Thread: Why Such Disparities in my Net Speed

Hi all

Hopefully someone from this forum will be able to resolve my issue. I have recently migrated my internet to 4Mbps with a 25 gb Download limit. After numerous unprofessional interactions with the Airtel Customer support who kept insisting that I have migrated to 4Mbps< it just doesnt feel so. They tested the Speed on three different sites and all the three are showing three different speeds. I have a feeling that my connection is realistically somewhere close to 2Mbps.

I have attached three snapshots taken from three different sites used to test the speed

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Now my concern is am I being ripped? Why such a difference (although two of the sites were suggested by the airtel engineers and still such difference)

Secodnly what should be the avg download rate per sec, say if i am downloading it from a site like microsoft with a 4Mbps connectivity??

Any clarity on this is greatly appreciated

Vidhu

Every speed test server will show different results because there are too many factors that will affect the outcome not just your own connection speed so dont worry too much about the speed test.

The best way to check your speed is to run 3-4 downloads simultaniously from different servers and check the total throughput instead of downloading from microsoft alone. Try tucows, Microsoft and a couple more and see what the total speed is. Or you can also check using a few torrent downloads.
I would personally be happy with an adsl connection if I get anything more then 80% of the promised speed.

vidshank02
me to upgraded my plan to 4mbs with 25 gb limit but past 14 days i m getting only 40 kbps and some time it does down to 20 kbps download speed earley it was 490 kbps i still ve 19 gb left in my account. I ve locked my complain in airtel 2 times but very time i got no response from airtel.so bro airtel sucks these days and more imp they hve very very stupid & f**********ing customer service in the world.........

1. you will get 490 to 512 kbps download rate with 4mb plan if u download from microsoft site ( only from microsoft )

see this post

www,indiabroadband.net/airtel-broadband/34583-slow-video-buffering-even-2mbps-wireless-connection.html

bye,