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Fast download time, but slow upload time; what's up?

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norcalstadium

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so i just did one of those tests at www.speedtest.net with my 2.4 GHz macbook pro, and while my download time is fast, my upload time is a tenth as fast as my download time.
so, what's causing this huge discrepancy?
 

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speedtest are never correct,

you may have bad wifi connection (try try change channels etc)

or you may have a internal wiring issue if your from england) try using your master socket ur test socket which is under the screws of the master socket
 
smogsy said:
speedtest are never correct,

you may have bad wifi connection (try try change channels etc)

or you may have a internal wiring issue if your from england) try using your master socket ur test socket which is under the screws of the master socket
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I find the Speedtest.net results to generally be quite in line with the specs of my service (100MB/s fiber) with servers in country here:

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I think the u/l speed of the OP is definitely indicative of some problems.
 
best way to test true speed is download ubuntu as they have best servers to indicate real world speed.

speedtest servers are normally under throttled.
 
SaSaSushi said:
I find the Speedtest.net results to generally be quite in line with the specs of my service (100MB/s fiber) with servers in country here:



I think the u/l speed of the OP is definitely indicative of some problems.
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OK OK no need to brag :) heres mine. my upload speed is just faster than my download speed haha.



i have a 1.5MB/s connection but its been shaped to dialup speed as ive gone over the monthly limit. do you have data limits it USA or Japan?

to the OP has your IP shaped your uploads for any reason? are they known to do this?
 
richthomas said:
OK OK no need to brag :) heres mine. my upload speed is just faster than my download speed haha.

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LOL! I was afraid it might appear as if I was doing just that but honestly I was only defending the reliability of the Speedtest. :p

i have a 1.5MB/s connection but its been shaped to dialup speed as ive gone over the monthly limit. do you have data limits it USA or Japan? im switching to 24MB/s soon... its the fastest possible in Australia. but lets not turn this into a post you connection thread. theres already one of those.

to the OP has your IP shaped your uploads for any reason? are they known to do this?
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I'm American but have been living in Japan for the past 14 years so I don't know what the situation is there anymore. I know they are not SUPPOSED to be packet-shaping in the USA but have heard it occurs in Canada. Here in Japan there are no bandwidth limits nor packet-shaping. I pay about $60 (US) total per month for digital fiber optic 100MB/s up and down. Obviously the up speed is not quite as advertised.

I feel your pain, Rich. My sister-in-law is married to an Aussie and lives in Cairns. I'm well aware of the pathetic and expensive state of the Internet down under.

I'd trade the great broadband service in a second to live in Australia though. :)
 
norcalstadium said:
so i just did one of those tests at www.speedtest.net with my 2.4 GHz macbook pro, and while my download time is fast, my upload time is a tenth as fast as my download time.
so, what's causing this huge discrepancy?
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Check your connection, my ADSL and CABLE connections offer faster download speeds than upload. Could even be by a factor of 10 now that I think about it.
 
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