Internet Speed Tests

[Johnny.Bravo]

Does anyone know why there is such a huge difference between data speed test results from Speedtest.net - The Global Broadband Speed Test and Speakeasy - Speed Test

Connected to the wifi in my house on Speedtest I get around 7Mbps download speed. But then I run it on Speakeasy and I get 18Mbps. According to my local cable company I have a 15Mbps internet connection, so as far as I am concerned they are both off. Any suggestions for a reliable data speed test site? Oh, BTW when I use the Speedtest app from the Market I get 3.5Mbps, so there's yet another different result.

[gTen]

Originally Posted by Johnny.Bravo

Does anyone know why there is such a huge difference between data speed test results from Speedtest.net - The Global Broadband Speed Test and Speakeasy - Speed Test

Connected to the wifi in my house on Speedtest I get around 7Mbps download speed. But then I run it on Speakeasy and I get 18Mbps. According to my local cable company I have a 15Mbps internet connection, so as far as I am concerned they are both off. Any suggestions for a reliable data speed test site? Oh, BTW when I use the Speedtest app from the Market I get 3.5Mbps, so there's yet another different result.

It boils down to what server you connect to...its possible that the 18mbps server is hosted by either your ISP or the same bandwidth provider..while the other one is not...what are your latency on both tests?

[Johnny.Bravo]

Well, I guess this is a big "Never Mind". I just ran the test again on both and I got 19Mbps on both.

BTW the latency on both was around 65ms.