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Mike Rofone wrote:

> Just set my Netbook (MSI Wind) up with my HTC Desire
> as an attached (or as the techno kids these days call it,
> "tethered". While online I ran a check via Speedtest.

> http://www.speedtest.net/result/940493607.png

> According to it I achieved a 1.79mbit download but only a 0.2mbit upload speed.

> It's been suggested that Speedtest isn't the best for speed comparisons. Maybe, maybe not.

No maybe about it, its completely trivial to prove that it doesnt get it right
by comparing the data available from the modem itself with a DSL service
and by timing a download from the ISP being used with a stopwatch etc.

> But it did demonstrate what I could achieve to that particular site. It's
> improved since the last time I tested it. Then, I got around 0.7 mbps.

What matters is WHY the speedtest number varys from what you
get with those other ways to measure the thruput. And you need
to observe how the speedtest number varys before you can say
anything usefulabout the hardware and net connection being involved.

> Speedtest detects me being on Telstra Internet. However,
> the server which it thinks is closest to me is in Adelaide
> and I'm somewhere in the middle of Central Australia.

And when it fucked that stuff up so spectacularly, its hardly surprising that
its numbers dont match what you get with the other ways of measuring.

> Just wondering - it would be interesting for those on other networks
> to see what performance figures that they achieve at Speedtest.

> Now, if Speedtest isn't the authoritative site for this sort of thing, which one would be?

Timing a download from the ISP's server as long as that server is implemented properly.

The modem stats are also a much better measure too, but not always available with all hardware configs.