Internet speedtest result

[Woodzie]

i'll check the laptop later

[BUSHWHACKER]

[da SLUG man]

think sundays are a slow day cos everyone's using it... Lindseys only shows up as about that speed.

[dieselboy]

speedtest.net does seem to lie to you and tell you that you have a better speed than you do..
a more accurate one i have found is think broadband - their speedtest seems to be more true.

the only real way you can tell, is to find some very large files online that you can download directly. eg, some linux cd's.
when you have found two different ones, say 800mb+ each, start to download both at the same time and leave it for a minute so the speed settles.
then write down what each is downloading at, so one might download at 150kbps and the other at 100kbps.
add these two figures together and it makes 250kbs total.
then times this figure by 8 because there is 8 bits in a byte and 250 is kilo bits not kilo bytes and you get 2000 which is 2mb

with my broadband i personally get between 800kbps and 1000kbps which = 6.4mb - 8mb.

remember when you first have your adsl line activated it goes through some sort of training mode and your speed will be super quick for about 2 weeks. after this it will be capped. when i first had my line activated i had 14mb actual download speed for 2 months. now its capped to about 6.7mb
not all service providers do this though.

[dieselboy]

Thought my connection was bl**dy slow lately!!!


Supposed to be talktalks free "up to 8 meg" plan.

i left talktalk for this reason
they call it talk talk because of the ammount of time i was on the phone to their helpdesk
same as tiscali...

[joker??]

wow











:wow it goes faster than my truck

[BioHazard]

slight change since march

[Sancho]

Working at a Council today and thought I'd give it a crack:



Now you know where your tax goes

[darkdezigns]

thought id bring an old thread back,see how my mobile dongle is doing,im pretty happy tbh

[BigBobE]

[darkdezigns]

lovely,i get 19 ish at home thankfully lol

[Albannach]

lovely,i get 19 ish at home thankfully lol

It still amazes me that you get that on a 20Mb connection. I complained to Virgin and quoted your figures, even they say it's impossible.

[darkdezigns]

It still amazes me that you get that on a 20Mb connection. I complained to Virgin and quoted your figures, even they say it's impossible.

why ty,it is honestly true tho,not sure if it makes any diffrence but one of their original offices(by original i mean cable wireless originally)is about 1 mile from my house but god knows if that has any effect on the signal,just thought i'd mention

[BigBobE]

It still amazes me that you get that on a 20Mb connection. I complained to Virgin and quoted your figures, even they say it's impossible.

UPC told me over wireless you'll be getting around 16Mb, i am happy with greater than 12Mb, i have yet too meet anyone who gets their full 20Mb, i get 18Mb with a patchlead into broadband box, not router, as i have a very low contention as no one has UPC broadband in my area, its supplied threw the coaxial wiring for tv, which is all new in my area....

[darkdezigns]

UPC told me over wireless you'll be getting around 16Mb, i am happy with greater than 12Mb, i have yet too meet anyone who gets their full 20Mb, i get 18Mb with a patchlead into broadband box, not router, as i have a very low contention as no one has UPC broadband in my area, its supplied threw the coaxial wiring for tv, which is all new in my area....

if i remember ill run the test on pc at home tomorow afternoon when im up,cant remember what i got last time,it was near as damn it 20 tho