EPTI have 20MBPS but only 8MB on speedtest?
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D3ath3nat0r
United States163 Posts
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haduken
Australia8267 Posts
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Genome852
United States979 Posts
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lu_cid
United States428 Posts
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WarChimp
Australia943 Posts
On December 07 2010 12:49 Genome852 wrote: Mbps = megabit per second which is not megabyte per second. Unless you meant otherwise. Generally ISP will give you your speed in bits, when websites like speedtest measure, I believe they measure in bytes. There is 8 bits in every byte. | ||
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Yoshi Kirishima
United States10377 Posts
8 Mb = 1 MB Also try this: http://reviews.cnet.com/internet-speed-test/ I've used both and think this CNET is better/more accurate. When selecting the testing location you can just press "Home," I don't think it matters. Note: this tests in Bits (b) not Bytes (B) | ||
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Kolvacs
Canada1203 Posts
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Sasquatch
Canada126 Posts
It even says on Qwest's site that it offers "Connection speeds up to 20 Mpbs downstream/up to 896 Kbps upstream." Not that your speed is guaranteed to be 20 Mbps. If you want a connection that will be close to the max all the time, I would suggest switching to cable/DOCSIS internet or getting home fiber. | ||
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Defeat
United States476 Posts
On December 07 2010 13:20 Kolvacs wrote: I have a 25Mbps with Shaw (which is the fastest ISP in Winnipeg) but I only get around 15Mbps on Speedtest and only get around 2.5Mbps on actual downloads. I hope you meant 2.5MB down because that would be a pretty crazy downgrade for your down speed D: | ||
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semantics
10040 Posts
The number should be in your modems settings how you get to it depends on the modem. For dsl there is also a matter of what your lines can carry my home is limited to around 10mbits/s on the download, this too can be found on your modems settings and diagnostics pages. On December 07 2010 13:20 Kolvacs wrote: I have a 25Mbps with Shaw (which is the fastest ISP in Winnipeg) but I only get around 15Mbps on Speedtest and only get around 2.5Mbps on actual downloads. Most servers aren't going to give you 15MB/s of their upload bandwidth. | ||
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Disregard
China10252 Posts
For instance I am a tier 1 user of Optimum Online, advertised max speeds are in the range of 15/2. But their policy is anything above 5/1 is generally acceptable at that tier, the only time I would get anything near the max is during the early hours in the morning. Im sure your using a congested node, thats why your connection is being throttled. You can get a more expensive fiber plan if your area has it or get a DOCSIS 3.0 modem. My provider is fussy swapping the new modems for low tier users, but Ive heard it usually solves all the problems. You might want to call a tech to check your cables and wiring, a loose header or something can cause latency and other issues. | ||
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crojar
United States59 Posts
I have 25 mbps and it's fiber optic. I am always >= 25 mbps on speakeasy. Usually just under 26. Cable is usually lower than advertised in my experience. | ||
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Uriel_SVK
Slovakia427 Posts
Are you on Fiber or metalic? Check if your provider has FUP, and also check agregation. It should be non-existant on fiber, or it is at least with my provider... Are you using wireless router? For a test try to connect directly to cable. If there are many wireless networks around you it might be needed to play with channel setting of your router. | ||
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RebirthOfLeGenD
USA5860 Posts
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gslavik
United States72 Posts
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Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
- You aren't guaranteed 20Mbps (Mb = Megabits, MB = Megabytes. 8 bits in a byte) down from your ISP. It is not the minimum nor the max; it's more of an average. I have a 15Mbps down connection speed but often get 22 Mbps or so when testing, and occasionally 12ish. - Believe it or not, your neighbourhoods usage of internet can affect your connection speed. Different ISP have different ways of delivering their service, so this isn't always the case, but it's a possibility. Shaw cable here in Kelowna pretty well places a switch in each neighbourhood for its clients to connect to. Say the switch can process up to 100Mbps in a single switch port, if you have 8 people simultaneously maxing their connection speed the 100Mbps will be divided between the 8 people. Other ISPs, Telus here in Kelowna for example, offers dedicated connections so that doesn't happen. - Ping delay is the time it takes for your packets to reach a destination and back. Even if you have a high connection speed, you may still experience lag due to a high ping. I'll give an analogy: You are moving from Housten to Boston. You are looking to take your belongings so you rent a moving truck to transfer your stuff. It will take a total of 6 hours to move all your stuff. On the other hand, you can rent a Porsche to move your belongings, getting you there and back faster, making faster trips, however since you can't hold nearly as much as the moving truck so it takes a total of 2 days to complete the move. The moving truck here is analogous to a high data rate with high latency, and the Porsche is analogous to a low data rate but with a high latency. Your location and ISP typically determine the ping unfortunately, so if you made it all the way through reading this the tl;dr is you're probably fucked in this regard. - Virtually all speed testing websites measure in Mbps, not MBps. - There could be many reasons for having a connection speed that varies greatly from the advertised speed. Try plugging your computer directly in to the internet source (I.E. where your router connects to the wall/modem) and taking the test again. If your results are higher you have something on your network choking your speed probably. - If you are on a laptop the connection speed will obviously be worse, but it shouldn't be that bad tbh. Assuming you are probably on a 802.11g access point, that gives you 54Mbps. If you have a 50% signal strength (disregarding attenuation/noise) you are at 27Mbps. You ISP is going you 20Mbps, so you are still provided with the 20Mbps advertised by your ISP. Sorry if I got too technical here; I go to school for this stuff so it happens naturally =/ | ||
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Grobyc
Canada18410 Posts
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aztrorisk
United States896 Posts
I have 2 computers and I have a 3 mb internet. My old computer can only handle 1.5 mb so when I test it on speedtest, it only came up 1.5 mb but when I tested it with my new computer, it came up 3 mb. another possibility is that several people are using the internet at the same time | ||
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Liveon
Netherlands1083 Posts
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r4sc
Germany22 Posts
The only way you can be sure of your actual connection speed is testing it with a server you can ensure is not suffering congestion and has a sufficiently fast connection. | ||
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