iBurst Speed Tests Please!

Ok, so i have done few tests. Seem Local bandwith is not to bad . Can anyone explain why my International Up stream is better than my down stream ?? That's a bit odd. Also will all the was taking place I was watching the utTraceStar and I kept the same tower through out.

Test Below

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http://www.bandwidthplace.com/speedtest/results.php

Speed
219.7 kilobits per second

Communications 219.7 kilobits per second
Storage 26.8 kilobytes per second
1MB file download 38.2 seconds
Subjective rating Mediocre

Explain results


Info
Date & time Wednesday, September 6, 6:14PM*
Test type IDT4 Free
Connection type Other
Region Texas
Data size 1024KB
IP address 196.46.66.219
Provider



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Telkom Speed Test

Below is the data used to calculate your download speed:

Download time: 5.188 seconds
Size of file: 500 KiloBytes
Estimated line speed: 786.4 (kilobits/second)
Estimated line speed: 96.4 (kiloBytes/second)

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http://www4.gam.co.za/

1.16 Mbps
which means you can download at 149.11 KB/sec. from our servers.

28.8 kbps Dial-up
33.6 kbps Dial-up
57.6 kbps Dial-up
64 kbps ISDN
128 kbps ISDN
384 kbps ADSL
512 kbps ADSL
768 kbps ADSL
1024 kbps ADSL
1192.9 kbps YOU

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http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speedtest.asp

Results from broadband speed test recorded on Wednesday, 06 September 2006, 23:05.

Your Connection
Speed Test Results

Downstream 197.0 Kbps ( = 0.2 Mbps )
Upstream 306.2 Kbps ( = 0.3 Mbps )

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http://www.dslreports.com/stest?loc=4

dslreports.com speed test result on 2006-09-06 18:08:21 EST:
146 / 256
Your download speed : 146 kbps or 18.3 KB/sec.
Your upload speed is much faster than down.. have you tweaked?

Your upload speed : 256 kbps or 32 KB/sec.

PS: Welcome to dslreports.com! Run more tests! see forums
 
Doesnt make much sense.. must be a problem with the international downlink connection. Those speeds arent very good compared to 1.16mbps (OMG!!!)

Try a different international test, testmy.net is usually fast. Ive got 780kb off there before, and my connection never get over 1mb even on local tests.
 
Been watching downloading speeds lately & they aren't quite up to standards from when I got Iburst a few months ago. I used to download at 105KB/s almost every file, now I stuggle to get 90KB/s. Lets do a test, everyone log off Iburst except me & i'll let you know what speed I get :D
 
I get about 70kB/s on average. And I know that my modem is not in the best place. tbqh that is sufficient for me for most stuff I do. The only irritant I have is when I try to stream video.

EDIT: Though let me add, that while 70kB/s is fine for me, it does mean that i will rate iBurst's value for money as a 70kB/s service and as such will go elsewhere if there is better value for money.
 
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Still get 100-120KB/s, but there is no doubt that many basestations are getting congested.
 
Yeah... but iBurst seems better equipped with more brain matter to realise that they will need to upgrade their bandwidth if they get a huge influx of subscribers.

Unlike Sentech who just ignores the problem and the network gets slower and slower and SLOWER.

By the way - for those of you complaining about getting "ONLY" 70KB/s... good grief. On MyWireless I get 2KB/s to 3KB/s when I download some files LOCALLY.
 
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