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therioman
(experienced) Thu 15-Jun-06 14:36:51

We can't rely on BT Speedtests now either?

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Great, so we fart about to keep BT happy, knowing full well our lines are performing poorly, but it appears BT are now briefing ISPs that the Speedtester isn't actually accurate either...

http://bbs.adslguide.org.uk/showthreaded.php?Cat=&Board=entanet&Number=2513924

Oh joy.

yarwell
(legend) Thu 15-Jun-06 15:56:25

Re: We can't rely on BT Speedtests now either?

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file size too small, it gives erratic and low results on Max lines.

Phil

Griffin MaxDSL Premium - Day 1 4960/690 then Day 10

mo0
(member) Thu 15-Jun-06 18:51:40

Re: We can't rely on BT Speedtests now either?

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seems to be like that with fixed-speed lines too.

I can run a BT speedtest (logging in with the speedtest username), and get 1200-1300 kilobits per second. I then reconnect to Zen, download from fuller and see that it's pulling 230 kilobytes per second.

ZeN 2mb 50:1 IPStream.

deleted
(deleted) Thu 15-Jun-06 20:31:57

Re: We can't rely on BT Speedtests now either?

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well all that suggests is either zen is having congestion problems or fuller is...

demonuk
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Thu 15-Jun-06 20:34:06

Re: We can't rely on BT Speedtests now either?

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In reply to:
fuller is...

Fuller isn't supposed to be used for speedtesting anymore - use http://download.zensupport.co.uk instead.

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Martyn Dewar

ZeN Active 8000

(at: 8128/448) [speed] - DrayTek Vigor 2800V (with /29) with a nice WRT54Gs (v4) too

Speed:

mo0
(member) Thu 15-Jun-06 20:43:35

Re: We can't rely on BT Speedtests now either?

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?

I said I get 1200-1300 KILOBITS per second with the BT speedtest (which is with the speedtest account) and 230 KILOBYTES per second (like 18 to 1900 KILOBITS) which is normal.

So that suggests problems with BT, not Zen.

(didn't know fuller wasn't to be used anymore, thanks!)

ZeN 2mb 50:1 IPStream.

bobcox
(member) Thu 15-Jun-06 21:51:31

Re: We can't rely on BT Speedtests now either?

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In reply to:
Fuller isn't supposed to be used for speedtesting anymore - use http://download.zensupport.co.uk instead.

I did not know this - thanks.

On the other hand - the links at http://download.zensupport.co.uk all point to tillich.zen.co.uk which *appears* to be the same machine as fuller.zen.co.uk - so perhaps it doesn't really matter

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Bob Cox. Stoke Gifford, near Bristol, UK.
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demonuk
(eat-sleep-adslguide) Thu 15-Jun-06 22:18:09

Re: We can't rely on BT Speedtests now either?

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In reply to:
On the other hand - the links at http://download.zensupport.co.uk all point to tillich.zen.co.uk which *appears* to be the same machine as fuller.zen.co.uk - so perhaps it doesn't really matter

This post indicates fuller is/ was being retirled and advised using that new URL

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Martyn Dewar

ZeN Active 8000

(at: 8128/448) [speed] - DrayTek Vigor 2800V (with /29) with a nice WRT54Gs (v4) too

Speed:

therioman
(experienced) Thu 15-Jun-06 23:24:37

Re: We can't rely on BT Speedtests now either?

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I don't care why, the fact is we're going to be getting results which are of absolutely no indicative use of perofmrnace. Which means in essense we'll see lines which are really performing like poo appear to be fine under BT.

Hardly any use to the end users now..

Banger
(knowledge is power) Fri 16-Jun-06 00:57:12

Re: We can't rely on BT Speedtests now either?

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It remains to be seen what BT implement as a solution. Too big a download file and slow speed the connection will just time out. Too small and fast speed and you'll get an inaccurate reading. Maybe something like Mr Saffron's test which tests the connection speed before deciding upon a download filesize ?

Tim
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