Good way to test the honesty of ISP for upload and download speed
Recently one of our office got a T3 line and at first it seemed great but recently it is slower and I am wondering what the real speed is. What is the best utility for getting a true read on the Internet speeds?
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I always use speedtest.net and run a series of tests to different areas in the country. Does that interest you or are you looking for a type of software etc?
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hutch, residents, ahdfx,
Thank you for your suggestions. My ISP says we are supposed to have 10MBPS download speed and when I use the Speakeasy speed test (and connect to LA), I get 5.69 download and 8.94 upload. Shouldn't we have 10.0 download speeds? Are they cheating us?
Thank you for your suggestions. My ISP says we are supposed to have 10MBPS download speed and when I use the Speakeasy speed test (and connect to LA), I get 5.69 download and 8.94 upload. Shouldn't we have 10.0 download speeds? Are they cheating us?
With those numbers you probably have 10 up and down.
You have to remember unless you are all by yourself plugged directly into the router that there are other things pulling from windows updates to incoming email. 8.94 is not far from being 10 with a little bit of uploading. 5.69 can be 10 with a lot of stuff coming in.
Leew's point is excellent as well.
You have to remember unless you are all by yourself plugged directly into the router that there are other things pulling from windows updates to incoming email. 8.94 is not far from being 10 with a little bit of uploading. 5.69 can be 10 with a lot of stuff coming in.
Leew's point is excellent as well.
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excellent folks - appreciate your help - will distribute points later on.
A T3 is a dedicated synchronous Trunk all the way to the ISP CO.. It is never a shared circuit or line.
A hard drive to keep up with 10 Mpbs could not be the problem.. remember 10 Mbps is only 1.19 MB per second. Today's HD's have a sustained rate of 1000Mpbs or 12MBps.
It is like the others have said. you would need to isolate the connection for an accurate test.
One thing you can do it test throughout the day and then request a data usage chart from your ISP.
See if the Usage plus your test equals the 10Mbps.
A hard drive to keep up with 10 Mpbs could not be the problem.. remember 10 Mbps is only 1.19 MB per second. Today's HD's have a sustained rate of 1000Mpbs or 12MBps.
It is like the others have said. you would need to isolate the connection for an accurate test.
One thing you can do it test throughout the day and then request a data usage chart from your ISP.
See if the Usage plus your test equals the 10Mbps.
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