Ookla speed test not accurate

[Droid800]

So I've been running a bunch of speedtests over the last few days, and I've noticed an issue with Ookla's app. It doesn't seem to be measuring LTE accurately at all. (and overstates the speed of HSPA+ networks as well)

In the speedtest app and then the xtreme speedtest app, I ran speedtests one after the other.

-Ookla gave 5.1 down and 1.6 up
-Xtreme labs gave 9 down and 3 up

On an HSPA+ device:
-Ookla gave 11 down and 1.5 up
-Xtreme labs gave 4.5 down and 1.2 up

It seems like on LTE devices the newer Speedtest app won't get anything above 6 down. I know that app had issues when the Bolt was first released with upload speeds, but it seems like it went in the other direction and is understating the results.

Anyone else seeing this?

Also, I just ran the same test using my laptop tethered to the Bolt, and the results were vastly different:

-14.4 down, 3 up

 

[pdagal]

My TB and Charge get 11-13MB down according to Ookla via the Speedtest.net app. My HSPA+ devices average 5MB down.

 

[Droid800]

My TB and Charge get 11-13MB down according to Ookla via the Speedtest.net app. My HSPA+ devices average 5MB down.

This is just bizarre then. My mobile app will never go above 5.7. When it hits that it sort of just bounces against it continuously until it moves on to the upload test.

 

[imnuts]

What server are you using? Some people have said that the Ookla app defaults to a random server that isn't necessarily the closest or best one to test from.

 

[Droid800]

What server are you using? Some people have said that the Ookla app defaults to a random server that isn't necessarily the closest or best one to test from.

Its one 10 minutes from my house. Before they updated the app I would get 10-15 down. Now it maxes at 5.

 

[Droid800]

It was the server, oddly enough. Changed to the next closest one in downtown Chicago, and it got me 13 down on the first test and 15 up. The server must not like LTE (or the phone for some reason), because it did just fine using an HSPA+ device.