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[I'm With Stupid]

Anyone else having problems atm? I've been on that speed checking website, and within HCMC, I have 7MB/Sec download speed. When I switch the server location anywhere abroad, it varies between 1MB/Sec in Thailand, to 0.1MB/Sec from Singapore or America. And since pretty much everything I want to view is hosted outside of Vietnam, that's effectively my internet speed. So is anyone else having the same problem or should I have my landlord contact the ISP? It's been like this for a few days now.

[mark_in_saigon]

I was getting about 6 down and 1 up in district 3. I am on the outskirts now and getting substantially better speeds, like 12 down and sometimes 16 up. This is a better speed (esp on the up) than what we are getting in most locations in the states, the 12/16, and even the 6/1 is pretty close to what we are getting over there. I think your choosing a distant server is not a good process, I am not certain, but here is what dsl global speedtest says about it.

Complete the most accurate test by clicking on "Begin Test." Speedtest.net will automatically select the server with the lowest ping time. This means you will be connected to the closest server from a computer networking perspective. Speedtest.net provides hundreds of different servers located around the globe, thereby eliminating internet congestion that negatively impacts your speed test.

The "Begin Test" method is the most reliable, but feel free to experiment with manually choosing a server by selecting the white locator dots on the "Begin Test" map. You may also select a "Preferred Server" in your Settings to permanently give a selected server priority in any future tests. Due to Internet congestion and unpredictable ping times, you are usually better off letting Speedtest.net select the best server for each test.

I find when I have a good reported speed, the lag is often another issue. I run more than one system, and see one can run fine and another may be slow. Be sure that your issue is not that you have failed to reboot your system lately, or you have some other issue in your computer. Be sure and compare it with a second computer on the same router and connection. Be sure you do not have virus/spyware issues. If trying to access something like facebook, of course you are going to have issues here.

[I'm With Stupid]

I don't know the technical details, but I remember someone telling me a while back that a main line had accidentally been cut and it was affecting all internet traffic from America, so I wanted to know if everyone had the same problem or if it was just me. It seems to be better today, but it was slow for a few days there.