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Old 06-06-08, 06:54 PM
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Wacky Speed Results

Hello all, this isn't a problem as such although it is confusing me.

I've been running speed tests using speedtest.net and I am getting very high reuslts, especially according to the last time I spoke with Sky my line was capped at 7.5mbps.

My most recent test is below.


This has risen to as high as 30mbps, which completely confused me. I haven't experienced any super fast speeds while actually using my connection as far as I can tell.

I have tried other speed checkers which give results at about 6mbps, which I'd expect really, but speedtest.net has been doing this for quite a while now.

Hmmmm, anyone got any idea if that actually means anything to me, or is speedtest.net just broken?
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Old 07-06-08, 12:03 AM
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Re: Wacky Speed Results

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is speedtest.net just broken?
Yep - completely unreliable.
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