In reply to a post by Ignitionnet:

In reply to a post by AstroflashTB:

Is this a throughput issue with the tester on this site?

Cheers

No. It's a VM-specific thing. It also impacts downloading of test files from TBB in a similar manner.

I'll try and get a test on a hyperfast connection done.

Are they involved with Fluidone also then? As it's them too it seems...?

In reply to a post by MrSaffron:

NetConnex is who owns thinkbroadband

Finally, someone to write to. - cheers for the info

In reply to a post by broadband66:

Why bother with speed tests if your connection is so fast? If a big file downloads quickly then all is ok.

I actually agree with you there. I only did some for this thread - usually I don't bother unless there is a massive degrade in service, which touch wood there hasn't been for a long time now.

In reply to a post by 23Prince:

Are they involved with Fluidone also then? As it's them too it seems...?

Not the greatest indicator as the speed test server is much better provisioned than the test download server, but...

AWS, a micro instance so not great bandwidth:

--2018-04-11 16:06:55-- http://ipv4.download.thinkbroadband.com/1GB.zip
Resolving ipv4.download.thinkbroadband.com (ipv4.download.thinkbroadband.com)... 80.249.99.148
Connecting to ipv4.download.thinkbroadband.com (ipv4.download.thinkbroadband.com )|80.249.99.148|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1073741824 (1.0G) [application/zip]
Saving to: �/dev/null�

/dev/null 100%[=============<snip>========>] 1.00G 66.6MB/s in 17s

2018-04-11 16:07:12 (59.9 MB/s) - �/dev/null� saved [1073741824/1073741824]

VM Business 350, wired, to a machine running Ubuntu:

--2018-04-11 17:08:59-- http://ipv4.download.thinkbroadband.com/1GB.zip
Resolving ipv4.download.thinkbroadband.com (ipv4.download.thinkbroadband.com)... 80.249.99.148
Connecting to ipv4.download.thinkbroadband.com (ipv4.download.thinkbroadband.com)|80.249.99.148|:80... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 1073741824 (1.0G) [application/zip]
Saving to: �/dev/null�

/dev/null 100%[=============<snip>========>] 1.00G 7.03MB/s in 1m 45s

2018-04-11 17:10:44 (9.80 MB/s) - �/dev/null� saved [1073741824/1073741824]

Edited by deleted (Wed 11-Apr-18 17:26:27)

But YOU yourself stated that other speed tests show nearly full speed.

Just use the computer and stop testing unless you see any degradation in your daily use.

Most people read https://www.thinkbroadband.com/about and can see the link there

I guess you don't understand where we've explained issue seems to be some routes out of Virgin Media may be congesting, so some sites are behaving well and others not so well.

So no idea who you think we would get credit from. It would be nice if Virgin Media was to credit sites that were on one of its hot routes.

Sorry I simply assumed you would pay for 10Gbps and had an SLA you could enforce.

My apologies

Although understanding yes, caring on the other hand.. - and as you have also stated many a tester out there capable of hitting headline speeds. Duly noted

And yes it would be nice.

Edited by deleted (Wed 11-Apr-18 20:12:22)

I'm on 200Mb, but for what it's worth here is a selection of speed tests all to servers outside of the VM network with traceroutes showing this.


Thinkbroadband
https://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/15234803785...

Tracing route to speedtest7.thinkbroadband.com [80.249.106.133]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms router.asus.com [192.168.1.1]
2 10 ms 12 ms 9 ms 10.250.64.1
3 12 ms 12 ms 21 ms pres-core-2a-xe-711-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.104.74.245]
4 * * * Request timed out.
5 * * * Request timed out.
6 * * * Request timed out.
7 * * * Request timed out.
8 24 ms 25 ms 37 ms eislou2-ic-2-ae0-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.254.84.62]
9 25 ms 25 ms 25 ms linx-gw2.thdo.ncuk.net [195.66.236.240]
10 23 ms 32 ms 27 ms po4-31.core-rs2.thdo.ncuk.net [80.249.97.85]
11 24 ms 22 ms 22 ms speedtest7.thinkbroadband.com [80.249.106.133]

Trace complete.

