Why do the results gathered here at Verizon Speedtest vary from results found elsewhere?
To better understand why different speedtest sites yield varying results, consider the following: • Different web sites are likely to have different IP routes. These different routes will have different performance capabilities as well as different loads which will contribute to the observed latency. • Different philosophies governing the evaluation of measurement and evaluation of throughput. EXAMPLE: Some sites may evaluate a ‘kilobit’ of throughput as 1024bits/sec. Though, here, a kilobit of throughput is equal to 1000bits/sec. When storing data, we are forced to use 1024 in place of 1000 when using the reference ‘kilo’ because 1000 is not a natural progression of binary multiplication. 8bits,16,32…256,512,1024,2048, etc. When transmitting data however, we are not subject to this limitation.
