OOKLA claims to be the world’s most popular Internet speed test with over 5 million tests per day. Quite frankly, many online speed tests are a complete waste of time, results from which will bear little resemblance to your actual throughputs. You do not say who your ISP is, but if it is BT then I think it would be reasonable to assume that the network links to their test server would be 'better' (?).Īs you have mentioned, the difference between your two tests is minimal - barely 1.3% difference - so I would say that they are both equally accurate. Avoid running an online speed test if connected to your router by WiFi (or a powerline adapter). This is why many people complain that their line slows down during busy periods when in fact their line is fine, but the network is congested. To accurately test your internet stability, you should use an internet speed test such as Ooklas Speedtest. This means that the file has to traverse part of the internet between the test server and your individual connection, so you are in effect testing the internet as well as your own connection. I'm no expert, (and happy to be corrected), but my understanding of how speed checkers work is that they time how long it takes to download a file of known size and calculate from that. I would say that the phone call was almost certainly a scam - there are many reports of similar calls, along with the Amazon Prime renewal one etc.

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