BT Speedtester - is it broken?

[#1]

I thought the system was that you and BT could access the results of the tests and surely there is a date stamp on them

[#2]

Bob, As people tend to take screen shots or copy/paste the entire text, have you suggested to BT that they add the date/time to the results display?

[#3]

21/9/2010 11:31 am
using http://217.32.105.42:50301/

[#4]

Tried again at around midday with the following results, along with these basic router stats. Usually get nearer 6500 download speed so assume traffic is heavy for some reason or other.
Upstream profile looks OK today but last time I tried it was given as 448, which was silly 'cos actual upload speed was much faster.
PS Line speed according to PlusNet has gone up from 7150 (when I last did the test) to 8000, as sync was faster when I rebooted the router.

Date of test: 21.09.2010
Time of test: 12.00 noon approx

[#5]

I've somehow(?) managed to persuade the speedtester that Test1 comprises 3 tests
They wouldn't fit on one screenshot because my screen isn't big enough, so here it is, in two bits.
It's rubbish though.

[#6]

HI guys,
As Bob asked earlier if you do a test can you also log the time and date for us please.
Thanks for all your help so far.
Jojo

[#7]

Quote from: A

They wouldn't fit on one screenshot because my screen isn't big enough, so here it is, in two bits.

What you need is screengrab! which allows you to take a screen shot of the entire page (see attached sample).

[#8]

Speedtester result attached. It shows several inconstencies- DSL connection speeds of 1636Kbps down-stream and 636Kbps up-stream are both wrong, on lower bar graph upload speed achieved greater than max achievable speed. Test at 15:30 21 Sept.
Using Plusnet speed tester at about 15:37 gave 10368kbs down and 706kbs up which is typical for me.

[#9]

Thanks 32110,
Keep 'em coming

[#10]

What's the big picture on this? Do the BT speedtester problems affect all ISPs who use 21CN? I would assume so, but I haven't seen anything about any other ISPs (I may just have been looking in the wrong places.)
Graham

[#11]

Don't know If It helps but here Is one from me taken 21/09/2010 @ 16.36, All seems fine to me.

[#12]

Test at 16:23 today. Getting slightly better - downstream IP profile of 7150 looks right! and matches Plusnet's Everything else looks wrong except maybe upstream throughput. (Router currently reports sync speeds as 8279 / 800. MyBroadbandSpeed reports throughput as 6587 / 681).
Graham

1. Best Effort Test:  -provides background information.
Download Speed
7877 Kbps
 
0 Kbps 7150 Kbps
Max Achievable Speed
Download speed achieved during the test was - 7877 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 1000-7150 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :8127 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 443 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 7150 Kbps

2. Upstream Test:  -provides background information.
Upload Speed
654 Kbps
 
0 Kbps 443 Kbps
Max Achievable Speed
>Upload speed achieved during the test was - 654 Kbps
Additional Information:
Upstream Rate IP profile on your line is - 443 Kbps

[#13]

Hi grahamt,
I imagine it will affect anyone on BT's 21CN There's a thread here about it too.
Jojo

[#14]

21/9/2010 16:50 Test failed but with an IP profile of 5500kbps (my sync speed is 4096kbps)

[#15]

Quote from: jelv

What you need is screengrab! which allows you to take a screen shot of the entire page...

Thanks  jelv
I've got it now.