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September 9th, 2007, 07:36 AM
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Speed test sites saying I download at 5 Mbps when I have a 15 Mbps connection?
I currently have a 15 Mbps down / 1.5 Mbps up cable Internet connection. However when I go to www.speedtest.net or www.speakeasy.net to test the speed of the connection its only showing like 5 Mbps down / 400 Kbps up speed. But when I download a file it downloads at about 1,400 KBps (note that I said KILOBYTES per second not bits (as in 1,400 KBps = 11.2 Mbps)).
Anyway why do the down / upload speeds on the test sites suck but real file downloads are fast?
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September 9th, 2007, 01:23 PM
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This is why you shouldn't use speed test sites. They are not reliable. There are hundreds of variables which factor into what download/upload speeds you get over the internet.
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