what's the best site to test..

Betauser · Post by **Betauser** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 4:34 pm

best site to test your connection? i just upgraded my connection today and i went up to 1.5mb -> 3.5mb downstream and 254kb -> 384 upstream.. links would be helpful.. thanks in advance..

Immortal · Post by **Immortal** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 4:36 pm

why welcome and try out the sg's speed test...

Betauser · Post by **Betauser** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 4:39 pm

sg speedtest? anyways, im just gonna use the search buttons

thanks tho.

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 4:45 pm

Originally posted by Immortal
why welcome and try out the sg's speed test...

Way to help him find it...

http://www.speedguide.net/networktools.php

Welcome to SG, the speedtest is the 3rd or 4th down.

Betauser · Post by **Betauser** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 4:56 pm

Originally posted by Humboldt
Way to help him find it...

http://www.speedguide.net/networktools.php

Welcome to SG, the speedtest is the 3rd or 4th down.

thank you so much.

Humboldt · Post by **Humboldt** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 5:02 pm

Not a problem

I also like the tester at http://www.2wires.com

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 5:28 pm

The most accurate test of your connection is a fast reliable FTP server such as these two:

OOL FTP Speed Test
ftp://ftp1.optonline.net/pub/test64

AOL FTP Test
ftp://ftp.newaol.com/aol6.0/179902/setupaol60.exe

A small file download or java based test is not very accurate.

Betauser · Post by **Betauser** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 5:34 pm

damn.. u still here mnosteele52.. wow a veteran member.. u prolly dont remember me but i used to go here w/ different name

anyways, thanks ill check those links later when i get home..

mwkirchner · Post by **mwkirchner** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 7:28 pm

Originally posted by mnosteele52
The most accurate test of your connection is a fast reliable FTP server such as these two:

OOL FTP Speed Test
ftp://ftp1.optonline.net/pub/test64

I tried this one and my speed was 206.3 KB/sec

Mark · Post by **Mark** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 7:44 pm

sorry guys but the speedguide test is still not acurate for me. not sure why though.

CableDude · Post by **CableDude** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 7:44 pm

Originally posted by mnosteele52
AOL FTP Test
ftp://ftp.newaol.com/aol6.0/179902/setupaol60.exe

A small file download or java based test is not very accurate.

I got 218 KB/Sec.

Then I proceeded to install the program.

Not!

AceFireball · Post by **AceFireball** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 8:00 pm

Another good one is below in my sig.

AceFireball · Post by **AceFireball** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 8:04 pm

Originally posted by the snake
sorry guys but the speedguide test is still not acurate for me. not sure why though.

Me either, it jumps around too much

mnosteele52 · Post by **mnosteele52** » Tue Jul 22, 2003 9:57 pm

Originally posted by mnosteele52
.........It's a very innacurate test, the absolute best test is a large file download from a fast reliable FTP server, any small file download or picture is way off since the first part of your download is buffered to your RWIN and not actually showing you your actual trasfer rate. It's the same as when you start a large file download and you get that "burst" of speed, it's the data being buffered. This is why everyone thinks using such a high RWIN is better, it simply buffers more data and when testing as most people do on a test such as this it shows your speed as very high, even higher than your caps a lot of times. But if you test different RWINs using a FTP file you will see that the value you find using the proper formula (caps * max latency / 8) your speed will be much better.

Post by **Philip** » Wed Jul 23, 2003 10:12 am

As the note that comes with our speed test suggests, it's just intended as a guideline and affected by many variables. It is as good and as inacurate as many other online speed tests. The best way to test would be to download large files from a distant server (not your ISP's)...

With the current test file size of 200KB and 3000+ hits per day, the SG speed test generates the following traffic: ~600 MB per day, ~18 GB per month... We simply don't have enough spare bandwidth to provide a larger test, imagine the impact if we increase to a 10MB file... It would require ~900GB per month !!! (with the current number of hits).

Mnosteele, our test starts immediately when the page is hit, so the impact of RWIN caching is minimal, it still has to go through the pipe to you.

Betauser, our rules do not allow multiple logins.

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Wed Jul 23, 2003 10:30 am

Holy cow, the speakeasy speed test clocked my upload here at work at 800KB/sec, yes killobytes a second

my download was at 350KB/sec