| AT&T online speedtest vs others ... why is it faster? Why does the AT&T online speedtest seem to report faster than others (including DSL Reports)?
»www.att.com/speedtest/ |
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| heh, according to that site I have a 4.12/4.8 Mbps connection with Comcast 
Speedtest.net reports ~30/6. Maybe it just favors AT&T Uverse.. |
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| speedtest.net says 9.74/1.45
at&t says 14.01/1.43
dsl reports JAVA says 7.30/1.43 (7474/1461)
I just find it kind of odd. All three tests were taken back to back. |
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| reply to vptrash
I was just looking at dslreports speed test results and suprise, many California lightspeed.~.sbcglobal.net users seem to have the same 11.1 download speed. Who needs throttling when they do it from the getgo! |
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| reply to vptrash
U-verse 24/3 here. Both tests are consistent for me.
That being said, speed tests are pretty pointless. They don't always necessarily reflect real-world performance, especially on cable connections with PowerBoost. |
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 NormanSPremium,MVM
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San Jose, CA
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said by vptrash:Why does the AT&T online speedtest seem to report faster than others (including DSL Reports)?
Because you are on the same network as the test server? I tried it ...
What AT&T thinks.
... but it seriously under reports my speed. It used to over report my upload when I was with AT&T.
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| i think that was my point. I just don't trust good ole' at&t! |
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 ThinkdiffPremium,MVM
join:2001-08-07
Bronx, NY
kudos:6 | There's nothing to not trust. It's simple networking. Connections within AT&T's network will generally be faster and more reliable than connections outside of AT&T's network. You're still limited by the sync rate of your modem.
Most ISPs have their own speed tests that are on their internal network. They're not trying to pull a fast one on you.
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| reply to vptrash
much better would be to use Shaperprobe.... |
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 maartenaElmoPremium
join:2002-05-10
Orange, CA
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Well, for starters, the AT&T speedtest is sitting on the AT&T network, so you can hit it before you hit the internet. All other speed tests are hosted in commercial datacenters, off the AT&T network. That makes those speedtests a lot more reliable, as you want to know how you connect to various internet hosts, not how you connect to AT&T internally.
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| U-verse 3 down/1 up:
AT&T Speed Test: 7 Down/.8 up
Speedtest.net: 3.1 down/0.9 up
Comcast Performance Tier:
AT&T Speed Test: 24 down/ 3.3 up
Speedtest.net: 25 down/3.6 up |
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said by maartena:Well, for starters, the AT&T speedtest is sitting on the AT&T network, so you can hit it before you hit the internet. All other speed tests are hosted in commercial datacenters, off the AT&T network. That makes those speedtests a lot more reliable, as you want to know how you connect to various internet hosts, not how you connect to AT&T internally.
Except if you have a speed issue and it is outside the att network, they wont/cant help you. On the other hand if you use the att speedtest and you have a speed issue, you can use that test to show the problem is on att's side and get them to look at it. Anyone that tells me they have a poor speed and they are testing across the net, I tell them to ask the net to fix it for them.
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