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Just to make certain you did count all the zero's when you typed it in, yes? Or maybe take a screenshot if you can?

You should be able to view and search testmy.net results here. From Country to state, ISP ect. I am personally not familiar with the 'grouping' of other test providers, though someone else might have some info on that one.

@claudiaj , From the machine specs, it does appear that your ISP is correctly quoting the NIC specs. Not sure how familiar you are with a command line, or finding it. However I would like to give you a command to run to see the actual capable speed of all network cards in the machine. Click 'start' or the orb in the bottom left hand corner of the screen. The type "cmd" without the quotes You will see this pop up in the available programs Now RIGHT click on the "cmd" (the icon is a small black box) The option to 'run as administrator' will be there, click that. A black box will appear on your screen Paste the following command into the window: wmic NIC where "NetEnabled='true'" get "Name","Speed" Then copy and paste the output here. It should look something like this, only you should have the wireless as well:

Hi @claudiaj , Please let us know what computer model, and what operating system you have. Then we can guide you to view the actual card itself, which will explain it's theoretical throughput.

There are many variables which determine how long the test will run. I think the confusing part of time / tests run. let me ask you this, how long would you like the test to run?

Sometimes it's the most simple things we can overlook. Interested to hear what @fey42 has to say.

#1 No, resetting the modem every 24 hours should not be required. Myself just yesterday, reset the modem after being on for more than a month, which was only due to a power outage at that time, before then, 4-6 months since the last power outage. #2 You could be on to something there. #3 Typical ISP behavior as you might have guessed. My only suggestion outside of #2 above, is to do a hard reset 30/30/30 on the modem. You'll be holding the reset button through this entire process. Or, while powered up, hold in reset button for 30 seconds. While continuing to hold reset button, remove power source, or cord. Wait another 30 seconds While continuing to hold reset button, introduce power and continue to hold reset button for another 30 seconds. Then release reset button. Old means of forcing a hard reset, might still do something for you. However my sparse knowledge of modems, it appears values are changing during normal use, in other words a leaking capacitor or resistor is soured in the modem, is heating and therefore the values are changing. I could put my tin foil hat on, and say the ISP is playing games to force you into a rental, but I wont suggest that, it's absurd.

@fey42 I think you hit spot on with two logins from two IP's running at the same time, though I could be wrong. I would do just that, make an account for him, and yes you should have no issues reading the results. And again, good idea running the auto tests for extended periods of time , through the busy, or peak times to log network overloads.

@Parado I can appreciate your frustrations, as I am sure so many of the rest of us can as well. Until we get a grasp as to how the ISP we are using is actually treating our connection, compared to what we expect, especially when it becomes difficult to brows, as many of us have had that issue. Summer months for myself can be taxing, and I'm not always as available here as I'd like to be. It seems many people ignore working machines, which act as 'dust filters' , collecting anything which the fans run through. Once the heat of the season hits, electronics explain the importance of regular cleanings when the system thermal settings are hit. Just left a small companies datacenter where no filtration system was utilized other than what went through the rest of the office, three racks of servers 3/4 filled was a daunting cleaning task. I would have pics but the HR gal was adamant about not letting it out. I literally filled three office waste bags from the shop vac out of the servers themselves, and a good bit more from under and around the racks. The duct had not been cleaned in a millennia, took me 10 minutes just to pull the packed filter out.

Understood, I took it in the most literal sense.

@FriskyMoose A site first must be blacklisted, which would mean no access what so ever. And this has nothing to do with throughput. Testmy.net has been around since 2001 Domain Name: TESTMY.NET Registrar: GODADDY.COM, LLC Sponsoring Registrar IANA ID: 146 Whois Server: whois.godaddy.com Referral URL: http://www.godaddy.com Name Server: ERIN.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM Name Server: KIP.NS.CLOUDFLARE.COM Status: clientDeleteProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientDeleteProhibited Status: clientRenewProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientRenewProhibited Status: clientTransferProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientTransferProhibited Status: clientUpdateProhibited https://icann.org/epp#clientUpdateProhibited Updated Date: 02-apr-2016 Creation Date: 09-oct-2001 Expiration Date: 09-oct-2024 In fact that is how I found out about testmy.net, through the ISP I had at the time , they as in (the head network engineer) recommended that I come over here and get a real world test result.

I see, my thoughts are maxmind is still working to geographical locations of IP blocks, between assigned, ownership, organization and final allocation. None the less, keep testing, check all the servers frequently, the data you acquire can then begin to focus in on where the issues are, and when. Nice connection by the way.

@Bunnie Just a note, 'MyHosting' average speeds database is 88.2Mbps, so I would say you are doing rather well for a VPS host. https://testmy.net/hoststats/myhosting

@Bunnie There is more to this story isn't there. We can see from Singapore which is the geographical test point location, or origin. When the tests are taken to a testmy.net Singapore server, the tests show very consistent results. https://testmy.net/quickstats/Bunnie When testing oversea, and not using a flash based test, here at testmy.net shows functional yet depressed results. This is a great example of having a real world test to show peering and or network issues. Running a traceroute from the origin to the test server will show the points in which the bottleneck in, whether it be specific DPI QOS engineering, or network congestion.

@Firfoxenator I would try using a different browser, it is possible there is an add on / plugin of some sort causing the issue. Also if there is a different machine you have access to?

@Shyanoda You can convert the results here If you meant in your results page that I'm not sure about.

@Downfall Run several tests here at testmy.net, run at least two tests to each test server, which the locations are spread evenly through continents, this will give us some information as to how your ISP is peering, which could explain the real world results you are getting , compared to what you are paying for.

@Gabe1972 I understand. There appears to be caching going on somewhere between the ISP and his computer. Have him delete the individual results in his database here at testmy.net Select the test result from the checkbox on the right, then hit the red 'X'

wget https://testmy.net/dl-50MB Welcome to testmy.net forum Raspberry

I also notice the flash test was taking a reading less than 50 miles from your location. Which is like testing your ISP itself, or within or close to your house as possible. The tests from ookla are many times living on high level nodes running on ports which harbor very little to no traffic, the antithesis of real world downloads. When testing at this proximity, we exclude most real world results. This type of testing as ookla less than 50 miles from your location , also fails to show the peering of the ISP, which is the strength and availability of connected networks. You might do well finding more information , such as running a traceroute to the testmy.net server your testing to/ from, and comparing this to the distance of the flash based test.

This must be the absolute end all be all 'thought' on ISP 'acceptable' throughput I've read yet.

Which result better reflects real life large download speeds from various areas of the planet?

Try changing up the test servers here at testmy.net. You can get a good idea of how well your ISP is peered in various markets.

Nice connection @OsakanHime

Ha! Even in emacs! https://github.com/bcbcarl/emacs-wttrin Set a default cities list for completion: (setq wttrin-default-cities '("Taipei" "Tainan")) Then run M-x wttrin to get the information.