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Hi all, I've knocked up http://www.baudmap.com to test connection speeds. It records the results on a map for local comparison and also shows a small survey of user opinions with a live scorecard. The idea is to build up an accurate & unbiased picture of local broadband connectivity. Check it out & let me know what you think.

Cheers,
Greg
 
first test
Estimated Line Type: 28.8k Modem:sick:
Approximately 1 x slower than avg. modem speeds.
Time to load an average web page: ~55sec
Time to download 10MB file: ~1hrs 10min 1sec

second test
Estimated Line Type: 1.5M ADSL:eek:
Approximately 2.4 x faster than avg. modem speeds.
Time to load an average web page: ~15sec
Time to download 10MB file: ~19min 0sec

I have 384k Adsl
on other speed test sites i get 320k line and 40 kb/s download speeds
your sites test results are very erratic and generally useless:confused:
back to the old drawing board
;)
 
Very inaccurate, I have a 384 line and I get the following results:

Estimated Line Type: 1.5M ADSL
Approximately 23.8 x faster than avg. modem speeds.
Time to load an average web page: ~2sec
Time to download 10MB file: ~2min 57sec
 
Estimated Line Type: 7M ADSL
Approximately 71.2 x faster than avg. modem speeds.
Time to load an average web page: ~1sec
Time to download 10MB file: ~39sec

I have 4mb line. For one, I think the files used to do the benching must be much larger. its using files likes than 5KB??
 
Estimated Line Type: 7M ADSL:eek:
Approximately 103.5 x faster than avg. modem speeds.
Time to load an average web page: ~0sec
Time to download 10MB file: ~27sec

speeds like this not even available in SA:p
 
baudmap said:
Hi all, I've knocked up http://www.baudmap.com to test connection speeds. It records the results on a map for local comparison and also shows a small survey of user opinions with a live scorecard. The idea is to build up an accurate & unbiased picture of local broadband connectivity. Check it out & let me know what you think.

Cheers,
Greg
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Nice site but its hosted internationally, where does the local broadband part come in?
 
FaTaL said:
I have 4mb line. For one, I think the files used to do the benching must be much larger. its using files likes than 5KB??
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Hmm, interesting result there. The upload and download test file sizes are calibrated according to the perceived speed of the connection and can vary from 1 byte through to 64Mb depending on how much data can get squeezed down the line in around 1 second.

Cheers,
Greg
 
I think comparing - say the average iburst results against the average 3G results for example - paints a picture that could be useful, no ?
Yeah, the site is hosted internationally but so are most website that I visit so when I thought about it, it made sense.
 
mh348 said:
Very inaccurate, I have a 384 line and I get the following results:

Estimated Line Type: 1.5M ADSL
Approximately 23.8 x faster than avg. modem speeds.
Time to load an average web page: ~2sec
Time to download 10MB file: ~2min 57sec
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Estimating line type is always going to be tricky because there are broad and overlapping ranges of upload and download speed to consider. The estimation is the actual tested upload and download bps against a lookup table that has best guesses for 20 different ways of connecting. Perhaps I should rephrase it to something along the lines of " this test result could be achieved with ... a 14.4 modem" for instance? What do you think?

I'm hoping real useful data will emerge in the patterns of latency, upload bps and download bps for the different providers and technologies.
 
Ok if the test says so????????? I have a 4meg line and got the following results:

Estimated Line Type: 56k Modem
Approximately 1.1 x faster than avg. modem speeds.
Time to load an average web page: ~33sec
Time to download 10MB file: ~43min 39sec

Edit: come to think of it though, the test does have a point :D
 
wcoetzee said:
Estimated Line Type: 1.5M ADSL
Approximately 2.4 x faster than avg. modem speeds.
Time to load an average web page: ~15sec
Time to download 10MB file: ~19min 0sec
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Ummmm, 15 seconds to load an average web page at 1.5Mbs, what have I been missing on the internet :eek:
 
I'm sorry, I have to laugh at this one

Estimated Line Type: 1.5M ADSL
Approximately Infinity x slower than avg. modem speeds.
Time to load an average web page: ~1hrs 14min 55sec
Time to download 10MB file: ~4days 23hrs 46min 32sec

Isn't that kinda slow for a 1.5M connection. :confused:



-=Edit=-

Whoops, it's changed it's mind to this.

Estimated Line Type: 7M ADSL
Approximately 69.0 x faster than avg. modem speeds.
Time to load an average web page: ~0sec
Time to download 10MB file: ~40sec

-= Edit, last one I promise (Besides the more of these you see the quicker you should be able to sort the bugs out=-

Estimated Line Type:
Approximately 380.0 x faster than avg. modem speeds.
Time to load an average web page: ~0sec
Time to download 10MB file: ~7sec
 
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Definately a calulation bug in there somewhere
I'm on a 384k:

Estimated Line Type: 1.5M ADSL
Approximately 8.1 x faster than avg. modem speeds.
Time to load an average web page: ~4sec
Time to download 10MB file: ~6min 41sec
 
Something Wrong Here :

Estimated Line Type: 1.5M ADSL
Approximately 25.7 x faster than avg. modem speeds.
Time to load an average web page: ~1sec
Time to download 10MB file: ~2min 48sec
 
so i think its safe to say the results are not quite accurate
 
Im hoping Telscum have upped my 384k line to the 7MB/s im getting in the test result!!
Somehow im guessing they havnt :(
 
Aww man, this is not good. It looks like the estimated line type function is causing two problems. One, it's not very accurate, but hey, that is why it says "Estimated". Problem two is that it distracts from the actual measured test results which are above in the bit that reads ...
Test download size: 4.3 KB
Test upload size : 2.1 KB
Request latency : ~579.5ms
Download speed : 77.9 Kb/s
Upload speed : 38.8 Kb/s
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These are the important numbers that get saved in the database and show up on the map.

I think the thing to do is remove the estimating of line type and while I'm at it I'll go over the results collected so far with a fine tooth comb. Thanks for all the testing and feedback guys, I'll let you know when the next release is ready.

Cheers,
Greg
 
AcidRaZor said:
i got 16.7Mbps
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Wow, you now hold top spot for ADSL! What kind of line is it?

You know that 16.7 mega bits per second though. I'm just reading up on the different symbols and getting to the bottom of the 1024 vs 1000 debate. Once I've got my head around it I'll make sure the website is consistent throughout.
 
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