BB Speed Test 'Provider' Incorrect

Recent Broadband Speed Tests I have initiated are showing an incorrect service Provider by default - EE Mobile (Orange/T-mobile) instead of the correct Plusnet. Any suggested explanation, please?
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plod

Plusnet are reselling EE mobile broadband, and EE owns the now defunct Orange and T-mobile brand names.

Are you testing a landline or a mobile connection?

It all comes to the same thing anyway, just meaning the IP Address you had at the time was first registered to one of those three and hasn�t been changed at the reference source.

Edited by RobertoS (Sun 27-Oct-19 09:34:21)

1. Which speed test are you using?

2. Could you post the first three parts of your IP address please (e.g. 80.229.7.*)

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

It all comes to the same thing anyway, just meaning the IP Address you had at the time was first registered to one of those three and hasn�t been changed at the reference source.

Assuming the thinkbroadband speed test follows the RIPE ownership.

In reply to a post by RobertoS:

Plusnet are reselling EE mobile broadband, and EE owns the now defunct Orange and T-mobile brand names.

Are you testing a landline or a mobile connection?

It all comes to the same thing anyway, just meaning the IP Address you had at the time was first registered to one of those three and hasn�t been changed at the reference source.

Thanks for the explanation, RobertoS. I was testing a landline.

Should that be Plusnet who would arrange a change of the reference source?

Despite changing IP address, I still see the same 'old' Provider information, so presumably Plusnet have blocks of IP addresses that have not been changed.
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plod

In reply to a post by plod:

Despite changing IP address, I still see the same 'old' Provider information, so presumably Plusnet have blocks of IP addresses that have not been changed.

You can look up your IP address at RIPE the Regional IP registry for Europe here:
https://www.ripe.net/

A range of IP addresses is called a "netblock" and given the fact that IP addresses have now run out, organisations move netblocks around. Organisations may not update RIPE very often!

Plusnet is one of many companies owned by BT plc, so they can move IP address blocks between the providers, for fixed line they have BT Broadband, EE broadband and Plusnet broadband. For mobile, BT own EE mobile which in the past consisted of Orange and T-mobile.

Not all speed test sites update their information from RIPE at the same time.

Summary - don't worry about it, it does not affect your connection at all. It is an admin overhead.

Edited by jchamier (Sun 27-Oct-19 13:06:27)

In reply to a post by jelv:

1. Which speed test are you using? thinkbroadband.com/speedtest

2. Could you post the first three parts of your IP address please (e.g. 80.229.7.*)

1. thinkbroadband.com/speedtest
2. 31.125.97

Thanks jchamier.
I'm not worried!

In reply to a post by plod:

2. 31.125.97

RIPE shows the name of the block holding that IP as "EE Limited" but shows the management is PLUSNET:

https://apps.db.ripe.net/db-web-ui/#/query?searchtex...

Responsible organisation: EE Limited
Abuse contact info: [email protected]
inetnum: 31.125.0.0 - 31.125.255.255
netname: PN-1
descr: PN Assigned
country: GB
mnt-lower: MAINT-AS6871
mnt-routes: MAINT-AS6871
admin-c: PLUS1-RIPE
tech-c: PNET2-RIPE
status: LIR-PARTITIONED PA
mnt-by: AS12576-MNT
created: 2019-06-10T10:34:26Z
last-modified: 2019-06-10T10:34:26Z
source: RIPE

My Bold shows Plusnet, and if you go to RIPE web page you can click those and it says "Plus Net Ripe Admin" and "Plusnet Hostmaster".

In reply to a post by jchamier:

You can look up your IP address at RIPE the Regional IP registry for Europe here:
https://www.ripe.net/

Unless one gets assigned a Plusnet IP address from the ranges registered with ARIN.

Edited by Oliver341 (Sun 27-Oct-19 13:29:44)