think broadband speed test

One for the mods maybe..
Is it about time the think broadband test had its "speedo" recalibrated such that speeds above 50 dont smash the needle into the "stop" at the end?? perhaps have the dial to now read up to 500 rather than 50

I am on a 500 service and if i test the needle just slams past the 50 and sits there not showing any sort of fluctations even if the results show the speed to vary. doesvary up and down on the upload as i dont seem to get a rock steady upload unlike the download

Do you use the one at the bottom of this TBB page? Linky

Didnt even know the one you linked to was there!....
i have always used the one on the thinkbroadband site in the banner along the top ie
https://www.thinkbroadband.com/#

but will use the one you linked to in future

thanks

ps can you explain why step 3 of both tests is done in the blink of an eye ?

Edited by threelegs (Fri 20-Jan-23 17:02:36)

Sorry no idea what step 3 is as I don't even see it here, 1, 2 then straight to 4

Maybe someone else will know.

In reply to a post by dect:

Maybe someone else will know.

It is labelled "initial upload test" so I presume the test is choosing how much upload to use to do the test.

In reply to a post by threelegs:

I am on a 500 service and if i test the needle just slams past the 50 and sits there not showing any sort of fluctations even if the results show the speed to vary. doesvary up and down on the upload as i dont seem to get a rock steady upload unlike the download

Agreed, I'm on a 250 cable service and the dial goes to 100, so even on a 'bad' day I'm over the top limit. It would be great if it auto-scaled.... or the labs version was used on the main site... looks much better.

In reply to a post by jchamier:

In reply to a post by threelegs:

I am on a 500 service and if i test the needle just slams past the 50 and sits there not showing any sort of fluctations even if the results show the speed to vary. doesvary up and down on the upload as i dont seem to get a rock steady upload unlike the download

Agreed, I'm on a 250 cable service and the dial goes to 100, so even on a 'bad' day I'm over the top limit. It would be great if it auto-scaled.... or the labs version was used on the main site... looks much better.

Or maybe a progressive scale.

Does the final result show the correct speeds?

In reply to a post by burble:

In reply to a post by jchamier:

In reply to a post by threelegs:

I am on a 500 service and if i test the needle just slams past the 50 and sits there not showing any sort of fluctations even if the results show the speed to vary. doesvary up and down on the upload as i dont seem to get a rock steady upload unlike the download

Agreed, I'm on a 250 cable service and the dial goes to 100, so even on a 'bad' day I'm over the top limit. It would be great if it auto-scaled.... or the labs version was used on the main site... looks much better.

Or maybe a progressive scale.

Obviously, the dial should go from 0 to 11

In reply to a post by candlerb:

Obviously, the dial should go from 0 to 11

<looks around> The young'uns won't understand.... <looks around>

In reply to a post by burble:

Or maybe a progressive scale.

Should that have been logarithmic?