The Lounge Wi-Fi Speedtest Thread

[beardoc]

I hope this is okay as a topic!

How to participate:

1. When connected to your Airport lounge Wi-Fi, browse to Speedtest.net - The Global Broadband Speed Test and click "Begin Test" and run it.
2. When you get the result, click the "share my result", then click on "copy" button on the URL that is given.
3. Post here with the Lounge you are in, the time and day of the week, and then "insert image". Choose "From URL" and paste the URL you just copied in that box. Make sure you uncheck "retrieve remote file and reference locally" or it may give an error.
4. Then hopefully we can track which airport Wi-Fi is good and bad and when there are peak periods!


First one:

QANTAS Business Lounge, Saturday 7:24am
Awesome speeds today! I am getting well over a 1 megabyte/sec!

 

[YQY]

Canberra QF J Lounge

Test Date: Oct 20, 2012 7:50
Connection Type: Wifi
Server: Canberra
Download: 18.70 Mbps
Upload: 17.26 Mbps
Ping: 60 ms

 

[Simo]

Will be interesting to see speeds at same airports at different times.

Maybe can we also get a comment if the lounge is full or not many people in it all.

 

[beardoc]

Brisbane QF J Lounge, Saturday 8:45am

EDIT: J Lounge only has about 30 people in it, but can't comment on the QP next door (same connection for both Lounges).

 

[Blackadder]

Like to see one for LAX arround the time of the late night departures to SYD/MEL.

 

[Ewing]

Like to see one for LAX arround the time of the late night departures to SYD/MEL.

I'd be surprised if you could get the speed test page to load, never mind trying to actually run one! ;-)

 

[kelvedon]

Please help a Luddite like me. I get the download and upload speed part, but what is a Ping ?

 

[Sprucegoose]

Please help a Luddite like me. I get the download and upload speed part, but what is a Ping ?

leave it to the techies......it misses me as well.

Ping the higher the better, faster??

 

[Ewing]

leave it to the techies......it misses me as well.

Ping the higher the better, faster??

The other way around.

Ping is basically how long it takes for a message to get from your computer to the server at the other end and then to receive its reply.

-Shaun
(Who does this techie stuff for a living, and ran a speedtest.net server for a while as well)

 

[Sprucegoose]

The other way around.

Ping is basically how long it takes for a message to get from your computer to the server at the other end and then to receive its reply.

-Shaun
(Who does this techie stuff for a living, and ran a speedtest.net server for a while as well)

Ah thankyou sir!

 

[Mardi]

Like to see one for LAX arround the time of the late night departures to SYD/MEL.

I didn't run a test but just before I caught QF12 on 9/10 it was less than glacial in speed!

 

[Princess Fiona]

Fantastic idea beardoc
I'll give it a go on Monday at the SYD Koru Club and SQ Silverkris lounges ( with some LTE for comparison)

 

[hummel]

Virgin Australia 'The Lounge' - OOL
21/10/12 Sunday 11:10am

 

[straitman]

The Hilton in Fiji is not quite top of the pops with speed.

 

[Sprucegoose]

so far Qantas is winning.

Fiji is living up to its name.

 

[YQY]

QF Domestic J

Test Date: Oct 21, 2012 20:41
Connection Type: Wifi
Server: Sydney
Download: 23.33 Mbps
Upload: 23.09 Mbps
Ping: 23 ms

 

[Simo]

The Hilton in Fiji is not quite top of the pops with speed.

The thing I think is funny that it is quicker than 57% of Fiji users.

Dial up was quicker

 

[Flashback]

Are we happy to do train lounges as well?

 

[Princess Fiona]

The SYD Koru Club Wi-fi just now. Lounge at 80% capacity

By comparison LTE


Sorry for the giant photos :shock: They look small on the iPhone

 

[beardoc]

Are we happy to do train lounges as well?

I'm happy with as many datapoints as possible. It's all part of the fun.

I'm wondering if we should do a separate thread for hotel Wi-Fi too!