Mweb rigs the speed test

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Brenden_E

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So with the current outage my ADSL has been unusable the last 2 days. I run a speed test and get on international bandwith:
Download Speed: 4891 kbps (611.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 508 kbps (63.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 183 ms

From this is apparent Mweb prioritizes this server to give unrealistic speed test results in their favor. Is it possible to rotate the IP of this server so that ISPs can't cheat?

I can't even open youtube videos, but I have 611kb/s on the speedtest. Bull****.
 
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DrJohnZoidberg said:
I don't know what the issue is, but I'm not going to start making unsubstantiated claims on a public forum either.

Have you tried contacting Mweb?
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His point was a question. Do you know how do to what he asks, if not, maybe your posts are off topic.
 
Space_Chief said:
I think his point is here:
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Ok, then the answer to his question is no.

The will prioritise the traffic regardless of speedtest server he uses.

All ISPs prioritise traffic, and with a major link like Seacom, things like Youtube will fall down the list and have pretty poor user experiences.
 
DrJohnZoidberg said:
I don't know what the issue is, but I'm not going to start making unsubstantiated claims on a public forum either.

Have you tried contacting Mweb?
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Ha Ha Ha. This has to be the most stupid reply post this week :D WTF Some people reply even if they do not understand the question. By the way, the OP has a very valid point concluded by a valid question. In the early days of streaming, tunneling used to do the trick. Nowadays :( MTN is probably the worst by just about everyone else has some data priority in place.
 
ToxicBunny said:
Ok, then the answer to his question is no.

The will prioritise the traffic regardless of speedtest server he uses.

All ISPs prioritise traffic, and with a major link like Seacom, things like Youtube will fall down the list and have pretty poor user experiences.
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Used youtube as an example. Regular HTTP pages don't load completely. Massive latency and packet loss to international servers. Speedtest = 100%. And you don't think this is suspicious?
 
intel8080 said:
Ha Ha Ha. This has to be the most stupid reply post this week :D WTF Some people reply even if they do not understand the question. By the way, the OP has a very valid point concluded by a valid question. In the early days of streaming, tunneling used to do the trick. Nowadays :( MTN is probably the worst by just about everyone else has some data priority in place.
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I'm not following. The title of the post is quite clear and is based on pure speculation, that is all I was alluding at.
 
Last 2 days internet unusable...maybe that's because some guy with an anchor in Egypt decided that this weekend, you would not be able to catch up on funny cat videos on Youtube.
 
Brenden_E said:
Used youtube as an example. Regular HTTP pages don't load completely. Massive latency and packet loss to international servers. Speedtest = 100%. And you don't think this is suspicious?
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No, because we all KNOW that speedtests are given priority. They are not a measure of how fast your line will actually perform in the real world.
 
ToxicBunny said:
No, because we all KNOW that speedtests are given priority. They are not a measure of how fast your line will actually perform in the real world.
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Do we now? DrJohnZoidberg will argue with you - he thinks it's just a conspiracy we have. But you aren't adding constructively to the conversation. Why can't mybroadband create a dynamic IP to these servers with regular port 80 traffic so that the ISPs can't rig it? Should be simple enough, and it will actually give the speedtest value. No point to do a speedtest if it's rigged.
 
Brenden_E said:
Do we now? DrJohnZoidberg will argue with you - he thinks it's just a conspiracy we have. But you aren't adding constructively to the conversation. Why can't mybroadband create a dynamic IP to these servers with regular port 80 traffic so that the ISPs can't rig it? Should be simple enough, and it will actually give the speedtest value. No point to do a speedtest if it's rigged.
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So mybroadband must spend lots of money for something that has dubious value at best, so that we can all see when our international is a bit wonky (even though Seacom have announced they have an issue and are working on it)?

I fail to see the logic in this tbh.

Oh and DrJoinZoidberg won't argue with me, he was poking fun at you.

BTW, Speedtest systems will more than likely have a very distinct traffic footprint, so the ISPs will very quickly be able to pick them up with the DPI equipment etc...
 
ToxicBunny said:
No, because we all KNOW that speedtests are given priority. They are not a measure of how fast your line will actually perform in the real world.
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How do you know that? Do you work for mweb? I have no issue if it is found that they prioritize speedtest sites but then provide some evidence.

My speed tests with my line are normally pretty much spot on with regard to multi-threaded http traffic.
 
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