Speed Tests

[nocilah]

Lets maintain a post that reflects our speed tests. This will give MW users a good idea of how everyone is comparing against the rest in terms of speed.
This could also work to the advantage of Sentech to find problem areas. I think we should also leave out any sarcastic comments to make it a viable thread for everyone.

MW 128 Tower 60 - nb2 - sig=22% - snl=11 (woodmead) 7:20pm

International Speed Test
17.04 Kbps
(2.13 KBps)

Local Speed Test
Local is fast so didnt bother

myWireless 128, 64, 48, 16 - depends on its mood.

[Headend]

29 Oct

06:23
Loc: 29.61 kBps (237 kbps)
Int: 21.90 kBps (175 kbps) [:)]

09:04
Loc: 28.28 kBps (226 kbps)
Int: 6.17 kBps (49.36 kbps) [:(]

256 kbps package on Mintech Tower (82)

[nocilah]

29 Oct 7pm

Int: 26.8 Kbps (3.35 KBps)
Loc: 14.78 KBps, or 118.27 Kbps

Tower 60 (Woodmead)

myWireless 128, 64, 48, 16 - depends on its mood.

[noswal]

Sentech: Your download speed is: 13.87 KBps, or 111 Kbps
The test took 38.56 seconds to complete

Your upload speed is: 4.95 KBps, or 39.57 Kbps
The test took 129.24 seconds to complete



Dslreports INT: 2004-10-31 06:56:28 EST: 29 / 36 (2pm ZA)
Your download speed : 30521 bps, or 29 kbps.
A 3.7 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 37474 bps, or 36 kbps.

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custenna, variable 8 - 13 signal, ber 28% - 42%.<i> "I am the only one with this problem." </i>

[nocilah]

international
16.88 Kbps
(2.11 KBps)

woodmead tower 60


myWireless 128, 64, 48, 16 - depends on its mood.

[nocilah]

international MW 128
25.44 Kbps
(3.18 KBps)

myWireless 128, 64, 48, 16 - depends on its mood.

[nocilah]

international MW 128 Tower (60)
37.52 Kbps
(4.69 KBps)

Never peaks above 40% but has mildly improved in the past day.

myWireless 128, 64, 48, 16 - depends on its mood.

[patrick.frickel]

Newbie Post
Hi have just signed up for a 128 kbs. What tools should I be using to test my speeds for the
this posting

[patrick.frickel]

Newbie post

What tools should I be using to test my local and int bandwidth?

[nocilah]

there are quite a few if you use the speed test tab right at the top of this page.
Usually its a browser based test. Some use Java Applets so make sure you have Java installed.
You can get that from www.java.com

a simple international speed test is this one: http://us.mcafee.com/root/speedometer/default.asp

and a simple local speed test is this one: http://www.telkom.co.za/portal/page?_pageid=1455,70281&_dad=portal&_schema=PORTAL &paramURL=/pls/portal/docs/page/dsl/speed.shtml

myWireless 128, 64, 48, 16 - depends on its mood.

[noswal]

2004-11-19 06:33:42 EST: 79 / 26 = 1:33pm za
Your download speed : 81202 bps, or 79 kbps.
A 9.9 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 27025 bps, or 26 kbps.

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custenna, variable 2 - 13 signal, ber 28% - 42%.<i> "I am the only one with this problem." </i>

[Brolloks]

Friday: 10/12/2004 @ 09:15

MyADSL Local (South African) Speed Test
Your current bandwidth reading is:
118.60kbps
which means you can download at 14.83 KB/sec. from our servers.

Rodent's
Your current bandwidth reading is: 126.40kbps

Stanford International
TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.2.1e
click START to begin
Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done
running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 120.75Kb/s
running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 79.34kb/s
Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem
Information: Other network traffic is congesting the link

[nocilah]

Stanford International

TCP/Web100 Network Diagnostic Tool v5.2.1e
click START to begin
Checking for Middleboxes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Done
running 10s outbound test (client to server) . . . . . 97.24Kb/s
running 10s inbound test (server to client) . . . . . . 74.49kb/s
Your PC is connected to a Cable/DSL modem
Information: Other network traffic is congesting the link

[Chico]

I am convinced that my speed is far below what it should be by comparing my test results with some of the above results. I’ve just signed up for the 128 MW and currently I am not too impressed.
Results are as follows e.g.

Local
• Estimated line speed: 83.1 (kilobits/second)
• Estimated line speed: 10.2 (kiloBytes/second)
International
• Estimated line speed: 10.88 (kilobits/second)
• Estimated line speed: 1.36 (kiloBytes/second)

Area = Bluff, Durban & signal strength = 13%

I would appreciate any advice in how to rectify this, please?

[mirken]

Test done on
http://us.mcafee.com/root/speedometer/test_0150.asp
international
483.12 Kbps
(60.39 KBps)

Package 512kbps
Signal 34%
SNL 16
Tower 82
Randburg 11/05 16:13

I'm quite happy with my connection you can test it anytime of the day and get the same result. Since I did the software update a couple of months ago i never had any speed or disconnect problems.