I did a BT speedtest last night because the speeds for Fast4 were atrocious. After performing stage one (thanks to Zen, is the connection between Me > BT > EurISP (Fast4)/Thus (Your Communications) > Internet) I got the following:
Using the bt_test_user login as instructed and after a bit of messing about with Firefox (it didn't want to play) I managed to do stage two (which is the connection between Me > BT > EurISP (Fast4)/Thus (Your Communications)) and I got the following result:
What do the results mean? Why is there a difference of 5860Kbps between tests? The obvious thing to see is that the problem lies between EurISP/Fast4/Thus and the Internet, and I am being swayed to a number of conclusions. Hopefully the more technically minded people can see what is wrong.
Thanks in advance.
Note the IP Profile is 7000Kbps and the DSL Downstream Sync is 8096 (I'm on a interleaved line)IP profile for your line is - 7000 kbps
DSL connection rate: 448 kbps(UP-STREAM) 8096 kbps(DOWN-STREAM)
Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 343 kbps
This test was not conclusive and further testing is required.
Please wait whilst you are redirected to undertake a second test.
Using the bt_test_user login as instructed and after a bit of messing about with Firefox (it didn't want to play) I managed to do stage two (which is the connection between Me > BT > EurISP (Fast4)/Thus (Your Communications)) and I got the following result:
Again, note the IP Profile of 7000Kbps.Assured Rate IP profile on your line is - 7000 kbps
Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 6203 kbps
Your service was found to be performing poorly. Please raise a fault with your service provider, stating that the BT Performance Tester tool indicates poor service throughput performance after the first test.
What do the results mean? Why is there a difference of 5860Kbps between tests? The obvious thing to see is that the problem lies between EurISP/Fast4/Thus and the Internet, and I am being swayed to a number of conclusions. Hopefully the more technically minded people can see what is wrong.
Thanks in advance.























