The download file server can exceed 200 Mbps by very large margin

The http://labs.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest which can run over SSL too if you goto https://labs.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest if you want make things work harder.

Out of curiosity what does fast.com give you? (quick download test only)

Have you tried turning off any anti virus protection? See how the free version of AVG affects my upload graph.

With AVG enabled

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

With AVG disabled

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

I don't see the point of Fast.com unless you want to know how your connection with Netflix is. My results range between 82Mb and 212Mb.

I use F-Secure as provided by Virgin. It's processor usage is pretty low. At no point during a Flash-style speedtest has my processor been more than 88%.

Your HTTP tester gave me 205Mb on its second down speed run with processor usage 25%

The HTTPs tester gave me only 122Mb on its second down speed run with processor usage 50%

OK! You made your point. As MrSaffron has pointed out, Most of the time on a shared connection with a potential download speed of 212Mb (My config) users don't experience a diminished service. Only speedtests reveal issues.

The only time I cane my connection is when using multiple torrents or a single torrent with many good seeders. Because this is effectively multi-thread I often get the full 25MB. I can only guess the effect on other users on the same coax. For this reason I time my torrent use for only between the hours of 12:00 midnight and 6:00 am.

Edited by deleted (Thu 02-Jun-16 10:35:58)

Higher CPU to be expected as all the transfers are end to end encrypted on SSL. We know our end can go faster but it can be useful to show up oddities in how providers handle traffic.

I'm with VM coax. Since I opened this discussion I have upgraded to 300Mb/20Mb.

Typically on Speedtest.net I get 317Mb/20.4Mb. Using TBB file download method of speed testing I usually achieve between 36MB and 39Mb per second. This is between 300Mb and 317Mb. Invariably on TBB's main single thread speed test I barely get 120Mb whether it is on or off peak, 8 in the evening or 3 in the morning. Congestion seems to have nothing much to do with it, unless people on my quiet uncluttered suburban street are caning their connections with torrent downloads all night!

Frankly, I'm not sure what use the TBB speed test is. It does not relate to the real world. Most internet experience is multi thread in nature and / or we are restricted by server limitations. For example, my son on his new gaming computer was downloading his game configure files from Origin last week. They downloaded at 311Mb during peak time. If the TBB speed test varied from congested times to uncongested times, I would have more faith in it.

I remain convinced that the TBB test has changed. For years I always got results close to my paid-for speed. Suddenly , without any changes at my end, I never get above 120Mb even on a 300Mb connection.