{"id":8700,"date":"2009-07-08T08:57:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-08T06:57:00","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2009-07-08T08:57:00","modified_gmt":"2009-07-08T06:57:00","slug":"local-speedtest-net-server-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/broadband\/8700-local-speedtest-net-server-problem.html","title":{"rendered":"Local Speedtest.net server problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.speedtest.net\" target=\"_blank\">Speedtest.net<\/a> has become a popular destination for Internet users to <a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/general\/speedtests.htm\">test their downlink and upload speeds<\/a>.&nbsp; The website sports a user friendly interface and a multitude of testing servers across the globe &ndash; including Cape Town and Johannesburg based testing sites.<\/p>\n<p>The Johannesburg server is hosted by Altech Technology Concepts, well known for its ADSL bonding technology, with adequate bandwidth to provide accurate results for local broadband services.&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>The same can not be said for the Cape Town based service.&nbsp; The Cape Town server is hosted by NewTech Technology Services, and comparative testing gives a strong indication that the company does not provide adequate bandwidth to support local broadband speed tests.<\/p>\n<p>While the Johannesburg based Speedtest.net results typically show download speeds of between 3.5 Mbps and 4 Mbps on a 4 Mbps ADSL connection, it was not possible to exceed download speeds of around 0.7 Mbps, independent of the broadband connection used.<\/p>\n<p>According to Cybersmart MD Laurie Fialkov the inaccurate Cape Town based Speedtest.net results is causing them &ldquo;an unbelievable amount of support calls&rdquo; from subscribers concerned about their low line speeds.<\/p>\n<p>Fialkov told MyBroadband that the NewTech Technology Services speed test &ndash; and hence the Speedtest.net Cape Town based test &ndash; is most likely hosted on an ADSL line, making accurate results impossible for broadband connections.<\/p>\n<p>Fialkov presented proof that NewTech Technology Services are actually using an ADSL line to host the speed test, including that the IP address resolves to dsl-145-80-47.telkomadsl.co.za.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It seems the server access is running on our backup 4Mbps ADSL line, there must have been a problem with the leased line,&rdquo; said Patrick Heynecke from Newtech Technology Services.&nbsp; Heynecke said that Newtech will attend to it right away and remove the speedtest for the time being.<\/p>\n<p>South African broadband users are advised to avoid the Cape Town operated Speedtest.net server until the problem with bandwidth allocation is addressed.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php?t=180364\">Speedtest.net results discussion<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cape Town based Speedtest.net server\u2019s bandwidth limitations causing support headaches<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8700","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-broadband"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8700"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8700"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8700\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8700"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8700"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8700"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}