So is the test linked above a single thread test or multi thread test?

http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/?site=omega... is a single thread test and it says so in the welcome message

How do you know where the server is on our test?

speedtest.net is always multi thread too by the way

Sorry my confusion is showing here. I thought I saw a video of Seb in London and he was using your server to demonstrate it's speed?

no idea where your server is - thats your business

The files used are currently in London, but nothing stopping me switching them to almost anywhere and for some testing in the past we have used multiple locations.

So do not assume file location.

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

As you know in large datasets there are always individuals that contradict the overall results.

Of course. I was hinting that you could use your own and other 'trusted' connections to attempt to ascertain if the median/mean results are typical across these trusted connections. Try to cut out the local connection issues (or point to them, if applicable).

With regards Plusnet, my guess is that the traffic management angle is part of it. Perhaps Plusnet doesn't suffer from a higher percentage of heavy users in the same way others do, and the habits of said users may create large amounts of night-time traffic.

I'm on a legacy product and from time to time, I have to consider after midnight for High Def or excessive downloads. Maybe the heavy users were 'trained' to behave in a similar fashion prior to unlimited conmtracts, and with PN's FUP they avoid PN.

If all BB providers publicly gave their capacity data, we could probably guess more readily.

Andrew you seem hesitant with single threaded tests.

1 - Can you publish the single threaded results, you have some, even if its a small set of users it is useful to see.
2 - I dont see the issue of doing single threaded testing on guest speedtests, if you dont want to do both then do single threaded only, much more useful data.

If you revert to multi threaded only, then you just another clone of speedtest.net etc. TBB is unique in the single threaded speedtesting, but I am very disappointed that information doesnt get published, and seems was a mistake to not have it on the guest speedtests.

wow what an arrogant response

I'll assume what I like thank you very much. Is it my fault on the xmas tree lights YouTube video you look like a cockney muppet who never has been or ever will be laid ?

Go [censored] yourself! (don't need you or your site anyway!)

We have always said single threading will becoming back and this test is part of that journey.

Enough people complained about wrong results when guest version showed both sets, and also about the time the test takes, with enough abandoning early on that we would not have a decent data set from a user.

I only have so much time to do changes and analyse results, so you tend to get stuff published as soon as I am happy.

Have left the previous reply in place, so people can understand why I am saying no warnings you are suspended.

Attacks on staff are not tolerated.