test not accurate

[missmoondog]

for the longest time now i have received super low download speeds from this site only. i'm on a 100/10 plan from charter and heres ismy last test result.

 

:::.. Internet Speed Test Result Details ..:::
Download Connection Speed:: 30694 kbps or 30.7 Mbps 
Download Speed Test Size:: 74.5 MB or 76288 kB or 78118912 bytes
Download Binary File Transfer Speed:: 3837 kB/s or 3.8 MB/s
Upload Connection Speed:: 9340 kbps or 9.3 Mbps 
Upload Speed Test Size:: 7.3 MB or 7488 kB or 7667712 bytes
Upload Binary File Transfer Speed:: 1167 kB/s or 1.2 MB/s
Timed:: Download: 20.361 seconds | Upload: 6.568 seconds
Tested At:: https://TestMy.net
Test Time:: 2018-10-15 10:22:28 Local Time
Client Location:: Grand Haven, MI US https://testmy.net/city/grand_haven_mi
Target:: Dallas, TX https://dallas5.testmy.net
Validation:: https://testmy.net/db/he-oAYxK-.aP9tlKGZb
TiP Measurement Summary (Download):: Min 20.22 Mbps | Middle Avg 32.36 Mbps | Max 32.54 Mbps | 1% Variance
Client Stats:: https://testmy.net/compID/550251110774  
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/69.0.3497.100 Safari/537.36 X-Middleton/1 [!]

 

here is what i get on ANY other test site. see attachment. 

 

what gives with such wild differences and like i said, has been happeing for a long time now.

[missmoondog]

here's another test from good old speedtest.net

[missmoondog]

just another test with a different browser

 

:::.. Internet Speed Test Result Details ..:::
Download Connection Speed:: 38326 kbps or 38.3 Mbps
Download Speed Test Size:: 74.5 MB or 76288 kB or 78118912 bytes
Download Binary File Transfer Speed:: 4791 kB/s or 4.8 MB/s
Upload Connection Speed:: 10681 kbps or 10.7 Mbps
Upload Speed Test Size:: 7.3 MB or 7488 kB or 7667712 bytes
Upload Binary File Transfer Speed:: 1335 kB/s or 1.3 MB/s
Timed:: Download: 16.306 seconds | Upload: 5.743 seconds
Tested At:: https://TestMy.net
Test Time:: 2018-10-15 12:07:06 Local Time
Client Location:: Grand Haven, MI US https://testmy.net/city/grand_haven_mi
Target:: Dallas, TX https://dallas.testmy.net
Validation:: https://testmy.net/db/56JJGcUJG.Pg0bqpA6R
TiP Measurement Summary (Download):: Min 27.29 Mbps | Middle Avg 39.92 Mbps | Max 40.24 Mbps | 2% Variance
Client Stats:: https://testmy.net/compID/550251110774  
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:62.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/62.0 X-Middleton/1 [!]

[CA3LE]

I see you're getting faster speeds with the multithread speed test -- try running some larger tests with multithread enabled.  Manually select between 100 to 200 MB on the download test.

 

[missmoondog]

here's a result with multi threading enabled and testing with 150mb file size. i used the 3 places in multi threading that i usually get great results from on other speed test sites.

 

:::.. Download Speed Test Result Details ..:::
Download Connection Speed:: 39006 kbps or 39 Mbps
Download Speed Test Size:: 147.3 MB or 150841 kB or 154461054 bytes
Download Binary File Transfer Speed:: 4876 kB/s or 4.9 MB/s
Tested At:: https://TestMy.net
Validation:: https://testmy.net/db/_taA~pIX2
Multithread Test Utilizing:: dallas4.testmy.net, fl.testmy.net and ny.testmy.net
Client Stats:: https://testmy.net/compID/550251611204  
Test Time:: 2018-10-16 08:58:59 Local Time
Client Location:: Grand Haven, MI US https://testmy.net/city/grand_haven_mi
Target:: Global Multithread https://testmy.net/multithread
Client Host:: Spectrum https://testmy.net/hoststats/spectrum
Compare:: 31% slower than host avg, 13% slower than city avg, Comparable to  country avg, 91% faster than world index
1MB Download in 0.21 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~4 Minutes - 697X faster than 56K
This test of exactly 150841 kB took 31.68 seconds to complete
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:52.9) Gecko/20100101 Goanna/4.1 Firefox/52.9 PaleMoon/28.1.0 X-Middleton/1 [!]

