> I noted my TV was buffering a lot and then when on my computer, pages
>> were loading very slow, so I did a speed test.
>>
>> Ookla was 1.41 MBPS I emailed a friend with the same IP, he said no
>> problems seen, but Ookla was also slow. But for him Fast.com and WOW,
>> both reported 100MBPS
>>
>> For me Ookla was 1.41 MBPS, Fast .com was 46MBPS, and WOW was 100.1MBPS.
>>
>> Why the difference?
>
> What about location? Most of these tests show you where the server is located. Did you check that?
>
> BTW, IP address doesn't mean a lot. I'm Mid-Atlantic US and I bet my 18 ns ping time to 8.8.8.8 is about the same as anyone with normal service. What's yours? Go to a command line and type
>
> ping -t 8.8.8.8
>
> Cntl-C to stop it.
>
> Check the times but also the variability and the number of responses that time out.
This is a really pointless test. 8.8.8.8 is not one server in one location, so it's not useful to determine how "fast" any network connection is.