[ ] Tuesday, 19 November 2013 [ ]

Benchmarking Virgin Media

Stu added a new port:speedtest-cli so I gave it ago on my ibook and portege:

port:fred ~> speedtest-cli
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Testing from Virgin Media (81.96.60.60)...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by CONNEXIONS4LONDON Ltd (Bournemouth) [53.09 km]: 15.656 ms
Testing download speed........................................
Download: 10.30 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed..................................................
Upload: 1.26 Mbit/s
slightly better than the ibook:
ibook:fred ~> speedtest-cli
Retrieving speedtest.net configuration...
Retrieving speedtest.net server list...
Testing from Virgin Media (81.96.60.60)...
Selecting best server based on ping...
Hosted by RapidSwitch (Maidenhead) [85.53 km]: 109.355 ms
Testing download speed........................................
Download: 9.89 Mbit/s
Testing upload speed..................................................
Upload: 0.93 Mbit/s
but still below what it should be...

Part of this was due to my firewall and part due to some errors on the line.


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