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Originally Posted by Gatto Nero
I think there are issues with the download piece of that test. It is showing less than 1Mbps where every other test I take (Speedtest.net, bandwidthplace.com and Time Warner) shows me between 27Mbps and 32 Mbps. I ran each multiple times and the result are consistent. The upload test is right in line with the others.
Last Result:
Download Speed: 921 kbps (115.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 5267 kbps (658.4 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 39 ms
8/28/2014, 1:51:20 PM
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Indeed, we have been battling the quality of this test all summer, and I've seen the same speed discrepancy as you just did. The town is working with the New Hampshire Broadband Mapping and Planning Program, because it provides the town with a report of speeds linked to provider and physical addresses. If you want to know your real speed, this isn't the test to run, but the town appreciates everyone that helped (or will help) build the speed map. We recognize the limitations in the data.
When we are done collecting data (next week), we'll use the relative difference in speeds across town, rather than the absolute speed. Several things are already clear. There were more than 3 times the number of testers on TWC over Fairpoint and the cable speeds are faster. Over half the TWC testers got over 5 Mbps while the median for Fairpoint was 2.5 Mbps. That insight alone has been useful, along with seeing which neighborhoods are "on line" with which provider.
The network engineer in me wants to drive down to UNH to diagnose and fix their speed test application, but that would be changing testing horses when we have almost crossed the stream.