Ping Speed

M

MerlinsArrow

Member
Joined
Jul 11, 2014
Messages
14
Reaction score
0
Hi. I have Telkom ADSL at home in JHB. Im thinking of getting Vox 100Gig special. When I use speed test and ping Vox in Jhb it has 2.11 Mbps download on a 4mbps line but when ping Telkom in Centurion i get 3.5Mbps. Does that mean that the Vox line will be slower and why ? its closer in Jhb. (Mweb is at 2.4Mbps) Thx in advance
 
What now?

What ping speed are you referring to?

Use a picture.
 
MerlinsArrow said:
Hi. I have Telkom ADSL at home in JHB. Im thinking of getting Vox 100Gig special. When I use speed test and ping Vox in Jhb it has 2.11 Mbps download on a 4mbps line but when ping Telkom in Centurion i get 3.5Mbps. Does that mean that the Vox line will be slower and why ? its closer in Jhb. (Mweb is at 2.4Mbps) Thx in advance
Click to expand...


everyisp is diffrent,vox had some speed problems last night (dont know if its fixed)

and yah the one who gives u more is faster,but isp to isp differ alot,also depending on what account you use,uncap/cap?

also we dont call it "ping" its just a speed test"

"ping" is latency, the response time between you and the server, usaly around 9-50 for local tests

when your exchange is bad it will usually go up to the 200+ locally
 
Last edited:
Thank you.

Sorry I didnt know the terminology.

Its not the ping speed. Its the download speed. The ping is 15ms.

Im just trying to ascertain if its better to stay with a faster telkom or more data with a slower Vox or Mweb.

This download speed has been similar for the last few days.
 
Necropolis said:
To be fair routing on the ISPs side could also be a contributing factor to high latency...
Click to expand...

ur correct,but high latency is a indication of a possible exchange issue ,in the case of very high local latancy,better to do a tracert rather than a ping test to see if its the isp or exchange
 
MerlinsArrow said:
Thank you.

Sorry I didnt know the terminology.

Its not the ping speed. Its the download speed. The ping is 15ms.

Im just trying to ascertain if its better to stay with a faster telkom or more data with a slower Vox or Mweb.

This download speed has been similar for the last few days.
Click to expand...

its ok :)for the speed, it all depends on how much u are paying now and willing to pay?
and how much data ur planning to use,but TI (tekom internet) is not bad for everyday use and file download

whos your primary isp atm?
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top
Sign up to the MyBroadband newsletter
X