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Okay... I'm a jackass. I got a chance to look deeper into this. Ened up that I had a variable set to tell it to only display for me... just me specifically. I often do that when I work because I work on the site live with traffic. I have it only display things for me so I can debug them before they go live. Seems I forgot to remove the variable from one little area, all it takes to turn it all off. Lol, nobody's even seen the TiP graph outside of the results page. Sometimes the late nights get to me, human error. Should be working for everyone now. At least I know it works good before it truly went live, it's been working without an issue perfectly for me since I released it. I still can't believe I missed that for this long. Thanks for trying to let me know over a week ago. Sorry I was too busy to get into until just now.

Got a message from Softlayer about the Seattle server. This only effects the mirror in Seattle and is scheduled for April 25th. Expect 15 minutes of downtime some time during that 4 hour window on that mirror.

Hey jackdashack, sent you a PM. Again, sorry I couldn't help sooner on that. Yesterday was my 5 year anniversary so I took the day off. I was only paying attention to my monitors yesterday. Glad it's fixed... thanks for helping out everyone!

I don't know how they're doing the calculation but I've seen programs like that be flat out wrong. However, I agree with mudmanc4 that it's within the range of acceptable variance. Usually programs like that report faster speeds than TestMy.net, slightly. This is due to network overhead. It could be attempting to account for overhead. A variable that I don't take into my calculations... because it's too variable. Hope this helps, keep visiting and tell your friends. TestMy.net is word-of-mouth. -D

Maybe the test they're using multithreads the upload... maybe it only takes the best portion of the result into consideration... You know that you have a problem, right? You experience this problem all over the place, right? Then you need to tell your ISPs techs that their test is bullshit. They need to hear that EVERY day. Then tell them the alternative that obviously works and reflects the actual health of the connection. TestMy.net -- They could save their customers from the kind of headache that you're dealing with. Wouldn't it be easier if they used a test that didn't overstate the connection? The tests they use ignore important factors that reduce your speed, they also multithread which can make things look better... and then they test too close. How can it be a test of the Internet if you're not even leaving your city or state... often with those ISP tests you don't even leave the providers network? How can it be a true test when the results are altered? We need to make them understand... THAT'S NOT AN INTERNET TEST! --- maybe that's just my opinion. But you and MANY MANY MANY people tell us that their ISPs test often doesn't reflect the performance they see online or on TestMy.net... Your ISP shouldn't have to only be upheld to their own standards. They should be willing to be scrutinized by third parties. I'm up for examination by anyone that wants to. Get a network inspector of some sort, something that graphs the interface. (Realize that you're not looking for a byte for byte, bit for bit comparison, there are more factors after your interface that result in overhead. So what you read on the interface can be around 5-7% off from the speed that could be perceived by an Internet speed test. But the general plot of the graph and the figures give you more than enough evidence to prove my point.) Now run a test using your ISPs speed test. Compare that graph with the results and you'll find that they HAVE to be calculating on their own algorithm... because it doesn't line up with the interface. Seems to me that ISP tests are often more of a judge of the maximum achievable speed. Now, do the same thing with TestMy.net. You'll quickly realize that I know what I'm talking about here. I have a LARGE number of people that keep me in check, including myself. If I make even a minor mistake in calculation or if anything is off... my inbox lights up light the 4th of July. It's my trusty team of double checkers, you know who you are. I TRULY appreciate their input, listening to them and using their input has made TestMy.net into what I believe is the most accurate and feature laden speed test online. I hope you agree, if not... you must like being lied to. I'll be posting youtube videos soon where I'll compare the network interface results vs TestMy.net and other popular speed tests. Some of these other tests are really funny. They use laughably small amounts of data for testing and some of them I have no idea where they pull their numbers from... because they don't correspond with anything that's actually happening. A lot of them will show like 15 Mbps of upload, looks like stuff is happening... all intense... then I look at the interface and I'm uploading 3.5 kB/s (my idle). Just stupid and that was an ISP test from a top 10 ISP in the US using the most popular speed test software. Then they expect their customers to rely on that information... and then tell their techs to ONLY rely on those results. .... It's not going to surprise me if a class action is filed when someone proves that they're knowingly providing inflated test results to cut down on service calls. It's a lot easier to blame the problem on everyone else (e.g. "...it's the websites your visiting.") when you have a little test that makes your customers feel like their getting their moneys worth. -D

It does choose the best server... my server is Texas is the most powerful. Many people assume that closer is better when in fact the opposite is true if you want a real test of your connection. You could be hitting bottlenecks or issues further in your route that will only be apparent if you test at distance. The best connections peer well across the Internet regardless of distance. I've seen 200+ Mbps across international waters and over distances of many thousands of miles on TestMy.net. You want a connection that performs well across the Internet not just near by. ... side track, in regards to international routes. People always blame poor performance on this factor. But it doesn't have to be the case if your provider is delivering. The reason many connections slow down over these long routes, especially transatlantic or transpacific routes, is because the lines are oversold. They don't leave enough available bandwidth to meet peek demand and some use packet shaping to limit throughput to any one user. Good providers use routes that have room available. If I can get these speeds at distance... anyone can. Your provider just has to give you what you're paying for. Comercial bandwidth in my experience performs much better over distance than residential. One of the points to this website is that I'm trying to help bring awareness to this and hopefully bring that same level of service to every consumer. How are your speeds downloading files across the Internet? Pretty inconsistant? Is your speed of browsing inconsistant too? Adobe and Microsoft downloads are delivered with CDN which means that it's pulled from a server near you. Most things you download aren't like that.

