Accuracy Of Speed Test

[The Crazy Frog]

As a long-time user and admirer of www.irishisptest.com I ifeel I must point out the following. I'm on NTL 6 Meg and on the last two tests I carried out I achieved speeds of 2.95 MB. However, when going to, say, Apple - iPod + iTunes and downloading the iTunes software as a test, my download speed is 720 KBps. If you multiply that by by 8 it works out at 5.76Mbps. Any ideas folks?

[baby2]

Just to state the obvious,
the 2.95Mb was Mega bits per second
while the 720KBps is kilo Bytes per second.

There are 8 bits in a Byte

[The Crazy Frog]

Originally Posted by baby2

Just to state the obvious,
the 2.95Mb was Mega bits per second
while the 720KBps is kilo Bytes per second.

There are 8 bits in a Byte

And to state the even MORE obvious 720 KiloBYTES x 8 = 5760 KiloBITS or 5.76 Megabits? Understand now?

[blacknight]

What does traceroute give you to iTunes vs here?

[The Crazy Frog]

Originally Posted by blacknight

What does traceroute give you to iTunes vs here?

22 hops in total - Dublin; London; Amsterdam; NYC; Chicago; Denver.

Just did the speed test again and got 1.9 Megs on www.irishisptest.com, but the transfer rate is showing rock solid at 720 Kbps or 5.76 Megs . Does that help?

[John Mullan]

I have just done my first spped test,as i have been having a lot of problems with voip-skype and blueface and i am wondering if my signal is strong enough for either of them to work properly. Could someone decipher the result for me


Summary Last 10 Results:
Date Download Speed Upload Speed Qos RTT Maxpause
20/09/2006 22:56 308 kbps (38 KB/s) 2 kbps (1 KB/s) 63 % 330 ms 443 ms
20/09/2006 20:46 15 kbps (2 KB/s) 2 kbps (1 KB/s) 0 % 573 ms 15981 ms
20/09/2006 19:55 127 kbps (16 KB/s) 1 kbps (1 KB/s) 27 % 131 ms 1006 ms
Total Averages:
150 kbps (19 KB/s) 2kbps (1KB/s) 30 % 345 ms 5810 ms

[mickomania]

Originally Posted by John Mullan

I have just done my first spped test,as i have been having a lot of problems with voip-skype and blueface and i am wondering if my signal is strong enough for either of them to work properly. Could someone decipher the result for me


Summary Last 10 Results:
Date Download Speed Upload Speed Qos RTT Maxpause
20/09/2006 22:56 308 kbps (38 KB/s) 2 kbps (1 KB/s) 63 % 330 ms 443 ms
20/09/2006 20:46 15 kbps (2 KB/s) 2 kbps (1 KB/s) 0 % 573 ms 15981 ms
20/09/2006 19:55 127 kbps (16 KB/s) 1 kbps (1 KB/s) 27 % 131 ms 1006 ms
Total Averages:
150 kbps (19 KB/s) 2kbps (1KB/s) 30 % 345 ms 5810 ms

Your download speed should be fine for chatting on skype but the upload
needs to improve. I reckon thats where the problem is. And your max pause is
off the charts - its almost 16 seconds for one of your tests! The ping (RTT)
should probably be less than 100ms too.

Who is your provider?

[John Mullan]

Originally Posted by mickomania

Your download speed should be fine for chatting on skype but the upload
needs to improve. I reckon thats where the problem is. And your max pause is
off the charts - its almost 16 seconds for one of your tests! The ping (RTT)
should probably be less than 100ms too.

Who is your provider?

What does max pause and the ping mean?

[andyb_ie]

Well I am with Imagine and I am getting 1.76Mbps down.(2Mbps bb) That is good considering I am close to the end of the 4km line. (Always allow 20% loss).

People lets not get confused here between Bytes and Bits. There are 8 bytes to a bit. Therefore 1762 kbps = 216 KB/s.

Anyone know how to do a Sync test on a Belkin wireless router??

[The Crazy Frog]

Originally Posted by andyb_ie

People lets not get confused here between Bytes and Bits. There are 8 bytes to a bit. Therefore 1762 kbps = 216 KB/s.

I suggest you take your own advice and maybe just check some VERY basic facts before replying in future. There are 8 bits in a byte - not the other way round as you describe.

Have a look here:How many bits in a byte

It might clear things up for you.

[andyb_ie]

Thanks Crazy frog a slip of the keyboard it must have been!!!!