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[DrPizza]

140 here, 850 at home 🙁

🙁 because at home, it's a k, not an m.

 

[Markbnj]

On wireless connection ~ 38 Mb or so (50 Mb is the speed I should get). I will check it with the laptop connects directly to the modem by cat5 cable later.

I like Speedtest.net.

I do too. I think the point of this is specifically to see if your ISP is throttling Netflix video streams. Comcast evidently is not, which is good since Netflix is paying them.

 

[drquest]

120 over Wifi...

 

[Miramonti]

I'm not sure I understand what's going to keep ISP's from prioritizing fast.com traffic while throttling Netflix's streaming service.

 

[mnewsham]

I'm not sure I understand what's going to keep ISP's from prioritizing fast.com traffic while throttling Netflix's streaming service.

They use the same servers, it's not like they go, huh fast.com eh? Better prioritize that, it's an IP address connecting to a server, the same IP and servers used for netflix streaming.

 

[Carson Dyle]

I have Comcast 55/5 service and fast.com says 60Mbps, same as Ookla.

 

[rh71]

They haven't done it in ~2 years. I was paying keen attention to it and would switch to my VPN if I noticed throttling. I haven't had to in a long time though.

I remember buffering issues within a year ago for sure but nothing recent. But I have had Youtube buffering issues more recent than that - is FIOS throttling that?

 

[Spacehead]

2.6 Mbps

About normal

 

[mnewsham]

I remember buffering issues within a year ago for sure but nothing recent. But I have had Youtube buffering issues more recent than that - is FIOS throttling that?

More likely a regional data center doing a lot of youtube traffic but not provisioning enough bandwidth. Your ISP just happens to use that center as a hop to youtube servers.



If it happens only during primetime hours, most likely there is just a node between the ISP and youtube that gets congested and needs an upgrade, but if it's not owned by FiOS it's not like they can do anything about it particularly.

Try a VPN if you have one, it will either get around their throttling (if thats what they're doing) or it might use a different route that isn't congested and thus alleviate the issue that way.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

With the intent of Netflix's fast.com speed testing it is to show where some folks might be getting throttled. Over the past few years my speed has been fairly consistent with what was being advertised by Comcast, but comparing fast.com to speedtest I noticed fast was reporting 20 Mbps compared to speedtest's 30.

Would it surprise anyone to see that their ISP is throttling their d/l speeds when traffic is coming from any Netflix IP's?

 

[mnewsham]

Would it surprise anyone to see that their ISP is throttling their d/l speeds when traffic is coming from any Netflix IP's?

It wouldnt make much sense to throttle 30mbps down to 20mbps considering both speeds are fast enough for 1080p streaming. If you have 100mbps and are seeing 5 or 10mbps, that's probably getting throttled.

 

[Imp]

2.4 Mbps, suckers!

...I was downloading something and playing YouTube in the background. I paid for 10/1.

 

[zoiks]

200mbps for me.

 

[motsm]

18 on Fast.com, 59 on SpeedTest; throttled as expected. Comcast has been throttling YouTube periodically as well lately, there have been times I could barely watch 360p videos, while still getting the same SpeedTest results. Comcast is shit.

 

[Chiropteran]

25Mbps. I pay for 30, but the kid is watching something on Amazon and that is probably eating the remainder.

 

[Wreckem]

700 on fast.com
950 on speedtest.net
50 on speedof.me
100 to 600 on speakeasy.net(depending on server selected)

 

[Wreckem]

With the intent of Netflix's fast.com speed testing it is to show where some folks might be getting throttled. Over the past few years my speed has been fairly consistent with what was being advertised by Comcast, but comparing fast.com to speedtest I noticed fast was reporting 20 Mbps compared to speedtest's 30.

Would it surprise anyone to see that their ISP is throttling their d/l speeds when traffic is coming from any Netflix IP's?

I wouldn't necessarily say it means ISPs are throttling. Speedtest by its very nature tends to pick the closest and fastest server based on your geographic location.

The only time I ever hit 1Gbps is doing speedtest becasue it always defaults to an ATT ran server in Richardson, TX. The server is located less than 15 miles from me and its on my ISPs own network. Generally when actually downloading from sites like MS or Google, I hit in the 300-500 range.

My tests above show speed tests are fairly worthless by themselves.

 

[Markbnj]

I wouldn't necessarily say it means ISPs are throttling. Speedtest by its very nature tends to pick the closest and fastest server based on your geographic location.

Well if fast.com is actually hitting Netflix's production infrastructure they do the same. Honestly I doubt anyone other than Akamai and Google is as well-provisioned for stream delivery as Netflix.

 

[Paratus]

59. Paying for 25.

 

[Greenman]

160 mbps, bounced to 170 a few times. No idea what I'm supposed to be getting, though based on the bill I get every month, it should be that plus 2 hookers and an ounce of blow.

 

[BarkingGhostar]

It wouldnt make much sense to throttle 30mbps down to 20mbps considering both speeds are fast enough for 1080p streaming. If you have 100mbps and are seeing 5 or 10mbps, that's probably getting throttled.

I know this. But we are talking about Comcast. Since when have you found evidence of common sense coming from Comcast?

BTW, if I go to Apple Trailers (PC, Apple TV, etc.,) sometimes I run into playback issues. Yet, if I grab the exact same official trail from YT it plays without a problem.

 

[clamum]

55 Mbps down from the Netflix site, and Speedtest.net. The latter also says 5.9 Mbps up.

I pay for 50 Mbps. Bright House Networks (just bought by Charter I think).

 

[Wreckem]

55 Mbps down from the Netflix site, and Speedtest.net. The latter also says 5.9 Mbps up.

I pay for 50 Mbps. Bright House Networks (just bought by Charter I think).

Charter merged with Time Warner and Bright House. They run the combined company and are ditching the time Warner and bright house branding.

 

[bbhaag]

Pretty close for me.

and Speedtest

 

[microAmp]

620 Mbps.

I can see 800 on weekdays when using Speedtest.

Not even in city limits of a small town next to Austin. Luckily one of the two cable providers, Grande Communications, planned ahead when the neighborhood was being built up. I've had it for 2 years now, out of the 9 being here, the service hasn't always been available. Time Warner is the other choice here and no where close to 1 Gb service.