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200 MB is a lot of data. It's taking you over 20 seconds to run those tests.
 
If your tests are completing in a couple of seconds, then an increase in size may help.
 
When running the tests using default options (e.g. go to https://testmy.net/download and select "Test My Download Speed") it's possible to exceed 200 MB of data in a test. As it runs through to determine the proper size, it's ramping your connection up for the final test... of 200 MB if needed. 
 
When I ran mine just now it starts at 96 kB, then 3.1 MB, then 75.5 MB and finally 200 MB. So in reality that was a 279 MB test. A faster connection might end up running over 300 MB. But it's logged as 200 MB because that was the final test size.
 
It does help to get the connection going before the test. But with your current speed you will probably end up with a smaller test size because the program knows how much it needs to see to make a determination.
 
The amount of time the test runs is more important than the amount of data. TestMy.net will serve you more data if it feels like it needs more time. But it's not going to use time or bandwidth that isn't necessary, unless you tell it to.
 
Your distance from Venezuela to Florida (3000 km) may play a role, depending on the connections between your ISP and the US.
 
Here's my result nearby
TestMy.net Test ID : CjBU5ycOa
 
And here's my connection testing against Singapore (over 14,000 km)
TestMy.net Test ID : u3QVZnr-z
 
A similar distance for me is actually testing on the same server in Florida. (3000 km) -- you and I have very similar ping to that server ~50ms.
 
TestMy.net Test ID : 0ypc_y5nf
 
My speed to Florida was actually a little faster it just wasn't as clean so it ended up slower. That was testing with only 85 MB but again remember there were tests preceding that one.
 
When I select 200 MB I get a lower result because it takes time to ramp up the connection. Time that's calculated in the final result. Where before that was done before the final test loads.
TestMy.net Test ID : OnAU3G9PT
 
I still hit 333 Mbps but all things considered it was slower.
 
And if I enable multithread to Florida and run the same SmarTest (we haven't called it that in a long time but that's its name) I get a much higher result. And the way it ran through the test sizes my connection used over 300 MB of data to produce the 200 MB final test.
 
TestMy.net Test ID : Qj0D50paR
In other words, I think the 200 MB max is sufficient for your connection and most out there. The program can scale the test sizes to any size it's just being restricted. In the future I plan to open that up.
 
 
Thank you, I'm happy you found us here. Unfortunately most don't. Please spread the word.

I almost always use Cat5e. I run 10 Gbps on Cat5e, all day every day — just short distances. And even for longer distances it will surprise you. In my testing using my existing Cat5e house wiring I was getting 5 Gbps on probably about 100 ft. Far from ideal but actually worked awesome. If you were told that 5 Gbps was all that was possible you'd never tell the difference. Not jittery or anything, just simply half the speed of ideal conditions... but still 5 Gbps.
 
In my experience Cat5e is also easier to work with if you're fitting your own connections.
 
In short, you probably don't actually need the extra shielding of Cat6. You're better off spending the extra money on better networking gear.   

I have a new program I'd like to start beta testing very soon.
 
I've been running it myself nonstop for well over a year now. It's reliably been keeping track of my home connection's uptime / downtime. It's also helped me make TMN's services more reliable and redundant in the process because the server-side needs to be highly available for the program to make sense. Can't be sending false alarms because of server-side hiccups.
 
I really just want to open it up to people in its current state, there are minor bugs I need to address but none of them have to do with the functionality, usefulness or stability of the program. More aesthetics. I feel like it's a new concept so it will need to find it's design along the way as I get feedback. The core functionality is pretty sweet already. I'm just unsure if people will get what it's all about at first glance.
 
In your case, it does exactly what you're looking for. It passively monitors your connection every second then notifies you when your connection goes down and when it's back online. It has an interesting, unique and reliable method of operation. Designed specifically to be able to run indefinitely on unstable connections and always recover itself back into a ready state, using minimal resources.
 
Give me a few days to button this new program up, I'll send you a message and update this thread.

You should want to keep your old results to compare against. Some of the averaging tools here like My Average work best with a history.  (e.g. CA3LE's My Average)
 
You can narrow your My Results search to a certain date to get the same effect as deleting results.
 
If you'd really like to delete your old results you can also do this under My Results. In the results details under the graph, check the boxes next to the results you'd like to delete then hit the trashcan at the top of the table. You can toggle all with the checkbox next to the trashcan. If you have a huge number of results, alter the results/page setting to display more results per page to make the process quicker.
 
Originally when I started database logging there was no client-side delete functionality. The reason it was added was to delete possible erroneous results. Wasn't ever intended on being used to totally reset results --but it can be.
 
side note: In an upcoming release you'll have the ability to reset all of your logs without actually deleting anything.

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Checking in as requested....      89.4 Mbs Download via a wireless bridge.... 11.5 Mbs Upload..... Spectrum   100 Mbs advertised speed..

