AWW..Come on!

[GTP]

Oh for cats sake! I've got work to do!
This is my internet connection at the moment!

 

[Slaters Kustum Machines]

Umm? Was their supposed to be an attachment?

 

[GTP]

Yes, dont know what happened to it?
I'll try again

 

[kwest]

Let us know if you need any technical assistance.

 

[GTP]

Yes, don't know what happened?
I don't seem to be able to upload anything!
my internet connection is crazy slow at the moment, so maybe try again later.

 

[GTP]

Let us know if you need any technical assistance.

Lol. Funny Guy!

 

[cyabro]

That is a Netflix specific speed test, do you get the same result on speedtest.net?
I get 77Mbps on the Netflix one but over 200Mbps on speedtest.net.

 

[allstarit]

Have you tried turning it on and off again?

 

[GTP]

That is a Netflix specific speed test, do you get the same result on speedtest.net?
I get 77Mbps on the Netflix one but over 200Mbps on speedtest.net.

It was my ISP. They were working on a tower apparently!
Back to normal now

BTW, fast.com was set up by Netflix in response to growing anger at ISP's and complaints to the TIO about false speeds on speedtest.net.
Customers were blaming Netflix for problems while streaming content.
Fast.com was/is a more accurate test of true internet speed.
The link to speedtest.net is (I think) so you can see how "fudged" your results really are.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/o...test-to-prove-how-slow-your-internet-is/news- story/7bf8cd7e2a59e936bdee075adc5f37ca

 

[cyabro]

It was my ISP. They were working on a tower apparently!
Back to normal now

BTW, fast.com was set up by Netflix in response to growing anger at ISP's and complaints to the TIO about false speeds on speedtest.net.
Customers were blaming Netflix for problems while streaming content.
Fast.com was/is a more accurate test of true internet speed.
The link to speedtest.net is (I think) so you can see how "fudged" your results really are.

http://www.news.com.au/technology/o...test-to-prove-how-slow-your-internet-is/news- story/7bf8cd7e2a59e936bdee075adc5f37ca

Yea except any speed test site I use (nperf etc), except for the Netflix one, shows the 200Mbps speed, which is what our fibre connection is so who do I believe?

 

[GTP]

Yea except any speed test site I use (nperf etc), except for the Netflix one, shows the 200Mbps speed, which is what our fibre connection is so who do I believe?

I'm not sure who you should to believe. Thats your decision.
Me personally? I would look at the amount of complaints being filed about ISP's telling customers they have this, when in fact they have that!
Add that to the customers I get complaining about "buffering" on their 50Mbps Optus (or other ISP) connection.
I have a customer that is paying for a 150Mbps down 50Mbps up Fibre service from Telstra @$175.00 pm
After querying the speed with Telstra they admitted that she could only expect 50-70Mbps down which is exactly what fast.com reports!
Speedtest.net reports 130~145Mbps which is what Telstra showed her when they directed her to speedtest.net, just after she was connected.
Who's being deceptive here?
Keep in mind that ISP's pay a lot of money to internet speed test companies via sponsorships and advertising, so take from that what you will.

 

[frase]

Well depends if using netflix and how many kids in the house using the same internet connection, the router strength blah de blah blah.

 

[fincoder]

Fast.com was/is a more accurate test of true internet speed.

... to Netflix servers, which is all Netflix cares about when dealing with their customer enquiries. In the case of you and I in Australia, presumably the speed test includes the overseas link which could explain the speed measurement differences (I don't think Netflix has local servers here yet).

Speedtest.net and other good speed testing sites use servers as close as possible to the user to more accurately determine the speed. I like speedof.me (or m.speedof.me for the light/mobile version) which automatically chooses a server in Sydney because I'm in NSW.

 

[GTP]

I

Speedtest.net and other good speed testing sites use servers as close as possible to the user to more accurately determine the speed. I like speedof.me (or m.speedof.me for the light/mobile version) which automatically chooses a server in Sydney because I'm in NSW.

Just went to speedof.me and noticed two large advertising banners. One of which was an "ad" for iinet. Funny thing is that I am an iinet customer, so are the results tipped in my favour?
They obviously pulled my IP from the browser and gave the result for an iinet customer.

 

[glennd]

speedof.me: 11.66 / 0.92
fast.com: 9.3
speedtest.net: 11.93 / 0.83

 

[fincoder]

@Barcelona I use AdBlockPlus in Firefox so don't notice the ads. Just tried it again with ABP disabled and got a huge Bing Lee ad plastered over the page, which also had an iPrimus ad. I'm with Westnet/iinet too, so the ad server probably just sees our country.

I love fast.com's clean ad-free look though...