--

SpeedTest.net - TNP Manchester
http://www.speedtest.net/result/7219422341

Tracing route to speedtest.tnp.net.uk [5.61.120.11]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms router.asus.com [192.168.1.1]
2 23 ms 14 ms 9 ms 10.250.64.1
3 31 ms 15 ms 16 ms pres-core-2a-xe-712-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.104.74.249]
4 * * * Request timed out.
5 * * * Request timed out.
6 17 ms 16 ms 19 ms tcma-ic-2-ae9-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.253.174.178]
7 17 ms 18 ms 18 ms tnp-manc-rtr01.tnp.net.uk [195.66.244.39]
8 16 ms 23 ms 15 ms speedtest.tnp.net.uk [5.61.120.11]

Trace complete.

--

dslreports.com - London
http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest/32056844

Tracing route to t46.dslreports.com [88.80.191.58]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms router.asus.com [192.168.1.1]
2 11 ms 19 ms 10 ms 10.250.64.1
3 20 ms 11 ms 9 ms pres-core-2a-xe-712-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.104.74.249]
4 * * * Request timed out.
5 * * * Request timed out.
6 16 ms 15 ms 15 ms manc-ic-1-ae1-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.254.42.242]
7 24 ms 23 ms 24 ms 86.85-254-62.static.virginmediabusiness.co.uk [62.254.85.86]
8 23 ms 33 ms 32 ms ix-ae-7-0.tcore2.LDN-London.as6453.net [80.231.62.5]
9 25 ms 27 ms 28 ms 80.231.62.150
10 64 ms 34 ms 53 ms 109.74.207.3
11 23 ms 25 ms 23 ms li703-58.members.linode.com [88.80.191.58]

Trace complete.

--

testmy.net - London
https://testmy.net/db/PHX6Th4is

Tracing route to uk.testmy.net [109.123.121.170]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms 1 ms router.asus.com [192.168.1.1]
2 10 ms 8 ms 8 ms 10.250.64.1
3 15 ms 23 ms 16 ms pres-core-2b-xe-712-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.252.42.149]
4 * * * Request timed out.
5 * * * Request timed out.
6 * * * Request timed out.
7 21 ms 28 ms 21 ms tcl5-ic-6-ae0-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.254.85.66]
8 27 ms 21 ms 23 ms linx-224.as13213.net [195.66.224.19]
9 25 ms 23 ms 20 ms 83.170.70.234
10 23 ms 27 ms 23 ms dc5.as13213.net [83.170.70.138]
11 22 ms 21 ms 21 ms uk.testmy.net [109.123.121.170]

--

ovh.net - France
http://pic.nperf.com/r/270747626-hCkLC6gg.png

Tracing route to fr-ovh-roubaix-01-10g.nperf.net [188.165.12.106]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms 1 ms router.asus.com [192.168.1.1]
2 26 ms 11 ms 9 ms 10.250.64.1
3 10 ms 10 ms 13 ms pres-core-2b-xe-711-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.252.42.145]
4 * * * Request timed out.
5 * * * Request timed out.
6 * * * Request timed out.
7 22 ms 25 ms 22 ms tcl5-ic-6-ae0-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.254.85.66]
8 * * * Request timed out.
9 31 ms 29 ms 32 ms be100-1042.rbx-g2-nc5.fr.eu [213.251.130.102]
10 * * * Request timed out.
11 * * * Request timed out.
12 * * * Request timed out.
13 25 ms 26 ms 30 ms proof.ovh.net [188.165.12.106]

Edited by deleted (Wed 11-Apr-18 22:08:05)

In reply to a post by 23Prince:

Sorry I simply assumed you would pay for 10Gbps and had an SLA you could enforce.

Let's assume TBB has 10Gbit/sec to LINX. So traffic to any other UK ISP will be via LINX.

If one of these ISPs happens to have a 200Gbit/sec connection to LINX but its running at 198Gbit/sec then all TBB speedtests from that ISP will be slower than expected. This is not something TBB can fix. Their SLA for their connection will be 10Gbps to LINX. There won't be a transit SLA from one ISP to another as such.

Separately I've just tried the 1GB download on my two VMs:

1) France hosting with OVH - 86seconds at a data rate of 12.0 MB/s / 96 megabit/sec
2) Italy hosting with ArubaCloud - 14seconds at a data rate of 75.2 MB/s / 601 megabit/sec

The first promises a 100megabit connection, and the second promises a gigabit connection. Obviously the TBB file download server can achieve 600 megabit to Italy.

Edited by jchamier (Wed 11-Apr-18 22:31:50)