Accurate Speed Testers?
Just run www.speedtest ; = 6.08
My BB = 5.79
BB Max = 5.77
so My BB is not so "broke" as it seems to make out......
My BB = 5.79
BB Max = 5.77
so My BB is not so "broke" as it seems to make out......
No speedtester can be guaranteed to be 100% accurate 100% of the time. Most can give erroneous results when their servers are under heavy load.
That is supposedly the primary issue with mybroadbandspeed.co.uk at the moment and I have recently complained about the "sorry" notice being misleading and it could be more explicit.
The Namesco (bbmax) one has given me stupid results everytime I've tried it. I've just ran 4 tests all giving faster results than my profile by nearly 0.75M.
Speedtest.net which has behaved like bbmax many times in the past has given better results of late, but it may depend on which server you pick at any given time. I've just run 4 test on 3 different servers and they all gave results faster than my profile
The thinkbroadband.com has always had a good reputation for giving accurate results, but I suspect of late it may be suffering from busy server issues on occasions.
The one I've found most consistent lately and giving the sort of result I'd expect was the BT beta speedtester, although it's ping result can sometimes be a bit inconsistent.
The BT Diagnostic tester has performed better of late (since the last fix) giving a result slightly slower than the Beta tester but never the less a believable one.
My rule of thumb is run several tests on several testers (ignoring the testers that give stupid results) and look for consistency in the believable figures. Run some tests at very off-peak times (say 0300-0600) to get a good idea of what you connection should do when there is not likely to be any congestion.
Edit: you can add the iPlayer Diagnostics to the list.
That is supposedly the primary issue with mybroadbandspeed.co.uk at the moment and I have recently complained about the "sorry" notice being misleading and it could be more explicit.
The Namesco (bbmax) one has given me stupid results everytime I've tried it. I've just ran 4 tests all giving faster results than my profile by nearly 0.75M.
Speedtest.net which has behaved like bbmax many times in the past has given better results of late, but it may depend on which server you pick at any given time. I've just run 4 test on 3 different servers and they all gave results faster than my profile
The thinkbroadband.com has always had a good reputation for giving accurate results, but I suspect of late it may be suffering from busy server issues on occasions.
The one I've found most consistent lately and giving the sort of result I'd expect was the BT beta speedtester, although it's ping result can sometimes be a bit inconsistent.
The BT Diagnostic tester has performed better of late (since the last fix) giving a result slightly slower than the Beta tester but never the less a believable one.
My rule of thumb is run several tests on several testers (ignoring the testers that give stupid results) and look for consistency in the believable figures. Run some tests at very off-peak times (say 0300-0600) to get a good idea of what you connection should do when there is not likely to be any congestion.
Edit: you can add the iPlayer Diagnostics to the list.
As suggested previously you need to use more than one (but perhaps one predominantly), if the usual one shows a drop run another to check that it's not just a problem with the speedtester.