[missmoondog]

we're getting there!

 

:::.. Download Speed Test Result Details ..:::
Download Connection Speed:: 81911 kbps or 81.9 Mbps
Download Speed Test Size:: 58.5 MB or 59878 kB or 61315272 bytes
Download Binary File Transfer Speed:: 10239 kB/s or 10.2 MB/s
Tested At:: https://TestMy.net
Validation:: https://testmy.net/db/_ahiTDyPq
Multithread Test Utilizing:: dallas4.testmy.net, fl.testmy.net and ny.testmy.net
Client Stats:: https://testmy.net/quickstats/missmoondog https://testmy.net/compID/550251611204
Test Time:: 2018-10-16 10:12:22 Local Time
Client Location:: Grand Haven, MI US https://testmy.net/city/grand_haven_mi
Target:: Global Multithread https://testmy.net/multithread
Client Host:: Spectrum https://testmy.net/hoststats/spectrum
Compare:: 44% faster than host avg, 82% faster than city avg, 121% faster than country avg, 272% faster than world index
1MB Download in 0.1 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~2 Minutes - 1463X faster than 56K
This test of exactly 59878 kB took 5.989 seconds to complete
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:62.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/62.0 X-Middleton/1 [!]

[Zulublue]

Are you testing from your nearest server?

[missmoondog]

yes, on the multi thread test i do pick 3 closest and from where i usually get great results from on other test sites. here's latest test. still below what i shoud see.

 

:::.. Download Speed Test Result Details ..:::
Download Connection Speed:: 87554 kbps or 87.6 Mbps
Download Speed Test Size:: 127.2 MB or 130272 kB or 133398183 bytes
Download Binary File Transfer Speed:: 10944 kB/s or 10.9 MB/s
Tested At:: https://TestMy.net
Validation:: https://testmy.net/db/lTQVtkYdB
Multithread Test Utilizing:: dallas4.testmy.net, fl.testmy.net and ny.testmy.net
Client Stats:: https://testmy.net/quickstats/missmoondog https://testmy.net/compID/652030509233
Test Time:: 2018-10-23 12:43:12 Local Time
Client Location:: Grand Haven, MI US https://testmy.net/city/grand_haven_mi
Target:: Global Multithread https://testmy.net/multithread
Client Host:: Spectrum https://testmy.net/hoststats/spectrum
Compare:: 41% faster than host avg, 94% faster than city avg, 117% faster than country avg, 190% faster than world index
1MB Download in 0.09 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~2 Minutes - 1563X faster than 56K
This test of exactly 130272 kB took 12.189 seconds to complete
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:63.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/63.0 [!]

[missmoondog]

still not testing accurately. i give up on this site for accuracy. used to be a decent test site.

 

:::.. Download Speed Test Result Details ..:::
Download Connection Speed:: 70141 kbps or 70.1 Mbps
Download Speed Test Size:: 58.5 MB or 59878 kB or 61315272 bytes
Download Binary File Transfer Speed:: 8768 kB/s or 8.8 MB/s
Tested At:: https://TestMy.net
Validation:: https://testmy.net/db/Oo-fDIGTj
Multithread Test Utilizing:: dallas4.testmy.net, fl.testmy.net and ny.testmy.net
Client Stats:: https://testmy.net/compID/652030509233  
Test Time:: 2018-10-25 09:09:51 Local Time
Client Location:: Grand Haven, MI US https://testmy.net/city/grand_haven_mi
Target:: Global Multithread https://testmy.net/multithread
Client Host:: Spectrum https://testmy.net/hoststats/spectrum
Compare:: 8% faster than client avg, 18% faster than host avg, 55% faster than city avg, 112% faster than country avg, 232% faster than world index
1MB Download in 0.12 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~2 Minutes - 1253X faster than 56K
This test of exactly 59878 kB took 6.994 seconds to complete
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64; rv:52.9) Gecko/20100101 Goanna/4.1 Firefox/52.9 PaleMoon/28.1.0 [!]

