Broadband Speed Checker

[Blade]

Which is the best one to use

[R34PER]

can't hurt to try a few?

I normally use http://www.speedtest.net/ or one or two at random from google to see if they all match up.

[Kwacky]

That's the one I always use. Don't forget if you're testing it over wireless you'll get differing results depending what you're testing it on and where you are from the router.

[Blade]

Cheers lads.

Our broadband is being upgraded from 30 mb to 50 mb so wanted to do a check before and after.

[Stew]

Ive just used the one in the link and got the following result
Ping : 31 ms
Download speed : 1.77 mbps
Upload speed: 0.36 mbps
no idea if that's good or bad but getting loads of rubber banding on BF4 today and not sure if the test results are because the cause of it

[D6Nutz]

Ive just used the one in the link and got the following result
Ping : 31 ms
Download speed : 1.77 mbps
Upload speed: 0.36 mbps
no idea if that's good or bad but getting loads of rubber banding on BF4 today and not sure if the test results are because the cause of it

It all depends on your service provider, package, and if it's ADSL how far you are from the exchange.

If you are on and ADSL connection it is worth remembering that it is a self-optimising system. That basically means if will reduce you actually connection speed automatically to give you a more stable connections. Sometimes, as I found out last week, this goes a little wrong and it puts a cap on your connection that is too restrictive. I was reduced down to 0.5mbps where as I should be running at over 10mbps. It might be worth a call to your service provider as they can get the cap reset and put the connection back into learning mode.

[Blade]

OK excuse lack of PC knowledge is 54.45 Mbps good ?

[Kwacky]

Fecking excellent

[Blade]

As you know it was pure agony switching to virgin but now I have it i impressed with both the TV and broadband.

Much better than sky which surprisingly I didn't think would be the case.

[D6Nutz]

OK excuse lack of PC knowledge is 54.45 Mbps good ?

Erm, yes. It's at least 5 times the connection speed I get

[dizzyw]

OK excuse lack of PC knowledge is 54.45 Mbps good ?

Erm, yes. It's at least 5 times the connection speed I get

God I miss my VM broadband!! would have been on 100mb by now as well

I'm lucky if I get 1.3mb on where we are, although BT are supposed to be upgrading the cabinet to fibre this month, which should give us over 10mb with any luck.

[Stew]

Just tried again and got 1.81 mbps, time to make a call I think

[Kwacky]

Try downloading something. You'll soon see how quick it is.

[D6Nutz]

Just tried again and got 1.81 mbps, time to make a call I think

This is a bit technical, but might be worth trying...

http://speedtest.btwholesale.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Do the basic test and see how that compares to the previous results, the bt speed tester is used by ISP's when they diagnose issues so it's quite accurate.

When the tests complete there is a button at the bottom "Further Diagnostics", click that and enter your phone number of the ADSL line. When the results are complete you should get 2 bits of key information:

Maximum Speed - This is the speed that your ISP told you that you could get out of your line.
IP Profile for your line is - This number is the maximum speed you "should" be able to get out of your line.

If your download speed is a lot less than the IP Profile value then a reset should help. My IP Profile was 13Mb and my download speed was 0.5Mb, a reset changed my download speed to 9Mb.

[Blade]

Just tried again and got 1.81 mbps, time to make a call I think

This is a bit technical, but might be worth trying...

http://speedtest.btwholesale.com/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

Do the basic test and see how that compares to the previous results, the bt speed tester is used by ISP's when they diagnose issues so it's quite accurate.

When the tests complete there is a button at the bottom "Further Diagnostics", click that and enter your phone number of the ADSL line. When the results are complete you should get 2 bits of key information:

Maximum Speed - This is the speed that your ISP told you that you could get out of your line.
IP Profile for your line is - This number is the maximum speed you "should" be able to get out of your line.

If your download speed is a lot less than the IP Profile value then a reset should help. My IP Profile was 13Mb and my download speed was 0.5Mb, a reset changed my download speed to 9Mb.

Will check when I get home Jon as the missus ran the last test and she won't have a scobby do if I tell he to do all that

Great info though, thanks mate.

[D6Nutz]

Will check when I get home Jon as the missus ran the last test and she won't have a scobby do if I tell he to do all that

Great info though, thanks mate.

That's not going to give too much info for you mate, it's designed for people on ADSL, as your on a cable connection you won't have to worry about the autolearning speed cap.

[Stew]

Thanks Bud, tried the BTW checker, apparently the max speed my line will allow is 2 mbps which seems awfully slow to me, the BT's in the wifes name so I'll get her to check the account and upgrade if possible, thanks again

[D6Nutz]

It depends on how far you are from the exchange and which adsl package you have. It's worth checking the package as I found out.

I was on plain old adsl, I've recently upgraded to adsl2 and it pretty much doubled my line speed.

[Godzilla]

Oh I just had my broadband upgraded for free so I did the test.
12ms ping
54.00 upload
3.06 download

[C00kiemonster]

Oh I just had my broadband upgraded for free so I did the test.
12ms ping
54.00 upload
3.06 download

Wowsers! I'd be happy with that fella!