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Cox speed test5/27/2023 DSLReports history is conveniently saved for you. Merely creating an account at DSLReports, then logging in, fixes this. This is unfortunate.Ĭorrection - Note the screenshot of "Test History" above also says "This browser or IP address" which may not be an accurate depiction of just the data you want osee. SPEEDTEST allows me the ability to login and track the results on somebody else's system, DSLReports merely shows all users results mixed together. The one ad on HTML5-based DSLReports isn't as annoying, and overall CPU utilization is a bit lower during speed test runs. The many ads on Flash-based SPEEDTEST are really annoying, and if you're not even using your own machine, you don't necessarily want to install and maintain an ad blocker just to side-step this. SPEEDTEST and DSLReports resultsġ76.85 Mbps down / 22.97 Mbps up 177.62 Mbps down / 22.36 Mbps up 178.68 Mbps down / 22.97 Mbps up 165.30 Mbps down / 21.36 Mbps up 165.10 Mbps down / 21.70 Mbps up 170.10 Mbps down / 21.61 Mbps up Observations. So I'm still able to say that the test results for both SPEEDTEST and DSLReports tend to be similar to one another, and consistent. I had already done enough testing mostly off-camera earlier this month, through my Linksys EA6900 (with almost no other traffic). So with this particular test run, I really only lost this one chance to know if the top-end results were significantly different. The video below focuses more on CPU and UI comparisons anyway. That's Ok, I had already tested both before. They both leverage Ookla, both underperformed, and both gave inconsistent results.ĭid I check my cable modem? Sure, it was fine, with 12 of the 16 channels bonded, normal for my particular Cox High Speed Internet Ultimate tier of service. There must have been some server-side speed issues today, since both: Well, as is often the case with recording live video (seen below, with no cuts), things did not go quite as planned. DSLReports results history Ookla had some issues today. That aging ThinkPad's older CPU means a perfect chance to see if Adobe Flash ads and test tools seem to skew test results. So I took that ThinkPad's gigabit port and Cat5E direct-attached to the Motorola DOCIS 3.0 SB6183 Cable Modem, rebooted everything, and made sure no Windows Updates were going on in the background. Just in case there was local internet congestion, I chose Sunday morning to do the tests, less likely a lot of Netflix streams in the neighborhood, here in Wethersfield, CT. Also good timing overall with the recent Windows 10 Pro release, with a SSD install on a ThinkPad T61p laptop.īefore we get started here, worth noting that my speed tests are usually rather consistent 24x7, about 170 Mbps down, and about 20 Mbps up, with a latency around 20ms, partially dependent upon the chosen test server's distance. Today, I had that brief chance to kill my household's internet when nobody was actively using it, unplugging the WiFi router, connecting directly to my cable modem. Of course if you want single stream testing you can set that option in the handy preferences panel. It also represents the modern usage pattern: someone is streaming netflix, a console is downloading a game patch, a VOIP or Skype call is taking place. Multi-stream testing overcomes the need for the speed test server to be physically very close to your location. This is the worlds first multi-stream HTML5 speed test. I had already been using their new HTML5-based speed test these past few months, which of course works fine for Fiber, Cable, DSL, 4G, 3G, Satellite, and many more. I replied to him that I had planned to retest using his site more carefully soon anyway, and that I've used DSLReports quite a bit, all the way back to their start in the early 2000s. Motorola Arris SB6183 16 Channel DOCSIS 3.0 Cable Modem, future-proof through 686 Mbps?.He had apparently read my informal speed tests at: Posted by Paul Braren on (updated on Jan 6 2016) inĪ DSLReports engineer recently contacted me to let me know about their new HTML5 speed tests.
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