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. 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. 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. Also Read: India Jumps to 69th Position With 29. 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. Ookla recorded a 30.96 Mbps median mobile download speed in February compared with 29.85 Mbps in January 2023. 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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