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epyon
(fountain of knowledge) Sun 17-Nov-19 12:58:07

Major difference in single threaded speedtests

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So on TBBs single thread i get around 150-180mbps but on speedtest.net i get 480mbps

what would cause such a huge difference?

Vodafone FTTP - 500/500

ST - https://www.speedtest.net/result/8762732964
MT - https://www.speedtest.net/result/8762738246

VOXI - 4G

RobertoS
(elder) Sun 17-Nov-19 13:17:07

Re: Major difference in single threaded speedtests

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Speedtest.net defaults to multi-threading. Simples.

On most devices you can change it to single thread, just under or to the side of the large GO button. See what that gives.

Edit: Oops, I hadn�t noticed your actual tbb graphic. What�s the problem, other than the tbb multithread is faster than the other. Suggesting the other may have a server capacity problem.

Your links to Speedtest.net in your sig just take us to do a test, not to your results.

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Edited by RobertoS (Sun 17-Nov-19 13:22:03)

MHC
(sensei) Sun 17-Nov-19 13:22:42

Re: Major difference in single threaded speedtests

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The OP shows a speedtest.net single thread at 494/498 Mbps and Multi at 512/539 the little arrows confirm it red/green single, blue/purple multi

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jchamier
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Sun 17-Nov-19 13:26:09

Re: Major difference in single threaded speedtests

[re: RobertoS] [link to this post]

In reply to a post by RobertoS:
Your links to Speedtest.net in your sig just take us to do a test, not to your results.

When I clicked they took me to results.

As MHC says, the Speedtest.net data looks good.

The question is really if Vodafone have a similar problem as Virgin Media had, with congestion on their link to Thinkbroadband. The Thinkbroadband test is WAY down in speed.

147 and 268 versus 400+ on speedtest.net

plusnet 80/20 (2/jun/14) at 470m - sync history: 64/9(Sep/17),54/6(Jan/19),46/7(Sep/19)
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MrSaffron
(staff) Sun 17-Nov-19 13:29:29

Re: Major difference in single threaded speedtests

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Noticed the ookla test is to a vodafone server so probably stayed on net, where as leaving network there are issues

Is our network contending, nothing visible and network monitoring would alert well ahead of nodes hitting the actual limit

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deleted
(deleted) Sun 17-Nov-19 13:31:53

Re: Major difference in single threaded speedtests

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In reply to a post by epyon:
what would cause such a huge difference?

Probably down to your location. I'm also in North Scotland (Inverness) and have never seen single thread speeds on TBB tester match multi on three different FTTP 330 lines (FluidOne, Trunk Networks & BT Business). Yet my single & multi-thread speeds are identical on almost every speedtest.net server. So you're not alone smile

(and nothing to be concerned about IMHO)

RobertoS
(elder) Sun 17-Nov-19 13:36:56

Re: Major difference in single threaded speedtests

[re: MHC] [link to this post]

Ummm. I don�t know why I didn�t get to those results before. Probably finger trouble this end frown

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I wonder what happens if he uses a non-Vodafone server elsewhere in the country.

jchamier
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Sun 17-Nov-19 13:37:13

Re: Major difference in single threaded speedtests

[re: MrSaffron] [link to this post]

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:
Noticed the ookla test is to a vodafone server so probably stayed on net, where as leaving network there are issues

That would explain it!

Is our network contending, nothing visible and network monitoring would alert well ahead of nodes hitting the actual limit

Yes, I've seen over 1000 Mbps, from a corporate connection to your server, so suspected any issues wouldn't be on your network. As you detailed extensively for the VM issues a year or so ago smile

RobertoS
(elder) Sun 17-Nov-19 13:41:38

Re: Major difference in single threaded speedtests

[re: jchamier] [link to this post]

Yes. As just explained to MHC, I seem to have had finger trouble.

But the tbb graphic shows the multi-threading giving what I would expect from a 500Mbps sync speed. With user-end buffering causing the above 500 peak reading.

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(deleted) Sun 17-Nov-19 13:43:11

Re: Major difference in single threaded speedtests

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Can you post single thread results from the Xilo Speedtest.net server? If ok, then nothing wrong with your connection as that�s a pretty reliable ookla server.

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