dhemke

If I go to Speakeasy, my test seems more in line with what I actually get, and what my ISP states I should get.



I'm pretty sure speedtest.net doesn't give accurate results, they seems just a wee bit "bloated".

I tried a Speakeasy test and got nearly identical results to speedtest.net.  I didn't try DSL Reports though because the closest server (also San Fran area) was not responding.

I usually just use the Comcast speedtest server, I seem to get better results with it.
 

interesting, I didn't know comcast had thier own speedtest, here is my results on it
 

 
I wish i had something better out here -=( . I hate TWC so much. Such a bad company.
 
A mile away people who have Charter have 60 down 5 upload for like 20 bucks more in price as what i pay for internet and they have had it for like a year now. There is no competition there so charter was not tryn to keep customers.. Just trying to keep customers happy... TWC? they will only give Docsis 3.0 and wideband speeds to people who have Fios in the area to choose from!
 
 
I hatez TWC!

Lets just leave it at slow :/ TimeWarner sucks.

BlazenOne

Lets just leave it at slow :/ TimeWarner sucks.

Actually going from ATT to TW helped my speeds a bit.

technically im still winning because the guy with 230 is at school for that and they do bottleneck him XD

 
I really have to phone my ISP.. supposed to be getting 50/3 service.. the DL isnt too far off, but man the upload nodes must be hosed in my area.

I was told a long time ago that if you want an accurate, "REAL WORLD" speed test, go to Micro$oft's website and dwnld a service pack. That way, you aren't testing your speed on a server dedicated to JUST speedtests.
 
For instance, dwnld SP3 for XP http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=5b33b5a8-5e76-401f-be08-1e1555d4f3d4 or better yet, any of the larger SP's for W7. Let it download then check out what the average speed was when it's done. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=c3202ce6-4056-4059-8a1b-3a9b77cdfdda
 
That's more of a REAL WORLD speed, go figure, when you're downloading a file from pretty much anywhere on the net, someone else is too.

Nex_Lupus

REALWORLD I got 3 MB per second with 7 people using the same line as well XD

Speedtest.net tells me 19.3 down, "real world" SP3 from Micro$haft gives me this:
 

 
Just a slight difference.

yes on steam i get upwards of 6 megs per second its truly nice =D

Yeah, downloading a service pack from Microsoft is a very accurate test for me.  I get 1.80MB/s which is exactly my 15mbit (minus TCP overhead for parity) that I pay for.

 
 
I was upset with my ping , but after seeing others ping, not whining any longer.
 
Jealous of pacmania.
 

bigster

Little bit faster then yours Lupus.

Holy crap and your test server is supposebly 100mi away w/ a 10ms ping, hot dam. Can i move in with you.

CraptacularOne

I'm supposed to be on the 100Mb service but this is the fastest I get:

 I thought Comcast only offered a 100/10 package. A 100/20 would be pretty nice! I still don't understand why cable co's are so fixated on highest download speeds but not upload... seeing things like a 60/5 or a 100/10 saddens me...