Ignore the last posters comments.

The latency displayed in the result is the idle latency for a small https TCP packet. We also measure latency during download and upload phases, users can see this on the final frame of the test, but these do not feed into the average.

So why is the latency always reported so high in your speed tests?

It's always around 40ms for me on your speed test where my BQM sits around 14ms.

Speettest.net who test latency before the test starts reports my line as 15ms every single time.

I just ran 3 X tests on this site again all reporting 40ms+.

Edit: confusing myself. Was that reply meant to be to me, or were you telling the user before me to ignore my comment?

Edited by j0hn83 (Mon 07-Sep-20 12:20:10)

ICMP versus TCP for one, then add HTTPS, then add browser and PC and local LAN

Speedtest.net algorithms pick the lowest latency server.

There is an analysis button in the tester results you can see the individual samples.

28ms average for me just now, analysis button shows the samples and agrees. When downloading it rose to between 68 and 489ms, when uploading rose to 50 to 224.

The average shown in the image is recorded before the download test starts.

It is a private road, have they contacted you and the neighbours to arrange permission to dig up the road or is there a grass verge (which they prefer to dig if they can)?

They will provide a connection POT to the boundary of your property, it looks but like the top of a water stop cock. After that, it is up to you if you want them to bring the fibre across your property and into the house.

Having Gigaclear available does not stop Openreach providing you FTTP in the future.

So far I have been on Gigaclear for about 3 weeks and so far so good.