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Old 15-09-08, 03:50 PM
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Very confused - speedtest strange results

ok well i thought id do a speed test today and these are the results i got from the speedtest.net site from the london server



Yet i am on sky max currently syncing at this : image uploaded

think this could be just a weirld server thing ?

For the record im not kidding these are the results i got back from my pc not another pc connected to say virgin media these are the result i got from there from my sky max :S

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Old 15-09-08, 03:54 PM
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Re: Very confused - speedtest strange results

it's still the test being wrong...
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Re: Very confused - speedtest strange results

i thought so lol guess speed test site are never realy accurate and the only way to know what ur getting is via what u acculy can download at i just got 20 mb a second ago i find amussing as someone may acculy think sky have increased there speeds or something.
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Re: Very confused - speedtest strange results

Yes and speedtest.net is about the worst of the lot. Use it only if you want your ego massaged.
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Re: Very confused - speedtest strange results

would have to be quite a special technology to download faster than your connection speed!!!
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Re: Very confused - speedtest strange results

lol ye lmao speedtest.net is ethier saying im getting realy high speeds yet im syncing at 15 mb or im getting next to nout just did a test on skyusers test and it seems more accurate lol.
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