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Tried out a speed test site I had not heard of for the first time today: http://www.speed.io (via: http://www.ghacks.net/2008/09/11/a-reliable-broadband-speed-test/)

I like it. Here are my results (can I embed images on this forum?): http://speed.io/pics/1114/0527/speed.io.png

Or, text version:

Results from http://www.speed.io
(Copied on 2008-09-11 19:16:16)
Download: 3538 Kbit/s
Upload : 426 kbit/s
Connects : 2734 conn/min
Ping: 19 ms
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Naturally, the 'provider' detection could use tweaking :D But my results prove that they obviously have a local server set up. Also interesting is the 'connections' benchmark. I got an 'Excellent' rating for everything, which apparently means I am "achieving the speed the provider has promised" (http://www.speed.io/faq_en.html#10) :rolleyes:

Compared to my speedtest.net results, this is 100Kbit/sec faster on the download, and approximately 20ms lower on latency. Upload speed is the same.

Let the speed.io results-posting commence (post here - remember to mention if you are using SAIX or IS and Shaped, Unshaped or Semi-Shaped) :D
 
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fz1 said:
Nice one! I wonder why there is such a huge difference in our 'connections' results. Also, what ISP/access are you using, cybershark (e.g. SAIX shaped, IS Fibre Semi-shaped, etc.)?
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IS shaped
 
Download: 2058 Kbit/s
Upload : 416 kbit/s
Connects : 2691 conn/min
Ping: 31 ms
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Just sad that my 4mb wont sync higher than 2560kbps. My line attenuation is about 57db which is pretty high i think. dunno if telskum can do anything about that, Im more than likely far from our exchange. :mad:
 
speedio-1.jpg


3510Kbps Download, 402Kbps Upload
:D!!!!! But my upload was alot faster yesterday on Speedtest.net, around 432kbps.
 
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Uh... I have a hard time with this one - it seems a little fast for me... makes me suspect there is alot of compression happening on the line. I took it with a pinch of salt.
 
Results from http://www.speed.io
(Copied on 2008-09-17 10:45:21)
Download: 3166 Kbit/s
Upload : 328 kbit/s
Connects : 2192 conn/min
Ping: 19 ms

Maybe I missed it, but it doesn't have an option to change which server/country to connect to to do the test? I find these tests hard to believe if its going to an international server.

Webafrica SAIX 4Mbit Shaped
 
nic777 said:
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Maybe I missed it, but it doesn't have an option to change which server/country to connect to to do the test? I find these tests hard to believe if its going to an international server.

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Don't think you missed it; there isn't an option to choose server. I think it automatically detects your country and then uses the closest server. Given the results people are posting, I'm sure that they have local (South African) servers. No way our international speeds are that great, especially not via SAIX :rolleyes:
 
What crooked site. I have flash 10.something installed. Still insists that I upgrade to flash 9. Lol
 
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