[HubCity]

I have the same problem on testmy.net.  I used to get good results of 80 to 100 Mbps, but over the past few weeks I only get around 43 Mbps.  Other sites give me around 80-100 now, but no longer this one.  Not sure what gives, always use the same nearby server at Dallas.  Something is not right here anymore.

 

Download :: 40.7 Mbps 5.1 MB/s

  My Speed :: 40.7 Mbps
 6% slower than my average US 43.4 Mbps
 32% slower than my host average 60 Mbps
 40% slower than my city average 67.3 Mbps
 28% faster than the US average 31.9 Mbps
 40% faster than Index Speed 29.1 Mbps

 

Your speed had a 2% middle variance

TiP Summary - Minimum :: 33.67 Mbps | Middle :: 41.52 Mbps | Maximum :: 42.61 Mbps

[missmoondog]

sorry to hear you're also getting bad results hubcity. well, not really! at least i'm not the only one who is having issues with this sites results! :)

 

:::.. Download Speed Test Result Details ..:::
Download Connection Speed:: 68090 kbps or 68.1 Mbps
Download Speed Test Size:: 33.6 MB or 34375 kB or 35199508 bytes
Download Binary File Transfer Speed:: 8511 kB/s or 8.5 MB/s
Tested At:: https://TestMy.net
Validation:: https://testmy.net/db/vk-a6T4lN
Multithread Test Utilizing:: dallas4.testmy.net, fl.testmy.net and ny.testmy.net
Client Stats:: https://testmy.net/quickstats/missmoondog  https://testmy.net/compID/550244493026
Test Time:: 2018-11-05 09:01:16 Local Time
Client Location:: Grand Haven, MI US https://testmy.net/city/grand_haven_mi
Target:: Global Multithread https://testmy.net/multithread
Client Host:: Spectrum https://testmy.net/hoststats/spectrum
Compare:: 28% faster than host avg, 50% faster than city avg, 97% faster than country avg, 259% faster than world index
1MB Download in 0.12 Seconds - 1GB Download in ~2 Minutes - 1216X faster than 56K
This test of exactly 34375 kB took 4.136 seconds to complete
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Ubuntu; Linux x86_64; rv:63.0) Gecko/20100101 Firefox/63.0 X-Middleton/1 [!]

[CA3LE]

On 10/25/2018 at 7:11 AM, missmoondog said:

still not testing accurately. i give up on this site for accuracy. used to be a decent test site.

 

TestMy.net is hard.  Keep reading.

 

On 10/29/2018 at 1:25 PM, HubCity said:

I have the same problem on testmy.net.  I used to get good results of 80 to 100 Mbps, but over the past few weeks I only get around 43 Mbps.

 

Hubcity is getting 90 Mbps with multithread.  (btw @HubCity I noticed the two erroneous results that happened on your account when you switched multithread back on for the first time in a long time... the program should have removed a couple of servers from your selection that were no longer valid.  This has been corrected for the future and those results were removed from the DB.  Looks like you fixed it by going to the selection and selecting valid servers.)

 

HubCity's Speed Test Results

@missmoondog if you select a single server from the multithread test you may get better results.  I do.

 

ISPs are shaping how you are able to draw your bandwidth more now.  I watched it happen to my own connection recently when I "upgraded" to "gigabit".  My connection on the normal, default TestMy.net speed test actually scores much worse now.  The connection is so slow to start building up speed it ruins the final result.  That's TMN for ya!  It's harsh.  Even on the guy who designed it.

 

I multithread and get a much better result.  When I multithread to a single location, near by... I BLOW IT OUT OF THE WATER!  Goes from 200 Mbps to nearly 500 Mbps.  In line with results I see on ookla tests that Comcast pushes me to use.  The ISP's want you to see the best possible outcome.  TMN wants to help improve your speeds.

 

I know it's confusing, I'm working to make a test to help illustrate the difference by testing all of this at once for you.