Why is it that you believe what Speedtest.net is telling you? Because it gives you a higher speed and makes you feel better?

That’s pretty bad. Stay on them. Be polite but persistent.

Hi
 
I only recently found testmy.net, and I'm actually blown away that this site isn't a subscription service or running ads. Can everybody stop for a minute and appreciate this? My account is only a couple hours old so I've only really just begun to use the app, but it is very clear to me the amazing value you are providing. I'm a software/web developer by trade and have enough familiarity (far from an expert but not a babe in the woods) with whats going on under the hood here to be impressed and grateful for a diagnostic tool of this scope.
 
I have some questions though. I hope you don't mind.
 
1) I was reading through the FAQs about speed test inflation from other services to benefit the ISP providers. I noticed the posts are dated 2012 so I'm curious about the current state of these matters. For instance, flash is dead. Surely, people can't still be using flash for speed tests can they? This is a big broad question, but what is the current landscape for speed tests and do you still see the type of collusion between tests and ISPs describe in the FAQ?
 
2) In tandem with the above: Since the time of those posts, have any other speed test tools come around that are reliable, in-depth, and don't inflate stats?
 
3) How is this site funded? With so many servers offered, an active user base eating up bandwidth with tests, server space for the database and software code, and the investment in maintaining this app costs are bound to stack up.
 
4) This question is a bit tangential to the above and outside of the expertise displayed by the tools here, but I'm going to throw it out there anyway. Is it theoretically possible to create a testing tool for LTE equipment (4g/5g reliant devices) that diagnoses a device's connection to cell towers in an analogous manner to testmy.net's diagnosis of internet connectivity issues? I have been working with SIM card accepting routers, CAT 12 modems, Goldenob firmware, and parabolic antennas to connect to cell towers recently and I would kill the pope's brother for a comparable tool. Diagnosing connectivity between the hardware and the cell towers can be a face-shreddingly grueling process, sometimes lasting months. Even in the best cases its decently involved.
 
 
Judging by the forums, people aren't always happy you're telling them their connection is slower than they thought. So, thanks again for doing this sometimes thankless work.
 

Right on!
 
Thank you dude.
 
 
Definitely a work of passion. I'm happy that it shows. My life's work and relatively, I've barely started it. Can't wait to share more with you.
 
My mods and users have all helped immensely in the growth and development of TestMy.net since the beginning. I am the programmer, webmaster, admin etc behind TMN but YOU (the MY in testMY.net) are the ones building it. I aggregate information you provide in comments and even from just interacting with my service and make it part of my programs. Just by using the service you make it better in the future. Provide human feedback and you're really helping me!
 
I owe my progression to YOU, 100%. I'm constantly learning because of my users, thank you. Just knowing that so many people use and rely on my tools gets me fired up to learn new programming languages and techniques, etc.
 
 
I love that quote!
 
My overall goal is and always has been to give everyone, from novice to network admin, the tools they need to understand and get the most from their internet service.
 
I hope you keep visiting into the future.
 
Maybe one day I'll figure out how to get more developers involved. That would be awesome.

Just a rando stopping in the forums to say thanks for the speed test.
 
Looking through the forums here, I can tell this is a work of passion by CA3LE and whoever else is behind the scenes, and the results here make sense and are easy to follow.
 
Somehow, I had never heard of this speedtest before (although I don't speedtest very much), and as someone who falls somewhere in the huge void that is the spectrum between complete novice and network admin, I feel as though this is the benchmark by which other speedtests can be measured.
 
Thanks again, and keep up the good work

Oh man! You're really going to love what I'm brewing. Right up your alley!!
 

If your upload speed is very stable, such as a DSL connection, you should be able to go close to your upload speed limit without any issue.  For example, 1.5Mbps should be fine, possibly 1.6Mbps.  If it's a wireless or cellular based ISP, you may need to drop further back than this.
 
I suggest doing a trial run with a continuous ping in the background, such as to Google's DNS 8.8.8.8.  If there is barely any increase in the ping times compared to 1000Kbps, then that bitrate is fine.  If however, you see the pings regularly spiking up such as over 100ms, then try dropping back the bitrate by 0.1Mbps. 

Also, the latency times of roughly 10mSec (Rome), and 30 mSec (Milan), indicate that the route of those tests results of 80+ Mbps weren’t done over a very long distance or complex network like you’re typically getting when you test using TestMy. 
 
I’m some 700 miles from the NY server. Milan and Rome are about 300 miles apart. I get about 60 mSec latency to NY. 
 
It sounds from the 9mS delay that you’re close to Rome.  Your 30 mSec lag is roughly 1/2 of what I typically get and you’re roughly 1/2 the distance from Milan than I am from New York. Your real internet performance will be worse than the 80+ Mbps as for most of your online time, you’ll be connected over much greater distances and much more complex data paths.
 
The test methods you’re using are telling you what the maximum sustained performance you can ever expect over short simple data paths. TestMy is giving you a much more realistic measure of what your internet experience will be.

