"AT&T Internet Speed Test" vs. Microsoft "Network Speed Test" app

try speedtest.net

What test are you calling the "Microsoft test?"  Also agree with the poster who suggests http://SpeedTest.Net .

Try http://speedof.me/

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@rhmccullough wrote:

"Microsoft test" is the "Network Speed Test" app downloaded from Microsoft Store.

Results from this test are the same on Windows 8.1 Pro and Window 10 Pro.

Results using speedtest.net and speedof.me are fairly close to AT&T results.

speedof.me uses HTML5 instead of Adobe Flash Player, which is desireable.

My question is evolving to: Why doesn't Microsoft test give sane results?

My only clue is that Microsoft ping time is about 100 msec compared to

20 - 30 msec for other tests.

So I suspect that Microsoft download speed is much slower

because the Microsoft host site is much farther away.

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Ah.  Yeah, Microsoft is pretty closed lip about this.

SpeedTest.Net, on the other hand, tells you exactly where the server is, lets you choose another one and has plenty to chose from.  SpeedTest.Net is a service of Ookla, who also is the engine provider for the AT&T Speed test (and a whole lot of others).  I understand being skeptacle about the ISP's own speed test, but otherwise the fastest test you get is likely the most accurate picture of your connection bandwidth.

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@rhmccullough wrote:

"Microsoft test" is the "Network Speed Test" app downloaded from Microsoft Store.

Results from this test are the same on Windows 8.1 Pro and Window 10 Pro.

Results using speedtest.net and speedof.me are fairly close to AT&T results.

speedof.me uses HTML5 instead of Adobe Flash Player, which is desireable.

My question is evolving to: Why doesn't Microsoft test give sane results?

My only clue is that Microsoft ping time is about 100 msec compared to

20 - 30 msec for other tests.

So I suspect that Microsoft download speed is much slower

because the Microsoft host site is much farther away.

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Did get the fastest speed at speedof.me, 16.17(highest 16.41/2.15)/1.97M on 12/1.50M Internet on FF 40.0.3.  They use a CDN during their process, can see about in How it works there.  Assuming my test came out of one the two Chicago POP centers there on their CDN.

Chrome, FF and Safari are recommended there due to HTML5 implementation. 😉

Edit:  Normally get 15.35/2.00 on Ookla servers.  Dismal results on latest IE 11, 11.41/1.75 on speedof.me.

Chris
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