Ideally it would be better to check the server speed one is streaming from, before streaming, but that will need a miracle, because then they would have no excuse on the poor speed.Another thing to keep in mind is that just because you get "good" results from a speed test server doesnt mean you wont get buffering from an overloaded source server. Buffering is usually the reason why people want to do a speed test and see what speeds they are able to get.
A more accurate speed test would use the source server that you are having trouble with. But that would also add to the loads on the source server, make a bad situation even worse, and would be self defeating.
Any speed test will only give you an idea of your capable speeds to that specific server, with certain internet routing, and at that particular moment. You get different routing (called hops) with every connection to the server and is why results vary even in the speed tests from the same site.
As with any speed test, use the one in indigo as a guide to get an idea of what your capable of. Not a be all end all indication of what every server on the net will give you.
Yeah thats what I meant by source server.Ideally it would be better to check the server speed one is streaming from, before streaming, but that will need a miracle, because then they would have no excuse on the poor speed.
The reason I do a test is to check my system, ISP and VPN, and I so I want a test server that will not add or subject to the MBPS; so that any problems streaming it is not on my side. If I try 3 test servers and they indicate the average is over 30 MBPS for example, and Indigo tester is showing less than 6MBPS . Then I assume the Indigo tester is suspect and I can't test my side properly.Yeah thats what I meant by source server.
source server = server you are downloading or streaming from.
But like I said, doing it that way causes its own problems.
Like adding to the load on that server and slowing it down even more.
Even those results will vary from test to test because of how the internet works.
Its best to just recognize the speed test results for what they are.
The average speed that downloaded packets, from one file, take to get from the server doing the testing, to your computer, at that particular moment (including the relative distance from you and the number of connections to other servers, their loads and available bandwidth ect..., in between you and the server you are downloading/streaming from) and not the absolute speed that you will get from all servers, or any one server, on the internet.
Thats what I'm trying to tell you. They all do it by definition LOL. Its only the degree of which that will vary. There is no way around it.I want a test server that will not add or subject to the MBPS; so that any problems streaming it is not on my side.
I havent seen anything like that as long as i chose a download size that takes at least 30 seconds to download. Unless i try to compare vpn and no vpn.If I try 3 test servers and they indicate the average is over 30 MBPS for example, and Indigo tester is showing less than 6MBPS . Then I assume the Indigo tester is suspect and I can't test my side properly.
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