Shaw Extreme internet is now Up to 25 Mbps and 2.5 Mbps upload

[sputnik]

Originally posted by phreezee
^^ he obviously knew this and went into the future to run those tests tonight at 6:34pm.

6:34 GMT (Greenwich Mean Time).

Calgary is -7 GMT

[GoChris]

Originally posted by phreezee
^^ he obviously knew this and went into the future to run those tests tonight at 6:34pm.

Timezone.

Edit: doh, I got beat.

[Maxx Mazda]

Just tested again at 5:20pm. WAY slower.

Fucken bullshit shaw overloaded network...

[rage2]

You realize the speedtest servers gets overloaded during peak right? The results are useless. See here:

Originally posted by Mitsu3000gt
I don't trust speedtest at all.

I have broadband 100 and get a consistent 10-11 MB/s on actual downloads, but speedtest has me at 10Mb/s.

Try a different server. Brooks, AB seems pretty fast right now.

I'm on a gigabit internet feed and getting same results as you through the edmonton server.



Doesn't mean my internet sucks haha.

[Maxx Mazda]

Brooks at 17:37



The reason I used the Edmonton server again was to maintain consistency with my morning tests.

[rage2]

Originally posted by Maxx Mazda
Brooks at 17:37



The reason I used the Edmonton server again was to maintain consistency with my morning tests.

There may be consistency on your end, but there's definately no consistency on speedtest server's end... it's probably getting 5x the traffic it was getting earlier haha.

I've said it before and I've said it again, the only way to truly test speed is to:

1. Initiate shitloads of big file downloads from sites outside the Shaw network.
2. Monitor network traffic on your network interface using Task Manager.

Internet speeds are so fast nowadays that single server tests are NOT true representation of how fast your network speeds are to the rest of the world.

edit - I'll requote myself from a few pages back:

Originally posted by rage2
Just remember, most of the time, speedtest can not push your pipe to the limits. You'll need to get some sort of a bandwidth monitor (task manager has a networking tab) to monitor how much traffic is getting pushed through while you download huge files from fast sites. That's a better and more accurate speedtest.

In task manager, click on the networking tab, then scroll to your Local Area Connection (I'm assuming you're using wired, you're not going to get 100mbps on wireless). It should be connected at 1Gbps. Start downloading from some big sites, I usually download 200GB+ files from Microsoft, Oracle, Apple, etc. Try to start 'em all at the same time since it'll download it fairly quick. It usually takes me 4 or 5 concurrent files to max out my connection. Go back to task manager, if you see it hit 10%, you've hit 100mbps.

If you're techy enough, you can download PRTG (it's free) and set it up to monitor your network interface, which will record and graph out historical bandwidth usage as well.

http://www.paessler.com/prtg/download

[Seth1968]

Originally posted by rage2
You realize the speedtest servers gets overloaded during peak right? The results are useless. See here:


Try a different server. Brooks, AB seems pretty fast right now.

I'm on a gigabit internet feed and getting same results as you through the edmonton server.



Doesn't mean my internet sucks haha.

Your first point contradicts your second point.

[rage2]

Originally posted by Seth1968
Your first point contradicts your second point.

How so? The brooks server wasn't overloaded so it's able to pump enough data to almost peak out his bandwidth, while the Edmonton server was overloaded.

[thetransporter]

i know this was started in 2011 but 2.5 was funny to call it extreme

[thetransporter]

i know this was started in 2011 but 2.5 was funny to call it extreme