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Which Speed Tester should I believe?

MrT
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Registered: ‎30-06-2010

Which Speed Tester should I believe?

After a mystery router restart this morning, I thought I'd do some speed tests. The results were:
                                        Down /  Up
BT                                    2970  /  368
Think Broadband                3209  /  379
My Broadband Speed        3555  /  384
Which result should I believe?  Undecided
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Strat
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Re: Which Speed Tester should I believe?

You can run a number of speed tests over a relatively short time period using the same site and get variations so none are 'guaranteed accurate'.
It would depend on a number of factors at the time of each test.
This is a lovely piece of speed test software http://www.gmwsoftware.co.uk/ showing the variation over time of my connection below.  
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Registered: ‎11-06-2010

Re: Which Speed Tester should I believe?

Strat - I agree about that piece of software - I've been using it for a few days now and it looks very promising   Smiley
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adamwalker
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Re: Which Speed Tester should I believe?

That makes for interesting reading.
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Strat
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Re: Which Speed Tester should I believe?

Lower but more consistent than mine which illustrates a persistent drop in D/L speed at around 8:30 every night Huh
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Re: Which Speed Tester should I believe?

It does present things in a way which highlights issues/odd-balls - My Ping stays steady at about 32ms until 5pm and then goes up - This is not a problem for me but as I say, it highlights things without having to go digging for things.
You can leave it running without any intervention....  I'll see if I feel the same in a month's time  Smiley