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i forgot when i found TestMyNet, probably before 2011? anyways i went looking for other speedtesting websites exactly because i heard ISPs around the world and in my country(singapore) are literally bribing Speedtest dot net to give their consumers/clients faked results. the only other consisent way i could to check my IRL download speed was to torrent large files, then check the avg download speeds, but that way is impossible to pinpoint slowdowns due to country-to-country throttling(which supposedly my ISP is also hiding /covering up), torrent sources come from all over the world(mostly USA it seems).

IIRC correctly server machines are suppose to handle multi-threading better and have been tested to run 24/7 without shutting down? gaming PCs are fast, but not tested for industrial use cases. they might not last as long as your old server machines. but if you're already shopping ebay for 2nd-hand machines which might have quite a lot of "mileage" on them already, a brand new gaming PC might have life left in them than the 2nd-hand server machines.

i would say check reviews and hope most of the review aren't faked? but since there's a global trade war against CCP's china now, i would say avoid any stuff that needs to be imported from some warehouse in china, if only to avoid a surprise customs tax or months of waiting due to trade complications. and well, i never knew any IRL person who wanted to buy one or talk about it. i've only recently heard about the Nokia router being cheap, but that thing seems to require an "app" to control. i'm not even sure my old phones can install that app. and my last router's app (was a online browser AND phone app though)killed off its service after less than 1 yr, so i can't make full use of my router's features anymore. i don't trust routers that supposedly need an online-only "app" to control, that the manufacturer can just kill it off at anytime...

i remembered when they told me it was possible to stream "HD" (i assume 1080p and not the "fake" 720p) at 1Mbps... that seems to be impossible now with the all encryption, ads, trackers and UI bloat on Youtubez and other streaming media sites. that and they probably use a lot of uncompressed audio or lossless audio formats on streams now. Facebook seems to be the worst offender. even with adblock, their videos (at lower res like 540p) would eat up all my RAM and sometimes hang my laptop. their non-javascript video links seem to work fine though. so does Instagram videos, which is now owned by ZUCC the Facebook lizardman too.

i find it very hard to believe the best avg speed is in Beijing China, tested by some anon users. and supposedly Trinidad has the highest speeds? am i missing something here? did Trinidad suddenly wire up a lot while i was away? or the VPN/proxy servers for Trinidad real fast?

old reply but im kinda laffing if this is true. apple hires people who can't figure this out and refuses to call the cops where she/he/xe got evidence to show that the ex-BF stole the device? and decided ask for instruction on a speedtesting forum of all places?!?! why even.

they won't . not in SEA asia sure. ALL of their ISPs seem to use Speedtest dot net as a standard. and they're obviously bribing Speedtest to get the results they want. but AFAIK speedtests to USA servers are still kind of accurate... as in they're definitely much lower than the expected 100 mbps for me. i'm suppose to get 500 mbps but i am limited by hardware and USA bandwidth that is very obviously throttled.

you should have just use their service until contract ends since you paid for it anyway. it's better to have a backup ISP/telcom. beats being in a smalltown with only 1 option. alternatively ask your bank to retract payment to t-mobile, though i heard USA banks don't allow that because they love businesses more than your consumer rights.

the ethernet card in laptop doesn't even support higher than 1Gbps...