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mybroadbandspeed history: bizarre
29-02-2008 9:00 AM
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I was bemused to see that my 'speedtest history' held about 30/40 results, some of them from yesterday. All of the results were speeds about 10 times lower than mine. I assume that the results belong to whoever had my ip address before me? Is there a bug in the speedtester? Shouldn't the history get erased when an ip address moves to someone else?
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29-02-2008 9:08 AM
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If it is stored on the website by IP and you are using a dynamic one, the website is not going to know between tests if the IP still belongs to you or to someone else.
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29-02-2008 9:11 AM
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Shouldn't be possible to get somebody else's results based on that.
Because I use my laptop at home and work, the cookie makes both of them appear merged together in the list, so it seems unlikely that its anything to do with the IP address.
More likely an errant cookie, or some sort of mismatch between the cookie and the site?
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29-02-2008 9:18 AM
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Quote from: Peter I thought it uses a cookie on your PC to store the results?
Doubt it because Firefox clears my cookies every time I exit it. Yet, I can still see my history in 'mybroadbandspeed' when I open the page. I was a bit surprised by that at first actually. The same thing happens with 'speedtest.net'.
Re: mybroadbandspeed history: bizarre
29-02-2008 9:40 AM
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When did you start using that IP address?
Re: mybroadbandspeed history: bizarre
29-02-2008 9:42 AM
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Look for and manually delete any cookies for the website and see if the problem remains.
Edit to add: I have just removed my cookie for the website and my results have gone so your problem is cookie related.
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29-02-2008 9:52 AM
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29-02-2008 9:55 AM
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I have now deleted all cookies manually, and the list in history is still there, untouched!
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29-02-2008 9:59 AM
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29-02-2008 10:03 AM
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Check where your cookies are stored in firefox and manually look and delete any to see if they still show up. Perhaps the cookie does not store the results but has an id used to reference the speed tests within the website.
Still does not explain why you get the same results from 2 different systems.
Do you see the results when using IE7?
[edit to add]I see Colin is now involved so hopefully this should be resolved / explained soon - A little bugette me thinks
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29-02-2008 10:04 AM
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Quote from: Peter
Edit to add: I have just removed my cookie for the website and my results have gone so your problem is cookie related.
So how is that possible, then, if it is both ip and cookie based?
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29-02-2008 10:06 AM
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29-02-2008 10:11 AM
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Quote from: Peter Did/does the cookie show up under tools -> options -> Privacy tab -> show cookies?
Check where your cookies are stored in firefox and manually look and delete any to see if they still show up. Perhaps the cookie does not store the results but has an id used to reference the speed tests within the website.
Still does not explain why you get the same results from 2 different systems.
Do you see the results when using IE7?
[edit to add]I see Colin is now involved so hopefully this should be resolved / explained soon - A little bugette me thinks
I saw your edit but thought I would answer anyway.
Yes, the results show in IE7 (which I never use normally).
Yes, I had deleted all cookies in Firefox manually in the way that you suggest.
Yes, sounds like a little bug to me.
Yes, I am more worried about world poverty.
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29-02-2008 10:46 AM
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29-02-2008 10:51 AM
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