Speed Testers - again

**Peter M** · 10-01-09

I am not a great fan of speed test sites, but I took a look at this speed tester Speed.io

First test result I got was consistent with the ThinkBroadband test.

(Its an ADSL, not cable, connection)

I have heard some criticism of Flash-based speedtesters though so I thought I'd ty again

and again

Over the last few days I have tried this on XP, Vista, Ubuntu and Win7 Beta, and different browsers on different PCs. It always does this.

Is anyone else seeing the same?

Peter

**triage** · 10-01-09

ok...this is the first one

then

i did a few more all around the 30 meg mark

so yes it is the same situation

hope that helps

stjoolzz · 10-01-09

I have 10meg virgin connection

then

then using speedtest.net

iadom · 10-01-09

20 meg connection.

first one.

Second one.

Third one.

Jim.

Walter · 10-01-09

I am on the Virgin Media cable Winnersh 10 mb and thus is my results taken 10/01/2009 19:15 .

**Peter M** · 10-01-09

Thanks all, I am going to e-mail them about this, so the more the merrier!

Walter, was that your first reading? If so please can you try again? It seems that the second and subsequent readings are higher than the tier of service you are on. Please can you let us know what you get for second and third readings (you may have to ignore the first)?

Peter

**sonycrx** · 10-01-09

yeah this site seems inconsistent to say the least. first was 5115Kbps then 13kbps. on a 10Mb/s connection!

i find this one to be pretty stable. http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/

Tonto · 11-01-09

1st:

2nd:

3rd:

Walter · 13-01-09

First

Second

Third

Forth

VM 10 Mbit 21:45 Thames Valley Winnersh

lotus · 28-04-09

Thought I'd give this a try since I've received a Dell Inspiron
for my b/day last year.

1st

2nd

3rd

4th (Not quite sure how this happened though??)

And using the other one

10-01-09	#1
Peter M Broadband Specialist Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 5,846	Speed Testers - again I am not a great fan of speed test sites, but I took a look at this speed tester Speed.io First test result I got was consistent with the ThinkBroadband test. (Its an ADSL, not cable, connection) I have heard some criticism of Flash-based speedtesters though so I thought I'd ty again and again Over the last few days I have tried this on XP, Vista, Ubuntu and Win7 Beta, and different browsers on different PCs. It always does this. Is anyone else seeing the same? Peter __________________ Slow browsing or downloads? Frequent disconnections? Installing a new network or PC? Viruses or Spyware? What I say here has nothing to do with the views of Virgin Media

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stjoolzz Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Southeast London (Nunhead - the nice part of Peckham!) Posts: 341	I have 10meg virgin connection then then then using speedtest.net __________________ Regards Julian Linksys WRT54G v2 Firmware: v4.20.7 (US); ntl: 250 modem on Virgin Media 20 Mbps service AMD 64 4000+ 2.4Ghz 4Gb RAM Windows 7 64bit (upgraded MESH system) with WUSB54GS adapter AMD Athlon 1Ghz 512mb RAM WinXP SP2 (my old bespoke system) with Belkin v3 Wireless adapter Acer Aspire 5715z T2390 3GB 15.4" Laptop Acer Aspire 5315 Celeron 550 1GB 15.4" Laptop Pentium 4 1.8Ghz 512mb RAM WinXP (Fujitsu Siemens) with Belkin v3 Wireless adapter.

10-01-09	#4
iadom Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Shaw,Oldham,Lancs. Posts: 699	20 meg connection. first one. Second one. Third one. Jim. __________________ Bromley S.Atlanta 8300 V+ 4.0.6.1_UK4_P09 Samsung. V+ SMT3110C UK4_V_01_P11AN_S_S3110

10-01-09	#5
Walter Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Winnersh Posts: 55	I am on the Virgin Media cable Winnersh 10 mb and thus is my results taken 10/01/2009 19:15 . __________________ Walter Virgin media 10 Mb teir, Virgin Media home: 250 SACM, Lynksys WRT54GS

10-01-09	#7
sonycrx Specialist Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: linksysinfo Posts: 865	yeah this site seems inconsistent to say the least. first was 5115Kbps then 13kbps. on a 10Mb/s connection! i find this one to be pretty stable. http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/ __________________ Regards Simon http://www.linksysinfo.org Cisco 871W 12.4(15)T9 / Cisco ASA5505 v8.21 512Mb Synology CS407 v2.1-0844 / D-Link DSM520 v1.06 / Xbox 360 / SPA-942 v6.1.5(a)

11-01-09	#8
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13-01-09	#9
Walter Member Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: Winnersh Posts: 55	First Second Third Forth VM 10 Mbit 21:45 Thames Valley Winnersh __________________ Walter Virgin media 10 Mb teir, Virgin Media home: 250 SACM, Lynksys WRT54GS

28-04-09	#10
lotus Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Neath Area, South Wales, UK Posts: 169	Thought I'd give this a try since I've received a Dell Inspiron for my b/day last year. 1st 2nd 3rd 4th (Not quite sure how this happened though??) And using the other one

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