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MattBro · 08-17-2007, 07:01 PM

I quite regulary check my connection speed with a few sites, usually just to make sure my bandwidth hasn't been reduced. My upload speed indicated is usually 18KB/s (I have a 256Kbps || 32KB/s uplink).

Recently I've been working on a high-performance server application and decided to test out it's capabilities with someone from America (I'm Australian), to give an idea of a worst-possible-scenario.

Well, it seems my upload speed to them is exactly 31.93KB/s. Which I figured was strange in comparison to the results I usually get from those speed-test sites.

After some invesigation, the several sites I used to test my speed were all hosted geographically very close (infact, one in the next suburb over).

So it just goes to show, these website-based speed tests aren't a very good indication of your actual speed. Maybe try doubling the results, and you'll get a better insight to your real speed :)

08-17-2007, 07:01 PM	#1 (permalink)
MattBro Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Sydney, Australia Posts: 207 OS: WinXP-Home	Network Speed Tests - Inaccurate? I quite regulary check my connection speed with a few sites, usually just to make sure my bandwidth hasn't been reduced. My upload speed indicated is usually 18KB/s (I have a 256Kbps \|\| 32KB/s uplink). Recently I've been working on a high-performance server application and decided to test out it's capabilities with someone from America (I'm Australian), to give an idea of a worst-possible-scenario. Well, it seems my upload speed to them is exactly 31.93KB/s. Which I figured was strange in comparison to the results I usually get from those speed-test sites. After some invesigation, the several sites I used to test my speed were all hosted geographically very close (infact, one in the next suburb over). So it just goes to show, these website-based speed tests aren't a very good indication of your actual speed. Maybe try doubling the results, and you'll get a better insight to your real speed :)