Starhub Network Utilities - Bandwidth meter test done by me...

Starhub MaxOnline - Network Utilities... Bandwidth meter test...

I have done the Starhub Network Utilities - Bandwidth meter test on the following date...

Tue, 16 June 2009 at 7.45 pm - Top Speed Attained is 6.36 Mbps...

Wed, 17 June 2009 at 5.30 am - Top Speed Attained is 7.58 Mbps...

Thu, 18 June 2009 at 11.50 pm - Top Speed Attained is 6.22 Mbps...

Fri, 19 June 2009 at 1.24 pm - Top Speed Attained is 5.79 Mbps...

Sat, 20 June 2009 at 6.18 am - Top Speed Attained is 7.56 Mbps...

I am really so free to do the testing everyday just to make sure that the network is really terrible + horrible + incredible + I am telling the truth...


Information extracted from utilities.starhub.com for your easy reference...

Bandwidth meter

Bandwidth meter gauges the average Internet download throughput of your cable modem by downloading a test file from StarHub Servers. The amount of time taken to download the test file will be computed to show the throughput speed of your download connection.

Please note that if you are on wireless connection, your actual bandwidth speed may vary. The bandwidth speed is dependent on various factors including the following:


the distance from the wireless base station/access point;
number of users surfing simultaneously at each wireless access point;
performance of the Wireless Network Interface Card (NIC) used; and
physical obstructions (ie. walls etc) between user and wireless access point.
Bandwidth may vary due to the speed enemies. The estimated bandwidth value below applies only to the StarHub bandwidth meter and on partner sites. Bandwidth tests conducted on other websites may not be an accurate interpretation of the actual bandwidth allocated to each MaxOnline user. It should only serve as a reference.You can refer to the list of partner sites here.

MaxOnline Ultimate*/ Premium**/ Express: Average bandwidth of 16Mbps
SurfLite: Average bandwidth of 1.7Mbps

* For non-DOCSIS 3.0 modems on Ultimate plan: Avg 18Mbps
* For Linksys Wireless Cable Gateway WCG-200: With the NAT security feature enabled, the actual bandwidth speed maybe lower due to higher overhead/resource needed to enable the NAT security features. It is advisable to disable NAT for the above bandwidth test. To disable/enable NAT, please click here.

** Due to hardware limitations, DOCSIS 1.0 cable modems are able to attain up to 5Mbps. It is recommended to upgrade to DOCSIS 1.1 & above cable modems in order to maximize the experience of MaxOnline Ultimate.

Motorola SBG1000, Motorola SB4200, Motorola SB4100, Samsung SCM140U : Up to 12Mbps
Motorola SBV4200 (VeCM): Up to 9.6Mbps
SA DPX213 (VeCM), Motorola SB3100, RCA DCM235, Terayon ECM210, Terayon ECM110: Up to 5Mbps

Please note Motorola SBV4200 and SA DPX213 can attain up to 9.6Mbps and 5Mbps respectively due to the hardware constraints with single chipset handling both voice and data packets. As higher priority is given to voice packets, the other traffic (data) is sent with a lower priority that is determined by bandwidth availability.


Instructions:
To download the test file, click "Start".