stop. If something holds up the process... the results suffer. As for your download, try the speed test mirrors and multithread speed test. Both can provide deeper insight into your issues.

Hey JoshfromKS, I see your results at https://testmy.net/compID/6245265704240 (that you took before your registered) ... I don't see any multithread results, run a multithread speed test. If you score much higher it can indicate a few different issues. Try that, on the results page click the 'share' tab... paste us the results.

No problem, my pleasure. ... thanks for using it. Please spread the word.

I wish it did that. Those details, what I call TiP (Test in Progress) data, are only available on classic linear speed tests over 1.5 MB. The upload speed test and multithread speed test do not have that ability... yet. I'm working on it. I'm also going to enable TiP for tests under 1.5 MB. It's a complicated issue as to why under 1.5 MB and under doesn't work with TiP... for that, I know the solution, I just need to take the time. It's just going to be tedious and time consuming. I have it slated for update but it's a lower priority. I'm working on making that happen with the upload and multithread too. Which is definitely not a straight forward build. It's a long process of trial and error, it's not like I'm asking normal things out of your browser. There also aren't books out there on how to build this stuff, e.g. "Internet Speed Test Building For Dummies". Instead there are trillions of bits of information scattered across the Internet. The answer to what I want to do is out there, it's just not laid out for me. On top of that, sometimes pieces of the puzzle are missing because either browser or language capabilities need to catch up and give me the ability to do what I'm trying to do. I've been developing that TiP system completely blind, not even knowing if all the work will pay off and actually work to produce useful information. It's worked beautifully on my classic download speed test but when it comes to the other tests... I'm not even sure if it's possible yet. There are challenges to both.. just know that I am developing but it takes time. I wish that you all could see my vision for TMN, stick around and you will. ... I know that doesn't help you much right now. Maybe I should have that window shrink for results without TiP, with an explanation about why there isn't a graph. At least then it wouldn't look like something was missing.

Google DNS has been litterally 100% reliable for me (Google Public DNS IPs are 8.8.8.8 and 8.8.4.4 in case anyone needs that info - make the changes on your router so it will be global to all clients resolving to the router IP for DNS) - I'd normally suggest that... but you've tried that. So I guess I can't blame the other DNS server. What operating system? What ISP? Are only some addresses not resolving? Is it intermittent? Quote of the day... "...its a small , local ISP and they are about as helpful as a .jpg is to Helen Keller." - Lee Yokum

First, I'd like to see your linear test results. Please disable multithreading and run a few download speed tests, try manually selecting 50 MB, if that's taking too long try 25 MB. Then run some upload tests, again try manual selection. Go for 1.5 MB - 3 MB, judging from your previous results it may take a while but larger sizes provide more reliable results. Try also selecting different servers to experiment with different routes. Gather a little more data and I can make a better assessment and try to help you.

Lots of questions to answer. When I get to a real keyboard I'll try to answer all of them.

Those drop offs are obviously what's affecting your streaming. You're getting decent speeds, they just aren't consistent. First thing I would do is check the cable and all of the fittings, trace back all the way to where the cable company's line comes in. Kinks in the cable, bad splitters, bad barrel connectors can all cause intermittent signal loss. A kink or sharp turn in a coaxial cable messes with the impedance of the cable. ... I've seen many times also where people have stapled the cable to baseboards (to tidy it up) and the staples are so tight it pinches the cable... often overlooked... or where the cable has been fished under the carpet and ONE baseboard tack has managed to prick the cable. A little nail acts like a miniature antenna, feeding air signal into the cable. I've seen things like that cause transmission to cut in and out like that.

You've covered a lot of bases. What are the signal levels? Get them from your modem at 192.168.100.1 and post a screenshot. Have you tried other computers? It does this whether it's wired or wireless, router or direct... displays the same drops?

Alright, sorry it took me a while to check into this. So I have an easy solution... it's already built to handle this. All you have to do is add &testServer=east to the end of that URL. If you go to the speed test mirror page you can get the names for all of the servers from the 'set default' buttons. I didn't specifically design that to work with the auto test... but it does. It's all one large program, so that command flows right over to the auto test. Pretty cool, I didn't even have to do anything.

Thanks mudman... exactly. Do you think I should adjust that?

