OK - I just did that. I picked the white dot that I thought was Sydney and other text said it was.
I got this:
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Ah, you beat me to the punch.
That ping speed of 200ms is pretty impressive, who do you use for your internet?
OK - I just did that. I picked the white dot that I thought was Sydney and other text said it was.
I got this:
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Just to make sure we're talking about the same site. Here's the URL: http://www.speedtest.net/
Instead of clicking 'Begin Test' click the minus symbol on the left hand side to zoom the map out and then use the mouse the position of the map until it's over Australia. Hover your mouse over the white dot that would be Sydney and then choose a server from the list.
I think a lot of people make that mistake of accepting the test results at face value without thinking about the location of the test server. Think of it this way. You wouldn't test the speed and reliability of the postal service from here to Sydney, Australia by sending a letter to Surabaya.
You need to pick a server location that is representative of the where the majority of your web traffic originates.
Ah, you beat me to the punch. That ping speed of 200ms is pretty impressive, who do you use for your internet?
200ms is slow by my opinion. Usually 39ms or around that.
Yes, but you'll never get 39ms for web traffic to Australia, other locations sure, but not Australia. The 200ms you just got is the best I've seen for web traffic to Australia.
It's not even about geographic distance, I think I read somewhere that most, if not all, traffic to Australia from Indonesia is rerouted via Japan or America. Indonesian ISPs buy bandwidth from the undersea cables that go via Japan/America because the cables that go directly to Australia are more expensive (or possibly don't exist, I don't know). Don't quote me on this though.
Just to make sure we're talking about the same site. Here's the URL: http://www.speedtest.net/
I think a lot of people make that mistake of accepting the test results at face value without thinking about the location of the test server. Think of it this way. You wouldn't test the speed and reliability of the postal service from here to Sydney, Australia by sending a letter to Surabaya.
You need to pick a server location that is representative of the where the majority of your web traffic originates.
Yes, I understand that. But from what I understand some sites like Facebook/Youtube/Netflix use a CDN with servers in Indonesia. So these sites should work well. We are paying for 20MB but getting 12-14MB, which I guess is something we can complain about.
Yes, I understand that. But from what I understand some sites like Facebook/Youtube/Netflix use a CDN with servers in Indonesia. So these sites should work well.
My 15 y/o son has been reading this thread and his quote " these guys haven't a clue, no idea at all, don't know what they are taking about. He's laughing and asking are these guys old ( anything 40 and above is old)
The speeds they are talking about they don't understand what's low and what's high speed.
They are getting mixed up between megabytes and megabits.
There are a couple of people who understand but others are confused.
A lower ms is better. I also don't understand
Any questions he will answer through me
My 15 y/o son has been reading this thread and his quote " these guys haven't a clue, no idea at all, don't know what they are taking about. He's laughing and asking are these guys old ( anything 40 and above is old)
The speeds they are talking about they don't understand what's low and what's high speed.
They are getting mixed up between megabytes and megabits.
There are a couple of people who understand but others are confused.
A lower ms is better. I also don't understand
Any questions he will answer through me
Eh? You'll have to be more specific than that. What exactly was incorrect?
No one said or implied that a higher millisecond ping result was a good thing. Of course it isn't.
Did he really get a chuckle out of someone writing MB instead of Mbps when doing so caused no confusion and had no effect on the conversation?
Give him a kick up the arse from me.
That's great your son is learning this. Are they teaching this in school now? I admit I have no clue.
All ISPs use the download speed in their marketing materials. Usually with the magic words "up to". So basically anything less than what they claim.
Maybe you can ask your son what is the best way to test the speed/quality. I think it has been mentioned before about the unreliability of speedtest as ISPs will give extra bandwidth to the site to make it appear that you are getting good speeds. Is that true? There was another site which is supposed to be better. Can't remember the name now.
If downloads are fast within Indonesia, but slow to connect to servers outside of Indonesia, what is causing this? In simplistic terms, I would imagine it is Telkom's own 'gateway' to the cable which connects the internet to other countries. You just need to look at a map like this and see there is not a lot of connectivity to Indonesia: Submarine Cable Map
Yes they get taught a bit in school then spend countless hours online and closing the window when you get near them so you can't see what they are doing. A lot of the homework is done online.
You need to supply a laptop for them for school use.
Sometimes it's best not asking as he looks at you as if your mad ,at that age they know everything.
Oh how I wish I was his age and know what I know now.
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