[iyonix-support] Re: Iyonix broadband access speeds

In message <gemini.ji8ac005pzwyw029o.druck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
 on 18 May 2007 "David J. Ruck" <druck@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Andrew Pinder <Andrew.Pinder@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> My broadband ISP (Waitrose) provides a speed tester.  The highest figure
>> I've ever got out of that is about 1.9 Mbps.  I've just run a test on the
>> BT speedtester site (http://www.speedtester.bt.com) using IE6 on a
>> Win98SE PC and got a figure of 4368kbps for throughput.  Two minutes
>> later I got 1.54 Mbps via the Waitrose site using Firefox 2 on an Iyonix.
>> Both computers were connected at 100 Mbps via a Safecom ADSL modem
>> router. Why the 3 to 1 ratio in speeds?  Is it just my Iyonix or is this
>> typical?
> 
> The javascript based speed testers do not give accurate results with either
> RISC OS Firefox or Oregano 2/3.

Oregano?  It never occurs to me to use it now.  I much prefer Netsurf.

> As mentioned time a large file stored on
> your ISP's webspace.
> 
They say they have one but don't say where to find it.

Straight after sending the first message I did some more tests, this 
time from the Win98 PC.  With IE6 on Win98, 30 minutes after doing the 
BT test I got 1.5 Mb/s from the Waitrose website then 10-15 minutes 
later 1238 kbps from thinkbroadband.com.  It ain't just the
Iyonix.

It isn't the router either - I've had the same problem with a Voyager 
210 and a Safecom router from RComp.  I've swapped microfilters, the 
works

Regards

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Andrew Pinder
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