This is a rather extensive test of some (12) VPS providers and locations and 14 test targets all over the globe. One of the reasons to make it was that someone at LET asked about aruba, that aruba has a rather poor reputation, and that I happen to have some aruba VPSs and the possibility to create and test a VPS in all of their data centers/locations.

Clearly, this test isn't about the simple "I live in X country and want a VPS that's fast within X country" use case. It rather is about use cases where a larger region is of interest, in my case Europe.

But this test offers much more than the usual list of some destinations and bandwidth. It also computes quite a lot and puts the numbers into different relations from different perspectives.

To put all tat information into one table and still keep it "readable" isn't easy. I tried to help you with colours and attributes.

Here's the explanation:
A number in bold indicates the absolute fastest. Often, however, that's a local target, say from one italian colo to another italian colo which isn't exactly helpful. So those numbers are in dark grey and excluded from different calculations.
A number in green means that this value is the one effectively considered the highest (i.e. excl. intra.country values). Similarly, a red number means that that is the lowest (worst) value in that row/for that target.
A green background means that the value is within 10% of the top speed for that target. A yellow background means "within top 25%". And a red background means that a value is within the lowest 20% in terms of speed.

This colour coding shows quite a lot of helpful information at one glance and also helps in seeing trends like whether a a certan provider is fast (lots of green and yellow) or lousy (lots of red) or just somewhere in the middle (white). aruba CZ is a good example. The colours show at one glance that that is a seriously poor choice for a VPS. aruba DE, on the other hand, is a very attractive VPS location with lots of green and no red.
So much for the vertical columns. But the colours also help horizontally. They quickly give you an impression whether a target is well reachable by lots of VPS providers or whether it's tricky one. San Jose, for instance, is surprisingly well connected to Europe while Romania is a little tricky with quite some red in that row.

But there is lots more in that table. Just look around. You might notice, for instance, that some aruba locations seem to provide a Gb/s port that actually transports close to a Gb/s while vStoike seems to have quite many VPSs share one Gb port not reaching even 50 Mb/s in the best case.

Finally, a word of reason: Keep in mind that those tests are about bandwidth only. That's an important factor for a VPS but certainly not the only one. vStoike, for instance, whom I like a lot, compensate their lousy bandwidth with good machine performance, reliable service, and excellent customer support. aruba, on the other hand, who might look like big winners here, offer ridiculous and slow support and no "grey zone"; it's either the small 1€ VPS or it's 6.50 € and upwards. hostsolution, a provider who is in the middle field in terms of bandwidth, offer good support, insane flexibility and multiple carriers. But as far as bandwidth is concerned, this table is a good start. Enjoy it.