Excellent Broadband Speedtest!

MARTYB2K · 10-12-2006, 12:51 PM

I just got the SKY Broadband Max Package installed. (Upto 16MEGS) and im very impressed so far. I switched over from BT which was 8MEGS and costing me £27 a month. Now i pay £10 a month. What a great saving. Anyway post your broadband speed results using this great tester. Im currently hitting about 7MEGS, with 600K uploads, which im more than happy with. Maybe one day it will get faster and get near the 16MEG the package is, but im happy for now.

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**Steven** · 10-12-2006, 1:10 PM

6688 kbps download speed
6780 kbps upload speed

Free 2mb uni connection

So what does it mean?

Badger0-0 · 10-12-2006, 1:29 PM

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Originally Posted by LFC_SL

6688 kbps download speed
6780 kbps upload speed

Free 2mb uni connection

So what does it mean?

It means that's not a 2Mb connection

Similar to my score (7200) and I'm on 10Mb.
I can see Blueyonder getting the bullet.
£35 and I'm not getting what I'm paying for

huntere · 10-12-2006, 1:44 PM

333 kbps down, 334 kbps up

On an 8Mbps connection - impressive eh?

Thats what I'm have daily battles with Virgin

Praxidike · 10-12-2006, 1:47 PM

904 down, 190 up. Wow.

I really need to move, although was considering Virgin until the post above. To be fair though, that is what I'm paying for, but I'm sure £18 a month can get me quite a bit more than that.

huntere · 10-12-2006, 1:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Praxidike

904 down, 190 up. Wow.

I really need to move, although was considering Virgin until the post above. To be fair though, that is what I'm paying for, but I'm sure £18 a month can get me quite a bit more than that.

To be fair Virgin are being very good about it. The no tie in is what appeals to me with Virgin

joffy1780 · 10-12-2006, 1:50 PM

929 down,238 up.
I'm on Pipex 1mb.Is that about right?

Praxidike · 10-12-2006, 1:51 PM

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Originally Posted by huntere

To be fair Virgin are being very good about it. The no tie in is what appeals to me with Virgin

No tie-ins, but £50 if you decide to leave though. Sounds pretty much like a tie-in to me, unless you're outside your first 12 months. That's the main thing putting me off really, they say you're free to leave, but charge you if you do! What other things are they hiding...?

Praxidike · 10-12-2006, 1:52 PM

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Originally Posted by joffy1780

929 down,238 up.
I'm on Pipex 1mb.Is that about right?

That's vaguely what I'm getting with my 1meg too, so somewhere around what it should be I guess.

I think the theoretical maximum would be 1024 down though, but that's rarely possible.

fourfoot · 10-12-2006, 2:15 PM

That speed tester is very poor

Quote:

Download Speed: 56898 kbps (7112.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 49317 kbps (6164.6 KB/sec transfer rate)

Atleast the adslguide tester shows ~90Mbit both ways, which is a bit closer.

**IronGiant** · 10-12-2006, 2:25 PM

1979 down 186 up on a 2Mb NTL connection, seems about right?

Praxidike · 10-12-2006, 2:35 PM

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Originally Posted by Regmarch

1979 down 186 up on a 2Mb NTL connection, seems about right?

The down is good, the up isn't particularly good though (my 1meg gave a higher reading), but that isn't usually much of a problem.

Woodywizz · 10-12-2006, 2:35 PM

Mines almost exactly the same as RegMarch's - but on a 2Meg Tiscali package. I'm able to get SkyMax in my postcode but am I right in thinking that you have to have your line rental thro' BT - I'm currently with Pipex for this.

RMCF · 10-12-2006, 2:35 PM

I find these speed things confusing.

I got 996K down and 96K up.

I am paying for 512K each way - so how does that work?

Is this test accurate?

neilmcl · 10-12-2006, 2:36 PM

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Originally Posted by fourfoot

That speed tester is very poor

Atleast the adslguide tester shows ~90Mbit both ways, which is a bit closer.

I have to agree, I've used that tester over the past six months and compared to others it isn't very accurate at all.

fourfoot · 10-12-2006, 2:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Praxidike

The down is good, the up isn't particularly good though (my 1meg gave a higher reading), but that isn't usually much of a problem.

No, his is correct, since NTL only allocates ~200Kbit upstream.

huntere · 10-12-2006, 2:51 PM

While trying to fix my Virgin speeds they dissed ADSLOrg and recommended this

http://freespace.virgin.net/adsl.test/

which links to

217.32.105.42

Apparently the ADSL one s set up for a different type of connection - can;t remenber the techy bit.

Rygar · 10-12-2006, 4:18 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by RMCF

I find these speed things confusing.

I got 996K down and 96K up.

I am paying for 512K each way - so how does that work?

Is this test accurate?

Not sure if you are talking about kilo bits or kilo Bytes per second (the NDO test reports both options) but either way your result looks like a glitch or you are not on the speed you think you are. Sure you are are on 512Kbps both ways? Very unlikeley unless you are on SDSL which costs hundereds per month.

