Speedtest says: my ping is 720 and says Socket Error

[hayley3]

I am direct-connected to my modem, after seeing my speed at .89.
But now when I try to do a speedtest it says I have a Socket Error.
My ISP will say it's on my end, so I am trying to figure out what is happening before I talk to them on Monday when they return. The other issue is this morning, Windows reset my PC, but after a restart it was all back to normal. However, I have been losing skype occasionally for a while and did notice my adsl line would be blinking but then my internet would come right back on.

Here is the error: " Upload Test Error
A socket error occurred during the Upload test. A firewall could be blocking the connection or the server might be having some issues. Please try again later."

Thanks,
Cheryl

 

[hayley3]

What a day I'm having...I figured it out as soon as I typed the question. I transferred some documents to Windows Onedrive this morning...because of the scare with the Windows reset.....I had no idea it was still transferring files after 4 hours. And it's taking up all my bandwith!!!!! I paused it and sure enough I'm back to my supersonic speed of 8 mbps ..lol