Thanks for the suggestion Scott. I'm working on that actually. -- look for this in the future. Keep visiting

By the way... if anyone has any issues. First, clear your cookies. This update can be effected by old cookies saved in your browser. You need only clear the cookies for TestMy.net... most people will be unaffected. -D

I told the program to output the page like that, I took a screenshot and superimposed it onto that imac. ... the results in the database are real however. I noticed the results in the database and thought it would be funny.

I've added compatibility for multiple identifiers. Enjoy! I added a WiFi identifier to the drop down. I know of a way I can detect that with android 2.2+, if I can figure it out for iPhone I'll enable wifi detection for mobile devices. Give me some time on that. Please let me know if you see anything out of the ordinary.

The image with him turned to the side worked perfectly for that. The image is fake but the results are real. Only 826 people live in Vatican City. So there is a small chance. If you look really close you'll see that it's the same result from the database and at the top it says "Welcome POPE" -- lol

Glad to see you back. Returning visitors rule. First, it looks like you've hit a bottleneck. See how your speed holds steadily at almost the same rate all the way through the test. A super low variance can point to a bottleneck along your route. (Super low variance can also mean it's running really good too... obviously not the deal in your case.) Change the test server to the one in Europe and test again... let's see if you get similar results. Then you'll know if the bottleneck is closer to home or if it's in International routing. If there is a bottleneck and it's closer to home, your results will be identical or similar. Could be BT, BT's peers or it could be within your own network. We'll try to help you figure it out and resolve it.

I made it...

Pope Francis might be checking the Internet speed at his new digs. Holy See - Vatican City State Speed Test Results - Vatican needs a fiber drop.

This should be available within the next couple of weeks. Definitely planned.

If you can see the other graphs then it's probably not an issue with the actual graph itself. There is probably something within the server-side (php) code turning the variable off that turns that on and off... the thing is, I could have sworn that I wrote that to not log in those situations so it has me scratching my head as to why it's not showing. If it's not showing because of the server-side code... it shouldn't log the data either. I'll take a dip in the code and make sure. You should whitelist *.testmy.net and *.tmnstatic.com in any firewalls and Internet security suites you may be running. Although, some already have testmy.net whitelisted because it's been a trusted, safe resource for so long... they probably don't have tmnstatic.com whitelisted. As I'm sure you noticed since you mentioned it, I use tmnstatic.com to deliver TMNs static content, but not really for CDN purpose. I use that domain name to host static content like js, css, png, gif, jpg, etc... from a cookieless domain. This cuts down on request headers (making the downloads of those files a tiny bit smaller) and also helps load the site faster because it tricks your browser into opening more connections to load the page. There are additional benefits to doing it that way too. ... it's very possible this is client-end. But I highly doubt it has to do with the data from tmnstatic.com not loading or something like that. If that was the case, all the graphs wouldn't load for you. They all work on the same codebase. No matter what the graph looks like, they're all called upon by the same part of the program. Try loading a default browser with all your bells and whistles turned off. I sounds like you like to customize your browser and that you may have other variables on your end that could be an issue. But I'll look into the code and see if anything jumps out at me. ... By the way. I know this isn't your issue but it could be for someone who reads this... the following isn't for you iceb. If you don't see TiP data first make sure that you're doing a download test, they only display for download test results. Second, check the file size, TiP data only displays for test sizes over 1.5MB. update: Made a minor edit, but I don't really think it would make a difference... but it might. It was really the only variable that I could think of that might cause it not to show in that way... Give it a try again, who knows - your previous example

Anyone else have an issue? I can't reproduce. It always shows up for me. Do you see the other graphs all over the site?

I'll post some speeds to Singapore tomorrow... Sorry, haven't been at my computer.

That great. Gotta love a result. Definitely had something up with the old Linksys router. By the way... Welcome to TMN! I use a Netgear Dual band N... Personally I'd stick with Netgear or Linksys. They've always done me right. I'd get whatever their latest version is... Just me though. Airport is pretty pimp. I think those are great. Never owned one but I hear nothing but good things. It's Apple, what do you expect?

I've had a lot of people ask for that over the years. I added a poll to your topic with some sample prices. If people want it... I'll add it. At a reasonable rate. I already planned on doing this free for people who've donated test servers. .... Maybe I'll just offer that as my pricing. Let people decide how much they want to pay. Call it a donation. I'll work something up and update this soon. -D

You don't see this on the result page? It's also under "Your Results" if you click the test ID in the details below the graph. Here's a result I clicked under yours...

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Here's some information on that... In summary, those can be ignored, sometimes. Source: customer.comcast.com

There are a few things not showing up correctly in IE. I'll see why that is and clean it up in my next round of programming.

Hi again Joxxer! Welcome and thank you for your TestMy.net Speed Test in Düsseldorf Germany -- I'm sure that users in Germany will thank you too. I'll change your member group later. I want to make a special group for people who're hosting a speed test. Anyone who hosts a test deserves props. Cheers