Hello folks ....
I just received an email from our software development guy, commenting on the Speed Test program he installed for us here.
I had incorrectly assumed that it was generically testing speed as it relates to your overall Internet connection.
He's corrected me on that point indicating that this specific speed test as installed on our site is not actually connecting to a different resource. This means that the speed that you are getting is actually related to your specific connection with our site.
This is why some of you will get lower or higher speeds at different times.
This is somewhat of a good thing because a normal speed test website will not provide a speed of a specific site. In other words, if you feel that our site here is too slow, then you can literally check it directly using the speed test link on the navigation bar at the top of the screen.
If you think that your general connection to the overall Internet is slow, then you might want to go to an external test, such as:
Speakeasy - Speed Test (click here)
My apologies for the confusion ...
Regards,
Badger