Yes, the bandwidth test is so short that I'm not surprised it gets inconsistent results. I'd wager the speedtest.net being longer was not decided for fun, but

Yes, the bandwidth test is so short that I'm not surprised it gets inconsistent results. I'd wager the speedtest.net being longer was not decided for fun, but to get more consistent results. edit: Now I realize that the later tiny-small-medium filesize downloads also add to your above-the-fold download performance, so the results of the initial warm-up test are discarded later.