First, try the multithread speed test ... speedtest.net multithreads, TestMy.net by default is linear. Loading much as a single file transfer would. But I do offer the multithread option. If you get drastically differing results between the two tests it can be an indication that there is an underlying issue. There is a wide range of issues... from improper MTU and RWIN settings to a bad cable modem. Seriously, if you're getting lower results with TestMy.net it can be something as obious as a bad modem... and other speed tests WILL NOT DETECT IT. It DOES affect your performance... if your performance is affected in my tests your performance online is affected. Usually a noticeable difference once you find the issue. (looking at your results, I see you've already used the multithread option and got over 50 Mbps, something is restricting that linear transfer... everyone else that's running correctly is able to get much higher scores, something is limiting you.) Don't be so quick to write off the test. There are many people who have put my methodology under the microscope and consider this to be the most accurate speed test online. (e.g. "I can say with 100% certainty that you will not find a testing methodology more accurate than testmy.net") You really can't compare TestMy.net results to a test that by their own admission makes adjustments to the results. Reference Why Do My Results Differ From Speedtest.net / Ookla Speed Tests? Look closer at that bandwidth meter. There are anomalies with my competitors even under the best circumstances. Realize too that most flash speed tests are multithreading... you shouldn't have to multithread to get your full speed. An ideal connection will perform good either way... mine does, look. Multithread :::.. Download Speed Test Result Details ..::: Download Connection Speed:: 108266 Kbps or 108.3 Mbps Download Speed Test Size:: 200.9 MB or 205692 kB or 210628710 bytes Download Binary File Transfer Speed:: 13533 kB/s or 13.5 MB/s Tested At:: http://TestMy.net Version 13 Validation:: https://testmy.net/db/qbQ34Jc More Stats:: https://testmy.net/quickstats/CA3LE https://testmy.net/compID/69431494760 Test Time:: 2014-02-14 11:21:44 Local Time Location:: Monument, CO US >> Destination:: Global Multithread 1MB Download in 0.08 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~1 Minutes - 1933X faster than 56K This test of exactly 205692 kB took 15.564 seconds to complete Running at 482% of hosts average (Comcast Cable https://testmy.net/hoststats/comcast_cable) User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_9_1) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/32.0.1700.77 Safari/537.36 [!] Default Linear :::.. Download Speed Test Result Details ..::: Download Connection Speed:: 101707 Kbps or 101.7 Mbps Download Speed Test Size:: 200 MB or 204800 kB or 209715200 bytes Download Binary File Transfer Speed:: 12713 kB/s or 12.7 MB/s Tested At:: http://TestMy.net Version 13 Validation:: https://testmy.net/db/6hgXTYD TiP Measurement Summary:: Min 47.84 Mbps | Middle Avg 107.75 Mbps | Max 112.43 Mbps | 6% Variance TiP Data Points:: 78.2 Mbps, 110.13 Mbps, 110.54 Mbps, 110.22 Mbps, 112.35 Mbps, 110.94 Mbps, 109.73 Mbps, 108.86 Mbps, 104.93 Mbps, 107.85 Mbps, 112.43 Mbps, 108.24 Mbps, 105.44 Mbps, 106.26 Mbps, 105.66 Mbps, 103.85 Mbps, 102.3 Mbps, 102.02 Mbps, 47.84 Mbps More Stats:: https://testmy.net/quickstats/CA3LE https://testmy.net/compID/69431494760 Test Time:: 2014-02-14 11:22:36 Local Time Location:: Monument, CO US >> Destination:: Dallas, TX US 1MB Download in 0.08 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~1 Minutes - 1816X faster than 56K This test of exactly 204800 kB took 16.502 seconds to complete Running at 455% of hosts average (Comcast Cable https://testmy.net/hoststats/comcast_cable) User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; Intel Mac OS X 10_9_1) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/32.0.1700.77 Safari/537.36 [!] The default testing method, which has been the core test for TMN since at least 2001... is still the default because I'm not here to make you feel good. I'm not here to overstate your speed or try to give you the best number possible. I'm here to give you the truth and hopefully help you improve performance. The linear test is much more helpful in getting the most from your connection. Tune your connection to perform better on that test and everything will perform better ... the other guys also get paid by the ISPs, whose interest do you think they have at heart? The CEO of speedtest.net is the former CEO of speakeasy.. an ISP (ref wikipedia). I wonder who his buddies might be... lol. TestMy.net is a third party, I'm not affiliated with ISPs. ..... take a minute and think about how much money a large ISP can save by making their users feel like their connection is running better. Then tell me that a third party opinion isn't necessary. Besides, TMN is more than an internet speed test, it helps you discover other issues that other speed tests consistently don't pick up on. It truly reflects your computers performance not just internet performance (if your connection is fast enough). It's helped me position my router to perform the absolute best across my entire home, discover that modems were bad, realize that MTU and RWIN needed to be adjusted, it's even helped me realize that I was working with slow or degraded hard drives... drive swap and TMN results boosted. Because it's my business to test my competition I always compare, WAY more often than not these issues are not noticed, real physical issues that degrade performance... unnoticed. And when you're testing on a server that's down the street (even if it's 300 miles away) not taking into account normal peering and routing, how realistic is that? TMN tests you under real world conditions. Like I said, I'm not here to sugar coat your speed. I just hold up a mirror. ... there is so much more but I've already written more than most will read. If I've got you thinking... take the time to browse around TestMy.net, read what I've written... read what others have written too. Understand how it works then if you want to put it under the microscope, I invite you. You'll quickly realize that I've done my homework and I'm really here only to try and help consumers get the most. I've developed what has become TestMy.net for 18 years, if you like it please take 2 seconds to share it with a friend. let us know what OS you're running and your network configuration and we'll try to help you improve your score.