Rygar · 10-12-2006, 4:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by huntere

While trying to fix my Virgin speeds they dissed ADSLOrg and recommended this

http://freespace.virgin.net/adsl.test/

which links to

217.32.105.42

Apparently the ADSL one s set up for a different type of connection - can;t remenber the techy bit.

Theres nothing wrong with the adsl guide test as far as these testers go, in fact its probably best of the bunch. The link you got from virgin is actually instructions on how to bypass your ISP and test directly on the bt wholesale network. This method is used to identify if speed problems are down to your ISP's network or are happening at the BTwholesale network level.

**Steven** · 10-12-2006, 4:26 PM

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Originally Posted by Badger0-0

It means that's not a 2Mb connection

You mean to say it's better than 2mb? And it's a free connection!

BTW ppl, I think most uni's have an open wi-fi network

Rygar · 10-12-2006, 4:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MARTYB2K

I just got the SKY Broadband Max Package installed. (Upto 16MEGS) and im very impressed so far. I switched over from BT which was 8MEGS and costing me £27 a month. Now i pay £10 a month. What a great saving. Anyway post your broadband speed results using this great tester. Im currently hitting about 7MEGS, with 600K uploads, which im more than happy with. Maybe one day it will get faster and get near the 16MEG the package is, but im happy for now.

Test Here:

As I have posted before, these speed tests are not the best to test your connection for various reasons. Download a 100MB file from the site I link below. Let it run for a few minutes and see what your broswers downloader reports the transfer speed is. Much better "real life" test for your connection. Also bear in mind your connection speed will vary dramatically at different times of the day (peak vs off peak).

http://fuller.zen.co.uk/test/

**Steven** · 10-12-2006, 4:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Rygar

http://fuller.zen.co.uk/test/

Cool. Mine now hovers from 720 to 920 kbps

Rygar · 10-12-2006, 4:52 PM

Assuming you mean kBps (note the capital B = kilo Bytes per second) which most browsers report speed in, then you are most definately not on a 2Mb connection. More like 8Mb+ and a pretty clean 8Mb, considering its sunday afternoon! Students eh, hogging everyone elses hard earned bandwidth for free

**Steven** · 10-12-2006, 4:59 PM

They say its 2mb!

We're not allowed on bittorent or p2p. But anything else goes

Makes those pesky 250mb Pro Evo music mods a breeze

Uridium · 10-12-2006, 5:19 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MARTYB2K

I just got the SKY Broadband Max Package installed. (Upto 16MEGS) and im very impressed so far. I switched over from BT which was 8MEGS and costing me £27 a month. Now i pay £10 a month. What a great saving. Anyway post your broadband speed results using this great tester. Im currently hitting about 7MEGS, with 600K uploads, which im more than happy with. Maybe one day it will get faster and get near the 16MEG the package is, but im happy for now.

Test Here:

I'm getting very nearly that on the Mid (8mb) package 6.5mb down / 420k up. for a fiver a month

Rang them yesterday to change to Max so am looking forward to seeing 10Mb + hopefully

**fizl** · 10-12-2006, 6:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by huntere

333 kbps down, 334 kbps up

On an 8Mbps connection - impressive eh?

Thats what I'm have daily battles with Virgin

mine is worse than that on virgin 139 and 185 on an apparently 8meg line!

Shaz

Steve N · 10-12-2006, 6:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Regmarch

1979 down 186 up on a 2Mb NTL connection, seems about right?

1730 up
186 down

Also NTL but 1mb, I think.

Knyght_byte · 10-12-2006, 6:46 PM

the OP's tester is a poor one.....my 8Mb BT connection which is fairly rock solid as i'm only a few hundred yards from the exchange showed wildly varying results...lol

1st test 4.8/36
2nd test 4.9/36
3rd test 5.8/36
4th test 2.8/36

lol......something tells me it doesnt have a very large bandwidth itself and if a few people are using it they will get reports of slower speeds...

edit: altho i've just gone on the MS website to download a HD Showcase file and i'm getting 5.2 at best.....so i guess BT's servers are on their heavy use period and being restrictive...lol..... i know when i normally download (ie later at night) i get around 6.9-7.2.....

MrFurious · 10-12-2006, 7:08 PM

941 down and 238 up

waiting for my upgrade to 8mb to come through

Badger0-0 · 10-12-2006, 7:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Knyght_byte

the OP's tester is a poor one.....my 8Mb BT connection which is fairly rock solid as i'm only a few hundred yards from the exchange showed wildly varying results...lol

1st test 4.8/36
2nd test 4.9/36
3rd test 5.8/36
4th test 2.8/36

lol......something tells me it doesnt have a very large bandwidth itself and if a few people are using it they will get reports of slower speeds...

edit: altho i've just gone on the MS website to download a HD Showcase file and i'm getting 5.2 at best.....so i guess BT's servers are on their heavy use period and being restrictive...lol..... i know when i normally download (ie later at night) i get around 6.9-7.2.....

I'd say that's pretty accurate then mate.
I'd say the OP's link is good, it is dead consistent with my usual test site, which I've used since the year dot (well BB-wise anyway).
It involves a D/L but it's worth it,trust me.

http://www.broadbandspeedtest.net/