Also, the latency times of roughly 10mSec (Rome), and 30 mSec (Milan), indicate that the route of those tests results of 80+ Mbps weren’t done over a very long distance or complex network like you’re typically getting when you test using TestMy. 
 
I’m some 700 miles from the NY server. Milan and Rome are about 300 miles apart. I get about 60 mSec latency to NY. 
 
It sounds from the 9mS delay that you’re close to Rome.  Your 30 mSec lag is roughly 1/2 of what I typically get and you’re roughly 1/2 the distance from Milan than I am from New York. Your real internet performance will be worse than the 80+ Mbps as for most of your online time, you’ll be connected over much greater distances and much more complex data paths.
 
The test methods you’re using are telling you what the maximum sustained performance you can ever expect over short simple data paths. TestMy is giving you a much more realistic measure of what your internet experience will be.

Also, the latency times of roughly 10mSec (Rome), and 30 mSec (Milan), indicate that the route of those tests results of 80+ Mbps weren’t done over a very long distance or complex network like you’re typically getting when you test using TestMy. 
 
I’m some 700 miles from the NY server. Milan and Rome are about 300 miles apart. I get about 60 mSec latency to NY. 
 
It sounds from the 9mS delay that you’re close to Rome.  Your 30 mSec lag is roughly 1/2 of what I typically get and you’re roughly 1/2 the distance from Milan than I am from New York. Your real internet performance will be worse than the 80+ Mbps as for most of your online time, you’ll be connected over much greater distances and much more complex data paths.
 
The test methods you’re using are telling you what the maximum sustained performance you can ever expect over short simple data paths. TestMy is giving you a much more realistic measure of what your internet experience will be.

The first two tests (Ookla and nPerf) run their tests multi-threaded by default, i.e. they typically make around 8 simultaneous connections to the test server to try to saturate the connection.  Ookla has a lot of test servers within the ISP networks, so there is a good chance your test traffic is not leaving their network unless you manually choose another server. 
 
To get a multithread test here on TestMy, click the "Multithread off" at the top-right to turn it on.  Note that multithreaded tests don't realistically show what you would get streaming or downloading, which generally run over a single connection from the server.
 
Google's built-in speed test is a single connection speed test (not multithreaded), but uses the new TCP BBR congestion protocol.  The TCP BBR congestion protocol is excellent at handling packet loss up to about 5% before it suffers significant speed loss.  As web servers don't have BBR enabled (or installed) by default, most websites use the legacy TCP CUBIC congestion protocol.  For this reason, TestMy does not use TCP BBR, apart from the Colorado Springs server at this time.  A few major web hosts such as Google and Microsoft and CDNs such as Cloudflare are TCP BBR enabled. 
 
As Google's speed test uses Measurement Lab's servers, you can see how your speed compares with the widely used TCP CUBIC congestion protocol that Measurement Lab uses on its own website test: 
 
https://speed.measurementlab.net/#/
 
If the "Retransmission" figure is not zero, there is a some packet loss on your connection.  If the speed is close to the 80Mbps what you got on Google, then your ISP may have congestion on its peering with international links as TestMy does not have any test servers in Italy. 

The best way is to change the identifier on the test page, such as to "Location 01".  Each test you perform will then be marked with this chosen identifier:

On the test results page, change the Identifier field to the identifier you picked to only show tests carried out with this identifier, such as "Location 01" in this example:

 
This will hide all your previous results apart from those marked with this identifier.  If you wish to later see your old results again, you can change the dropdown back to "All Identifiers". 
 
This is useful if you use TestMy across multiple Internet providers, such as mobile data, workplace Wi-Fi, a mate's Wi-Fi, etc.  Just select a different location # for each place before running a test.
 
If you really want to delete old test results, tick the checkboxes beside each result you wish to delete, then click the trash icon at the top.  For example, if I want to delete test results #2-4, I would tick these (1) and then click the trash icon (2) :

Good speed from comcast .

That's much nicer thanks !
https://testmy.net/db/yU118QjUp

Hi zneel,
 
Sorry for the slow response.  I made a change to the max result.  In the future I'll increase test sizes to greater than 200MB to allow connections like yours to reach their full potential.  
 
There is also a multithread upload test I'm developing which will be made available soon.  I imagine the upload on your connection will hit over 500 Mbps using that new test.

Already chatting in PM  

@CA3LE  maybe you can handle this one

CLEAR!!!! (blast from the past)
 
I figured it was interesting that I finally got to Mount St. Helens and snapped this pic at 10pm at night in 2009. (I began the thread under different username)
 
I must say, in person, it's massive and the blast zone is mind boggling.  Even after all those years, the evidence, especially in the surrounding streams, is still noticeable.

Hi Guys and Dolls,  I`am a  70 yrs old user trying not to get lost in the woods called internet, might learn some here or ask you questions if in need. Admin thx for letting me in. Take care you all, thx