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grinningsoul
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10 years ago
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Poor Upload Speed

So seems since Cox rolled out their new "double" the speeds a while back I have not been able to do any gaming.   I have had very poor upload speed.  I've searched the forums and everyone with simila...
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  • ChrisL's avatar
    ChrisL
    10 years ago
    @grinningsoul

    This is the only smokeping I'm familiar with:

    http://oss.oetiker.ch/smokeping/

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    ChrisL
    10 years ago
    @grinningsoul

    I don't see anything indicated and after taking another look at the connection I'm not seeing any indication of any issues at the present.  Your speed tests also all look to be where they should be as well.  Are you still seeing issues?

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grinningsoul
New Contributor
10 years ago

Hi Tiffany yeah I've been through that.  Cox is monitoring the lines supposedly.  I know my speed test on your site are up where they should be.  But passing a speed test on Cox's site using Cox's network is not realistic.  In the real world outside of Cox the speed is lower.  

I just tried to upload a simple 10mb file using Cox's internet to Cox's cloud with a supposed upload speed of 14.0.  It took 1.5 minutes to upload the file.  I then uploaded the same file using my Verizon hotspot also with the speed of 14.0 to Cox's cloud and it took 11.19 seconds.  http://i.imgur.com/oUgpu77.png  <<<this is a link to a screen shot of Cox's speed test showing both Cox and Verizon's upload speed being equal.  

This tells me a couple of things. A) your speed test is rigged or B) your speed test is accurate and Cox's is throttling.  I don't know what else explains the fact that your speed test is showing great speeds on you site and horrible anywhere else.  By the way other speed test not made by Ookla test much, much lower for Cox and relatively the same for the Verizon hotspot.