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Old 10-10-2009, 10:23 AM   #1
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What is your average ping?
The owners of speedtest.net have recently opened a new site called pingtest.net
So i thought i would start a similar thread to: What is your average connection speed?
It is still in its Beta but looks quite cool

My test to Maidenhead (the recommended server for me)



A test for everyone to compare to (trying New York)



For some reason the packet loss test wouldnt work for NY or Washington DC for me
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Old 10-10-2009, 1:08 PM   #2
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Re: What is your average ping?
Well I got this.
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Old 10-10-2009, 2:00 PM   #3
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Re: What is your average ping?
No matter what I have tried to do over the last 7 days or so, I cant get the packet loss test to show anything other than 100 % loss.

It seems to be something to do with configuring ICMP through firewalls but even though I think I have ticked the right boxes within windows firewalls it still doesnt allow the test to run properly.

Anyone know anything else I need to "tick" ?.

As for the overall test result, I got a B with pings varying from about 12 up to 32 but as far as the crow flies, I am only 15 miles from Maidenhead server but how far in reality it is measured from ........


As regards jitter, that varies from 1 through to 21.
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Old 10-10-2009, 2:43 PM   #4
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Re: What is your average ping?
My results:
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Old 10-10-2009, 2:53 PM   #5
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Re: What is your average ping?
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My results:
Fairly close to what i got thoug you got the Packet Loss test to run
I will have to try it again later
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Old 10-10-2009, 3:30 PM   #6
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Re: What is your average ping?

Would have been an "A", but can't get the packet loss to work

Test to New York...
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Old 10-10-2009, 3:45 PM   #7
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Ping to bbc.co.uk is 27ms though
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Old 10-10-2009, 4:12 PM   #8
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No packet loss test for me either.
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Old 10-10-2009, 5:40 PM   #9
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I guess that can be put down to it being a beta version
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Old 10-10-2009, 6:15 PM   #10
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Re: What is your average ping?




And from the original Speedtest site :-
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Old 11-10-2009, 6:28 PM   #11
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I just found a new beta service Speedtest.net have and I thought it might be good to find out why Snipes has such a laggy internetz.
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Old 11-10-2009, 7:18 PM   #12
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Another resounding failure for my O2 broadband service then!
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Old 11-10-2009, 7:42 PM   #13
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Re: Gamerscore Addicts Anonymous: We are O(C)DST!


My Packet Loss thing is failing, May have something to do with using it wirelessly? Gunna plug in my N dongle and give it another shot!
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Old 11-10-2009, 7:59 PM   #14
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Old 11-10-2009, 8:14 PM   #16
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Re: Gamerscore Addicts Anonymous: We are O(C)DST!
Toon dude, yours is having the same problem as mine!

Ive just contacted Virign to find out why I am not getting 20Mb.

When I was at 10Mb I was getting an average of 9Mb Down but at 20Mb I am only getting 13Mb!
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Old 11-10-2009, 10:25 PM   #17
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Maidenhead:




Big Apple:
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Old 12-10-2009, 12:00 PM   #18
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Via my borrowed connection





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Old 12-10-2009, 12:18 PM   #19
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Dunno why it can't test for packet lose.

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Old 12-10-2009, 2:52 PM   #20
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Not bad.






My contract is up for renewal soon. The speed/response has been getting steadily better for the last few weeks.
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Old 12-10-2009, 3:22 PM   #21
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That isnt bad at all Codey

This doesnt seem a bad site it just needs the creases ironed out but cant expect 100% stability with it being a beta
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Milton Keynes


New York
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Old 14-10-2009, 1:34 PM   #25
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Re: What is your average ping?
Anyone else find that this gives a different ping reading than speedtest.net

Does this mean pingtest is more accurate than speedtest and speedtest is wrong?
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Anyone else find that this gives a different ping reading than speedtest.net

Does this mean pingtest is more accurate than speedtest and speedtest is wrong?
Pretty much, yes. The pingtest runs loads of ping tests and averages the results, rather than what appears to be the one-off test on speedtest. More data = better results.
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^That's wireless.

The xbox itself is via ethernet so I would assume it's better?
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Imagine the jitter is because virgin media can't get my power levels to the exact rating
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Toon dude, yours is having the same problem as mine!

Ive just contacted Virign to find out why I am not getting 20Mb.

When I was at 10Mb I was getting an average of 9Mb Down but at 20Mb I am only getting 13Mb!
Complain when you get 27Mb on a 50Mb connection.....
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Old 06-02-2010, 7:39 PM   #30
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i Live on the second floor of a high rise building that has 11 floors ...my exchange is about a 10 minute walk ..

and also my phone line is about 30 years old ...its never been replaced since the building was build and i have been here for 14 years and never known it get changed ...


so i think i done good with o2 broadband and only £10 a month...
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