 

Before calling Comcast my results between TestMy.net's two test types were basically the same.  After upgrading and switching to a newer modem I now have a huge difference.

 

Multithread off to Dallas Multithread on to Dallas

Multithread off to Colorado (closest to me)

Multithread on to CO

 

My speed is not consistent like it used to be.

 

Before the upgrade

 

Multithread off to Dallas Multithread on to Dallas

Here's two taken within seconds of each other, just days before I changed my package and equipment.

 

Nothing changed with TestMy.net.  Any changes are being built into the beta...

 

In my case, my internet is to blame.  It runs great and I can pull more bandwidth.  I just can't burst it like I used to.  And TMN, being harsh, shows that.  I may be faster now once I get going but is that really faster when you have to wait for it to ramp up?  Depends on how big your transfer is I guess.

 

If you're on cable, I think the last great modem that (maybe) the ISPs weren't able to shape was the 8x4 channel Motorola SB6141.  When modems with 16+ channels came out I noticed this speed curve and immediately went back to my SB6141.  A couple of years later (just recently) I try to upgrade my package again and see the same slow start curve on TMN.  This time I CAN'T go back.

 

I tried to "downgrade" back to my original package and they cut my upload speed from 25 Mbps to 5 Mbps!!!!  I spent over 12 hours on the phone with Comcast.  Long story, I'll write about it later.  Totally insane.  Ended up with 35 Mbps upload.  But my download speed isn't even close to being as stable in TMN tests as it used to be.  I see this when I download from Giganews [usenet] (which can always max out my connection).  Before I would start a transfer and it would instantly max out my connection... now I can get a higher speed but it takes time to build up, many seconds.  Exactly in line with the results I see on TMN.

 

Makes me feel bad when I test now but it is what it is.  The methodology, test and servers didn't change... my connection did.

 

Outside of TestMy.net every other speed test I've ever seen is designed to show your maximum speed.  I personally don't like riding with blinders on.

 

[CA3LE]

 

On 10/25/2018 at 7:11 AM, missmoondog said:

still not testing accurately.

 

I see some of your recent results with a middle and average closer to what you're hoping to see.  But like my connection, you're starting out slow.  At 20-25% you hit your stride.

 

TestMy.net Test ID : 88v317QzK

TestMy.net Test ID : V5TpK6VZW

 

[missmoondog]

test results have been fairing much better lately whether multi threading or not. haven't changed a thing on my end so what ever the difference is, i hope it stays put!! :)

thanks for the replies.

 

:::.. Internet Speed Test Result Details ..:::
Download Connection Speed:: 109549 kbps or 109.5 Mbps 
Download Speed Test Size:: 106.3 MB or 108800 kB or 111411200 bytes
Download Binary File Transfer Speed:: 13694 kB/s or 13.7 MB/s
Upload Connection Speed:: 5723 kbps or 5.7 Mbps 
Upload Speed Test Size:: 6.9 MB or 7104 kB or 7274496 bytes
Upload Binary File Transfer Speed:: 715 kB/s
Timed:: Download: 8.136 seconds | Upload: 10.169 seconds
Tested At:: https://TestMy.net
Test Time:: 2018-11-15 11:19:23 Local Time
Client Location:: Grand Haven, MI US https://testmy.net/city/grand_haven_mi
Target:: San Francisco, CA https://testmy.net/multithread
Validation:: https://testmy.net/db/az9D7x-N4.a2cuBN3yl
TiP Measurement Summary (Download):: Min 86.62 Mbps | Middle Avg 112.65 Mbps | Max 115.16 Mbps | 4% Variance
Client Stats:: https://testmy.net/compID/652030509233  
User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; Win64; x64) AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko) Chrome/69.0.3497.100 Safari/537.36 OPR/56.0.3051.99 [!]

[CA3LE]

14 hours ago, missmoondog said:

test results have been fairing much better lately whether multi threading or not. haven't changed a thing on my end so what ever the difference is, i hope it stays put!!

thanks for the replies.

 

Great to hear!

 

Thanks for replying back. Awesome your connection is running back where you expect to see it.