Re: Questions about a popular speed test- Ping, and ranking, etc in Cable users http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20212893 en Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:31:10 EDT Thu, 21 Aug 2008 01:31:10 EDT Re: Questions about a popular speed test- Ping, and ranking, etc http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20213240 juking : Thanks, but everything you said was kinda obvious. Why would my dad recieve a lower ranking, when my speed was higher?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20213240 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 16:53:44 EDT Re: Questions about a popular speed test- Ping, and ranking, etc http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20212893 beerbum :
said by juking See Profile :

what should my approximate ping be?
depends on 1) available bandwidth, 2) traffic on local network, 3) traffic on backbone network, 4) load on destination server/router, and 5) network topology (distance)..

ping times could be anywhere from 1ms to 500ms plus.. there truly is no average or approximate ping - it all depends on the above network conditions..

for example, using the above site on my 8800/768 connection I can get a 50ms ping from a server located 1000 miles away while getting a 90ms ping from a server located 100 miles away - all depends on the network load at the time of the test.. :-)
]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20212893 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 15:25:39 EDT Questions about a popular speed test- Ping, and ranking, etc http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20212593 juking : »www.speedtest.net/index.php
Most of us have seen the above speed test. My question is this: My speed is an average of 18/1.5 My global/country rank is 95/93%. Why would my father's global/country rank show in the 49%/45% position, when his speed is 45/4.5? He has embarq, and I have a different company. Our suggested server is 100 miles away. Also, based on my above speed, what should my approximate ping be? ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20212593 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 14:10:04 EDT