It's ironic... It's ironic, because every time I visit this site, the connection speed goes down for all users of my WiFi. This will of course mean the site shows my speed as slow, (which it, itself is causing). This means that I can't get any accuracy.

Speedtest only shows the Highest speed achieved Speedtest only shows the absolute maximum reached at any point during the test. It needs to show your average speed to be useful to any real degree at all. My test showed speeds between 30-40 except for the last second or two of the test - then it jumped to about 100. Speedtest reported my speed as 100. I watched the whole test and with an average of between 30-40, to report only the speed at the very end is not honest or accurate at all. Use Speedof.me - it does several tests and shows the average speed of all of them combined. Much more accurate and honest. I've tried both several times over a few weeks. The speeds reported are not even close. Speedtest.net always shows exaggerated much higher speeds than what I really get consistently.

Speedtest.net isn't the problem Speedtest.net isn't the problem. The people who ring claiming to be from BT, use speedtest.net to get an idea of the speed you currently have, then they'll ask you to open another window on your browser, input some address and follow their instruction. That's where the real problem is. Don't type the address in. Hang up.

Blatantly trying to scam Random Indian call center claimed to be from TalkTalk and that they were trying to check my internet speed issues. I am not with TalkTalk and the speed check was good, but I wanted to see what I could get from them. They first get you to use TalkTalk's valid site, then they want you to visit www (dot) speedtest (dot) net (which I now think is actually okay). However they will try and get you to install some screen share type program or offer you a refund i.e. Get you to give them your account details. After stringing them along for a while they realised I was not going to fool for it and swore at me for wasting their time, which I think means I won.

Absolute scammers Absolute scammers. claimed to be from BT. asked me to go to this website and run a speedtest. Went along with it, but ran the speedtest through google. I advised them I have 48 mbps upload and 98 mbps download speed, and I was being told that was a fast internet connection. The supervisor came on the phone and said that my internet was TOO FAST and this would be dangerous for smaller devices such as mobiles as it would overload their circuits. Ha ha ha ha, never heard such drivel in all my life.