So a user whose results are constantly in the region of 3,000cps could guess that the connection speed is 26.4Kbps or 28,800bps. An answer in the FAQs page relates to cases similar to this. The tests are known to give in-accurate results on Internet Explorer 3, from the main test site on the homepage.eircom.net server. Because different browsers interpret the JavaScript scripting code in different ways, some browsers, Opera and WebTV, for example, give totally inaccurate results, or do not display the pages at all. The tests have been tested on various versions of Netscape and Internet Explorer on Windows 95.
Back button is eratic, as it simply tries to repeat the test by loading from the cache.
The following table is loosely based on information received by Email.