I see George has a Speedtest server

[DrJohnZoidberg]

First time I've seen this.

Not exactly getting great speeds from it:

 

[NeonNinja]

George


Cape Town


Not slow as far as I can see.

 

[DrJohnZoidberg]

George


Cape Town


Not slow as far as I can see.

Hmm, odd.

My speedtest to Cape Town server:

Must be a routing thing.

 

[MickZA]

Appeared a couple of weeks back, Cloud Connect Networks - http://www.cloudconnect.co.za

Not great speeds but I guess we need input from the George users as to their offerings.

 

[MickeyD]

/pings kilos

 

[Lycanthrope]

Awesomesauce!



Glad to see a Speedtest server pop up there.

 

[Kloofvreter]

What exactly is the use of a Speedtest server? How does it contribute to improving your surfing experience?

 

[genetic]

What exactly is the use of a Speedtest server? How does it contribute to improving your surfing experience?

Exactly... Seems to only increase your speedtest result.

 

[Kloofvreter]

Exactly... Seems to only increase your speedtest result.

Well would that result not be inaccurate then?

 

[genetic]

Well would that result not be inaccurate then?

I'd guess so, as most internet servers do not originate from George.

 

[Kloofvreter]

I've done many Speedtests, currently my average is about 6Mb/s, meanwhile when I'm downloading torrents, it runs as high as 1MB/s

 

[MDKza]

I've done many Speedtests, currently my average is about 6Mb/s, meanwhile when I'm downloading torrents, it runs as high as 1MB/s

Being shaped like a boss

 

[Kloofvreter]

Being shaped like a boss

You might be misunderstanding me. I am downloading torrents at approximately 400Kb/s more than what Speedtest.net tells me I can download.

 

[MDKza]

Where are you downloading from?

Does sound like a routing issue

 

[Kloofvreter]

Where are you downloading from?

Does sound like a routing issue

Well, torrents, is hard to pinpoint where from. Unless I am misunderstanding you.

 

[Kloofvreter]

Where are you downloading from?

Does sound like a routing issue

Well, torrents, is hard to pinpoint where from. Unless I am misunderstanding you.

 

[Lycanthrope]

You might be misunderstanding me. I am downloading torrents at approximately 400Kb/s more than what Speedtest.net tells me I can download.

I've found that Speedtest servers can be a little unreliable. Often you have to find one that gives you the best results, but they can be a good indication of problems when routing to certain locations.

For me, I've found that a lot of servers don't upload as fast as I download. The nearest server that gives me reliable throughput is a server in Oslo.

Some servers really just suck and I believe that this tends to skew their statistics considerably. But they do serve a basic diagnostic purpose.

 

[FlashZA]

Not anymore.