brayhead Posted June 9, 2006 CID Share Posted June 9, 2006 Hi there, i had some issues with IBB in the past. Now i ran the download tests of your site a couple of times and the best i got with my 2MB breeze was ~100Kbs. Then i started a 171MB download from another site (ftp.freenet.de) and got rates of up to 190Kbs! Is it possible that your server suffers from limited bandwith? This would obviously cause in wrong test results... Cheerz, brayhead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTB Posted June 9, 2006 CID Share Posted June 9, 2006 The only speed you can trust from actual downloads is the download speed showed at the end. Otherwise it includes burst, and even worse, the time between clicking the link and picking a folder to download it to. Testmy.net doesn't suffer from limited bandwidth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brayhead Posted June 9, 2006 Author CID Share Posted June 9, 2006 Hi, thanks for your reply! I am aware of bursts and user handling delays and those things, but i definitely had an average rate of about 190 kB/s after 170MB - it took about 15 minutes! I am currently downloading the same file (http://ftp.freenet.de./pub/filepilot/windows/spiele/3d_shooter/alienarena/alienarena2006ue.zip) and checking the bytes transmitted is a little bit less: about 150kB/s (1200 kbps) right now. Stoped download and ran your test: Download Connection is:: 194 Kbps about 0.19 Mbps (tested with 386 kB) Download Speed is:: 24 kB/s I think this is a bit weird... brayhead Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTB Posted June 9, 2006 CID Share Posted June 9, 2006 Eh, while testmy.net isn't bandwidth limited, it can still suffer from any server issue, which is what seems to be happening atm. Interesting ISP you have. At first the prices seemed outragous, but now it seems it offers symmetrical connections up to 4/4 Mbit. Since you downloaded at over 1000 Kbps, I would guess you're on the 2 Mbps package. Something to note is that once this server issue is fixed you'll need to use the biggest test possible, because you're overseas and on a decent connection. Try the dual-test Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xs1 Posted June 10, 2006 CID Share Posted June 10, 2006 Testmy.net runing out of bandwidth.. lol thats a good one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brayhead Posted June 10, 2006 Author CID Share Posted June 10, 2006 testmy.net runing out of bandwidth.. lol thats a good one. yeah, i know, it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brayhead Posted June 10, 2006 Author CID Share Posted June 10, 2006 MEDIEVAL Ireland it is... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTB Posted June 10, 2006 CID Share Posted June 10, 2006 yeah, i know, it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brayhead Posted June 10, 2006 Author CID Share Posted June 10, 2006 What is the IP address of the test server? I can ping it from here and publish the results. Pinging my DNS seems to be pretty ok for a wireless broadband connection: Ping wird ausgef Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brayhead Posted June 10, 2006 Author CID Share Posted June 10, 2006 oh, actually - this is the ping to www.testmy.net: Ping www.testmy.net [67.18.179.85] mit 32 Bytes Daten: Antwort von 67.18.179.85: Bytes=32 Zeit=309ms TTL=47 Antwort von 67.18.179.85: Bytes=32 Zeit=378ms TTL=47 Antwort von 67.18.179.85: Bytes=32 Zeit=372ms TTL=47 Antwort von 67.18.179.85: Bytes=32 Zeit=277ms TTL=47 ...which doesn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RTB Posted June 10, 2006 CID Share Posted June 10, 2006 That's pretty horrid, close to dial-up ping. I hope you can force that ISP of yours to provide a decent service eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h2haxor Posted October 21, 2006 CID Share Posted October 21, 2006 oh, actually - this is the ping to www.testmy.net: Ping www.testmy.net [67.18.179.85] mit 32 Bytes Daten: Antwort von 67.18.179.85: Bytes=32 Zeit=309ms TTL=47 Antwort von 67.18.179.85: Bytes=32 Zeit=378ms TTL=47 Antwort von 67.18.179.85: Bytes=32 Zeit=372ms TTL=47 Antwort von 67.18.179.85: Bytes=32 Zeit=277ms TTL=47 ...which doesn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bryanlautt Posted March 22, 2007 CID Share Posted March 22, 2007 Actually it is true though the closer you are to a test server the less hops that your packets will have to travel and therefore you will have better through put, just like when i test i get better results from closer servers suck as speakeasy in chicago. To bad testmy.net did have differents testing servers located in different parts of the usa that way the people that live close to texas always seem to have the best speeds and ping times then the ones that live further away from the servers. My ISP test server is like 70 miles from me and i have noticed i always get better throughput there then any other test site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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