Have you tested your broadband?

Posts: 70 · Full Forum Member Joined: Jun 17, 2004 Posts: 70

Anyone notice the new broadband test on this site's front page?

http://www.vonage-forum.com/voip-speed-test.html

My cable broadband came in at 6.14 Mbps down & 876 Kbps up....... or it can support a maximum of 11 simultaneous high quality Vonage® VoIP connections! No wonder I haven't had any problems! Cool

Anyone who is diagnosing problems with their VOIP or trying to figure out if their broadband will support VOIP, this should be your first stop.

Posts: 3198 · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 8:59 am Post subject:

it's pretty cool. here's mine:

Download 4,918,568 bps
Upload 358,752 bps
QOS 98%
RTT 42 ms
MaxPause 16 ms

Posts: 22 · Vonage Forum Associate Joined: Dec 22, 2004 Posts: 22

here's mine:
Download 2,659,632 bps
Upload 406,232 bps
QOS 26%
RTT 46 ms
MaxPause 78 ms

Says I can support 5 high quality calls. While I'm not overly impressed with my QOS percentage, I haven't had the first bit of trouble with my connection in the 3 weeks I've used it so far.

Posts: 3198 · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 3:55 pm Post subject:

does anyone know how/what it tests QoS?

Posts: 2126 · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 3:58 pm Post subject:

reebok wrote:

does anyone know how/what it tests QoS?

I can get that, I will post a link to it. Been busy on more fun stuff for this site Smile

Posts: 281 · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:46 pm Post subject:

I'm curious how it gets the QOS too.. as on my hugh pipe here at work, it only gives me 58%.. hrmm...

Likewise.. my wireless connection at home says I have a QOS of 34%

Posts: 281 · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:53 pm Post subject:

QOS.. ahh found an explination......

Basically, it is how consistant your connection is.

minimum speed
————————————— = Quality of Service
maximum speed

The minimum speed observed during a large download divided by the maximum speed observed, resulting in a percentage number from 0 (worst) to 100 (best). The higher the percentage, the better the quality of service. Variation in the download rate is undesirable and is penalized (resulting is a lower percentage number).

T1 Line: For example, on a virtually unused T1 line (1.544 Mbps), Vonage VoIP Speed Test repeatedly reported a download speed of 1.46 Mbps and an upload speed of 1.44 Mbps, and as you expect, a QOS in the upper 90's.

DSL: On a DSL connection, you can expect to see a consistently high QOS number (when you are the only person using the DSL connection). If you don't, contact your DSL provider to file a problem report.

Cable Modem: On a high quality cable modem network, you can expect a QOS in the 90's or 80's. However, because you have the potential for sharing your connection with everyone in your neighborhood, some low quality networks will see lower numbers, sometimes even below 10!

Posts: 2126 · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 4:57 pm Post subject:

Quality of Service (QOS): What is quality of service? If these graphs represent typical download rates over time from two different broadband Internet providers, both providing an average of 3 Mbps, which service provider should get the higher quality of service rating?

The first provider (A) should win hands down and that is the basis for the MySpeed Quality of Service measurement. Being able to provide a consistent download capacity is what quality of service is all about. The MySpeed Quality of Service measurement is a very simple calculation:

minimum speed
————————————— = Quality of Service
maximum speed

which is just the minimum speed observed during a large download divided by the maximum speed observed, resulting in a percentage number from 0 (worst) to 100 (best). The higher the percentage, the better the quality of service. Variation in the download rate is undesirable and is penalized (resulting is a lower percentage number).

In the example graphs above, the QOS for provider A is 100% (5/5), whereas the QOS for provider B is 20% (1/5).

Please note that the MySpeed QOS percentage is independent of line speed. The above graphs could be Kbps instead of Mbps and the providers would still obtain the same QOS numbers. This is by design. The MySpeed QOS metric measures line quality, not line speed.

T1 Line: For example, on a virtually unused T1 line (1.544 Mbps), MySpeed repeatedly reported a download speed of 1.46 Mbps and an upload speed of 1.44 Mbps, and as you expect, a QOS in the upper 90's.

DSL: On a DSL connection, you can expect to see a consistently high QOS number (when you are the only person using the DSL connection). If you don't, contact your DSL provider to file a problem report.

Cable Modem: On a high quality cable modem network, you can expect a QOS in the 90's or 80's. However, because you have the potential for sharing your connection with everyone in your neighborhood, some low quality networks will see lower numbers, sometimes even below 10!

Posts: 18 · Posted: Tue Jan 11, 2005 7:01 pm Post subject: My Numbers

My Results
Download 1,674,176 bps
Upload 156,280 bps
QOS 39%
RTT 58 ms
MaxPause 531 ms

Posts: 70 · Full Forum Member Joined: Jun 17, 2004 Posts: 70

531 ms?! So do you have any problems with your VOIP now?