Wondering about the speed of your Wave internet connection? When browsing online, it’s normal to notice varying speeds from one site to another, or even on different pages within one site. Why? When you request information from a website, there are many paths it must cross before the information appears on your computer screen, and that information can only travel as fast as the slowest connection along the way.
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Use this to have useful debugging information output to the screen as well as saved in a folder called dslreports.com in the current working directory.-o -output json csv. Saves the speed test results in the format specified as the first argument-down number. Specify the number of streams to be used for the download test.-up number. Use the DSLReports Speed Test to see if you have bufferbloat. If the DSLReports test shows a letter grade worse than a B, you probably have bufferbloat. That means the device at your bottleneck link (most likely your router) is letting bulk traffic (uploads/downloads) interfere with (and slow down) your time-sensitive traffic (gaming, Skype.
To help eliminate these inconsistencies while testing the speed of your internet connection, Wave provides a speed test designed to test your connection within our network.
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Please note: Most performance issues can be addressed simply by shutting down background internet programs and bypassing additional network equipment.
Since many factors can affect your access to individual websites, we cannot guarantee the same connection speed in every online interaction. Speed variations are due to a variety of factors, including network traffic, the number of people conducting the test simultaneously, or any number of hardware and/or software capabilities or limitations of the computer, modem, or router. However, if you consistently receive poor performance, we can have a technician examine the connection in your home.
Important Note!
The speeds you get from any test are best-effort scenario!
When you do an actual internet-related task, such as streaming or surfing the web, the performance will also depend on the servers of all parties involved (your service provider, the service you're streaming from, etc.). These servers may or may not be capable of delivering your content as fast as your device is capable of receiving it.
The speeds you get from any test are best-effort scenario!
When you do an actual internet-related task, such as streaming or surfing the web, the performance will also depend on the servers of all parties involved (your service provider, the service you're streaming from, etc.). These servers may or may not be capable of delivering your content as fast as your device is capable of receiving it.
To properly conduct a speed test:
1) Close any other apps, windows, programs, downloads..etc. BEFORE testing. The computer you are testing on should be the only device on the internet at the time of testing. If you have a wireless network, make sure all phones, laptops and gaming devices are off or disconnected from the network. Often times these devices automatically connect as soon as they are powered on and will impact your speed test results.
2) Make sure the device you’re using for the speed test is wired directly to your modem (i.e. not a wireless connection). Nearby wireless networks can severely degrade the signal strength of your Wi-Fi and give you an inaccurately low reading. This is particularly common in apartment complexes and neighborhoods where there may be several wireless networks within a smaller radius.
3) Check where the test server is. If you are allowed to choose the server location, you will want the server geographically closest to you.
4) Run the speed test from multiple websites. Running multiple tests will give you an idea of your “average” speed and eliminate outliers. Rar5.
The following web sites can be used for testing the speed of your connection
external to Madison Communications Network:
http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest
http://www.speedtest.net
http://performance.toast.net/
http://www.dslreports.com/stest
external to Madison Communications Network:
http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest
http://www.speedtest.net
http://performance.toast.net/
http://www.dslreports.com/stest
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