The distance between the testing computer and the broadband service platform and the condition of all cables between these two points. The system configurations of the testing computer, including type of CPU, amount of RAM and speed of hard disk drive.Īccess technology used to connect the computer, i.e. Whether the computer is directly connected to the modem with a CAT5e Ethernet cable or through a wireless router. computers, IPTV set-top-boxes and Network Attached Storage. The number of active devices on the network, e.g. If you use My Speedmeter through a router and/or Wi-Fi connection, the maximum Internet access speed will be the network specification of your router or fixed broadband service, whichever is the lower). Increased latency decreases the TCP window size.The highest connection speed of your router (i.e. The larger the window size, the higher the speeds. The TCP window size determines how many packets can be sent at one time. This is because the TCP window is not optimized for the increased latency that comes from an increase in distance. You have likely noticed that downloading from a local server location is also faster than a distant one. Our speed test server is modelled to reflect normal browsing across currently available websites. Also, the third party site may not be using test files that are large enough to permit an accurate reading for speed tiers with higher speeds. This counteracts the ability to reach higher speeds, as there is more wait time from the packets being sent and received from the third party speed test server. In addition, the third party's test engines could be using a single threaded TCP connection during testing. Those 'peering' networks may have an effect on the overall speeds. For example, when using a third party speed test site, your traffic may travel over networks that are not controlled by Gibtelecom. There are a number of other variables which could impact your speed test results from a third party test site. The results from Gibtelecom speed tests represent an estimate of the maximum connection speeds for downloading and uploading with a test server hosted within Gibraltar.

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