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ThinkBroadband's speed tester for ISPA
05-03-2013 10:20 PM
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It's only done one test so far, but the results are less than stellar - showing only about 27Mbps downlink, whereas speedtest.net consistently shows nearly 70Mbps.
I have other evidence (speed of downloading from software distribution sites, for example) that the link is supporting at least 35Mbps. I have been thinking that speeedtest.net is probably fairly accurate, and other sites are limited by the server rather than my downlink. Is that wrong?
And more generally, what's going on with the ThinkBroadband measurement to make it so pessimistic?
Jonathan
Re: ThinkBroadband's speed tester for ISPA
05-03-2013 11:48 PM
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At any given moment in the universe many things happen. Coincidence is a matter of how close these events are in space, time and relationship.
Opinions expressed in forum posts are those of the poster, others may have different views.
Re: ThinkBroadband's speed tester for ISPA
05-03-2013 11:53 PM
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Question for plusnet - when it said what speed was advertised for superfast fibre. Options were 60 or 80Mb. PlusNet advertise it as up to 76Mb (as I assume quite rightly - no-one gets 79-80).
Using BTtest and speedtest.net - I can get up to just over 73Mb. So subject to previous post - interest on what mine comes out. Also if it does it randomly - how does it know if streaming TV to PC and Son's laptop and TV!!
Re: ThinkBroadband's speed tester for ISPA
06-03-2013 12:00 AM
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Quote from: w23 For comparison, what does TBBs 'normal' speedtester give you?
Pretty much the same as the Speedtest.net results:
I believe Speedtest.net uses 4 HTTP connections for download. TBB's proprietary test uses only one connection as far as I can tell.
Jonathan
Re: ThinkBroadband's speed tester for ISPA
06-03-2013 12:24 AM
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06-03-2013 12:25 AM
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Re: ThinkBroadband's speed tester for ISPA
06-03-2013 1:53 AM
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Re: ThinkBroadband's speed tester for ISPA
06-03-2013 10:23 AM
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I am seeing
Quote An error occurred while downloading the file
http://www.installengine.com/cert05/dotnetfx/dotnetfx.exe. What would you like to do?
When I try to hit it from browser, I see
Quote No webpage was found for the web address: http://www.installengine.com/cert05/dotnetfx/dontnetfx.exe
Error 6 (net::ERR_FILE_NOT_FOUND): The file or directory could not be found.
Incidentally, Bitdefender 2013 blocks the page as unsafe.
Can any kind soul who's succeeded in downloading this throw it onto a share (I assume we can't attach exe files here) and post, please.
Re: ThinkBroadband's speed tester for ISPA
06-03-2013 11:15 AM
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06-03-2013 11:16 AM
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http://sdrv.ms/12ts56Z
Re: ThinkBroadband's speed tester for ISPA
06-03-2013 11:39 AM
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@scovel
The "upto 76Mbps" that Plusnet advertise is the same as for any other ISP and is because of OFCOM's stupid advertising rules, nothing to do with what the product could be capable of if your lived next to or close to the Cabinet.
Re: ThinkBroadband's speed tester for ISPA
06-03-2013 12:11 PM
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Running 64 bit Windows 8
Didn't realise the .Net 3.5 need - going into "Programs & Features" followed by "Turn Windows Features on and off I see that .3.5 isn't installed (although .net 4 is).
All is good. Thank you both.
Re: ThinkBroadband's speed tester for ISPA
06-03-2013 12:51 PM
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Quote from: w23 For comparison, what does TBBs 'normal' speedtester give you? http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest.html
Mine has been installed 2 days and not done any tests yet. Ran their normal speedtest as suggested elsewhere in the thread and it gave about 71Mbit, which is about right - however it used my IPv6 tunnel which is not good for Plusnet as it add a layer to their routing - the speed on IPv4 is a bit higher.
Re: ThinkBroadband's speed tester for ISPA
06-03-2013 12:59 PM
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TBB think this may be the software only displaying the single thread result but want to take a look deeper into the issue.
Re: ThinkBroadband's speed tester for ISPA
06-03-2013 1:00 PM
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I am on the Unlimited Fibre with a theoretical max of 80 MB
Speedtest. net gives Down = 58 and Up = 15
The normal Think Broadband gives Down x 1 = 29 and Down x 6 = 56 and Up = 11
This tester gives Down 16.6 and Up 14.6
So if this supposed to be showing Plusnet in a good light, it is failing dramatically.
There clearly must be something wrong somewhere, but I don't know where.
Lawrie
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