Plusnet speedtest: http://www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk/

The Plusnet speed tester http://www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk/ had problems a bit back which led to them putting a warning on the page:

Sorry - My Broadband Speed is currently experiencing technical difficulty and may display misleading test results. Thanks for bearing with us while we fix things.

That caveat has now been removed so apparently it's fixed (or not!).

Could people give it a go and see how the speeds it reports compare to other testers?

I would suggest still broke...or doing something odd at least.

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results.html...

2088 down from mbbs site
5610 down from speedtest.net
3100 tbbx1
5570 httpx6

The fact the single thread matches the plusnet suggests maybe it is running with single thread option turned on.

Perhaps Plusnet should come and talk to us

My Connection runs at 59.8 - 60.2 Down on TBB with similar results from BT and Speedtest.net reports arround 61 - 62 . Upstream I have a problem at present - should get 18.5 - 19 but for some reason it is down at 16 - 17


On My Broad Band Speed:

Downloads: 6213, 9291, 6062, 8512 They are all over the place and task manager shows the speed going up and down with a graph looking like the Alps!

Uploads: Results are a little more consistent but still variable from 15.2 to 17.5


I would say it is still failing.

When problems emerged some time ago I did suggest that the links in their member centre should be changed to point to your tester.

I believe that the only reason the have it there still is that it is fairly well rated by search engines and they hope it leads to click throughs to their main site.

We don't just do the tester on our own site, there are more options if they want to talk

It is still broken, as I've explained over here.

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

We don't just do the tester on our own site, there are more options if they want to talk

Thanks Andrew, that's useful to know.

Rgds,

I reckon it’s still busted… that’s from my test results below.

Plusnet speed tester results. Date Today 11:32 Download Speed 3623 kbps (453kB/s) Upload Speed 1054 kbps (132kB/s)
http://www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk/results/190436351.png

ADSL Status
This page shows information about your ADSL connection if applicable.
Status
Configured Current
Line Status --- SHOWTIME
Link Type --- Interleaved Path
Operation Mode Automatic G992.5(ADSL2+)

Data Rate Information
Stream Type Actual Data Rate
Upstream 1253 (Kbps.)
Downstream 13501 (Kbps.)

Defect/Failure Indication
Operation Data Upstream Downstream
Noise Margin ...... 5.4 dB 6.2 dB
Line Attenuation 15.7 dB 29.0 dB

Indicator Name Near End Indicator Far End Indicator
Output Power 12.6 dBm 0.0 dBm
Fast Path FEC Correction NA NA
Interleaved Path FEC Correction 5611 0
Fast Path CRC Error NA NA
Interleaved Path CRC Error 31 3
Loss of Signal Defect 0 0
Fast Path HEC Error STR NA NA
Interleaved Path HEC Error 627 2
Error Seconds 20 2
Statistics
Received Cells 692830
Transmitted Cells 109113

Seriously broken, as confirmed by Bob - gives me a d/l speed of just under 6Mbps compared to just under 67Mbps on speedtest.net and others.

This is what I get with plusnet. http://www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk/results/190446741.png

I get 75mbit everywhere else.

Ran a couple earlier, got 3.8Mb/s and 0.72Mb/s (!) ...
Should be 9.8Mb/s or thereabouts.

In reply to a post by jelv:

The Plusnet speed tester http://www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk/ had problems a bit back which led to them putting a warning on the page:

Sorry - My Broadband Speed is currently experiencing technical difficulty and may display misleading test results. Thanks for bearing with us while we fix things.

That caveat has now been removed so apparently it's fixed (or not!).

Could people give it a go and see how the speeds it reports compare to other testers?

First time I clicked begin it just went blank. Second time worked but the download was way off (37Mb/s instead of 65Mb/s). The upload was a bit low as well but not as bad.

agreed with system monitor on Linux on a 7M ADSL line.

yes it has very slow ramp up, not fully ramped up by time speed ends.