disallow .bin test files for testing speed of hosts

[Siruthuli]

Hi guys,

I saw a thread in KWWH
http://www.besthostingforums.com/46-...serverius.html

and was suspicious of their proof of download speed
so asked all
http://www.besthostingforums.com/10-...ad-speeds.html

and that's where robert said

Basically, he doing what singlehop is doing which is considering cheating.

Basically this guy tried to download speed test file, and got faster transfer rate than the maximum of his physical link. And after investigation,

1. The 500MB tar.gz file turns out to be null-padded throughout.
2. Test file is served through HTTPS, using SSL's built-in compression, to achieve the appearance of ridiculously high speed, even though the actual bandwidth used is a lot smaller.

So there you go. Don't always trust the test file from the provider -- they might make wget download test appears faster than it actually is.

So I think we shud bring a rule, to stop these cheats that mislead users.

Siruthuli Reviewed by Siruthuli on 2nd Jan 2012. disallow .bin test files for testing speed of hosts Hi guys, I saw a thread in KWWH http://www.besthostingforums.com/46-vps/117503-extrohosting-com-xen-vps-1gb-ram-150gb-hdd-%249-99-netherlands-serverius.html and was suspicious of their proof of download speed so asked all http://www.besthostingforums.com/10-hosting-discussion/120994-miraculous-download-speeds.html and that's where robert said Rating: 5