Testmy.net Speed Test Much Slower Than Others

[jlarrym]

I get 25 Mbps down on multiple test sites except testmy.net speed test which gives me 7 Mbps. I have tested numerous times and the results are always consistent. I have used testmy.net for a long time and it was accurate until 2 or 3 months ago. Any speculation as to why the difference. TIA

[CA3LE]

Some Comcast users aren't getting the best route to the server right now. My host is communicating with the peering for Comcast and this issue should be resolved soon.

It's not the server though... or the tests in general. Look at the speed I just pulled on Cox 50/5

:::.. Download Stats ..:::

Download Connection is:: 56008 Kbps about 56 Mbps (tested with 51195 kB)

Download Speed is:: 6837 kB/s or 6.8 MB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA)

Test Time:: 2010-10-09 21:08:37 GMT

Bottom Line:: 977X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 0.15 sec

Tested from a 51195 kB file and took 7.488 seconds to complete

Download Diagnosis:: Running at 641% of hosts average (Cox.net)

D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/E7LZCAPSG

User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.10) Gecko/20100914 Firefox/3.6.10 [!]

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::

Upload Connection is:: 5059 Kbps about 5.1 Mbps (tested with 17950 kB)

Upload Speed is:: 618 kB/s

Tested From:: https://testmy.net/ (Dallas, TX USA)

Test Time:: 2010-10-09 21:10:30 GMT

Bottom Line:: 88X faster than 56K 1MB Upload in 1.66 sec

Tested from a 17950 kB file and took 29.066 seconds to complete

Upload Diagnosis:: Running at 424% of hosts average (Cox.net)

U-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/db/08HRIX7MV

User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Macintosh; U; Intel Mac OS X 10.6; en-US; rv:1.9.2.10) Gecko/20100914 Firefox/3.6.10 [!]

If the issue with the Comcast peering isn't resolved soon I'll be looking into getting another host. I take issues like that very seriously. This isn't all Comcast users however. I just got back from Nashville and used a Comcast connection so I saw first hand that what I was told was resolved isn't for everyone. I sent my host an ultimatum... either provide me (and more importantly my users) with the routes and service that I've come to expect or I'm taking my business elsewhere. So one way or another this issue will be resolved ASAP.

Thanks for your input, I really appreciate it.

- CA3LE