In reply to a post by baby_frogmella:

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.

And multi for reassurance?

Yep multi as well! Personally I find Vodafone London and xilo�s the most reliable ookla servers.

Edited by deleted (Sun 17-Nov-19 13:57:07)

Another factor is that by showing the median figure our figures are sensitive to variations, and on watching various ookla Gigabit connection tests the speeds seem to ramp up as test goes on and final figure is what is reported, rather than any average. Good for boasting but of little use in seeing if there is a dip in speed.

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

Another factor is that by showing the median figure our figures are sensitive to variations, and on watching various ookla Gigabit connection tests the speeds seem to ramp up as test goes on and final figure is what is reported, rather than any average. Good for boasting but of little use in seeing if there is a dip in speed.

I suspect this feature will become more and more important as speeds go up, and variability increases.

I don't think most UK consumers would cope with my friends in US cable service. You get 350 Mbps or faster in the middle of the day, but 30 to 50 Mbps in the evenings!

Like I said you're not alone (all results from a wired connection to each ONT port):

Fluidone FTTP 330/30 ONT Port 1



speedtest.net multi
https://www.speedtest.net/result/8771425949

speedtest.net single
https://www.speedtest.net/result/8771428935

Trunk Networks FTTP 330/50 ONT Port 2



speedtest.net multi
https://www.speedtest.net/result/8771437378

speedtest.net single
https://www.speedtest.net/result/8771440581

BT Business FTTP 330/50 ONT Port 3



speedtest.net multi
https://www.speedtest.net/result/8771412303

speedtest.net singlesingle
https://www.speedtest.net/result/8771415600

https://www.speedtest.net/result/8771638550

single

https://www.speedtest.net/result/8771642849

multi


and one TBB i've just used




my main question is where would i encounter this single threaded speed in realworld apps? as i've not seen anything under 55MB/s when i download from browser or steam or whatever else.

Edited by epyon (Sun 17-Nov-19 18:59:35)

So your single thread results on the Xilo Speedtest.net server tally with the Vodafone results, both of which are considerably higher than the TBB results. This clearly suggests the tbb single thread results are inaccurate so you�ve probably got nothing to worry about.

Certainly very odd now the Vodafone Ookla test server has been taken out.

Just proves the results from the TBB single thread tester aren't always correct, for whatever reason.

Networks are getting insanely complicated. Due to the increasing speeds.