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[Terbs]

I did a speed test a few times recently, and I am getting 37.38mb out of the possible 40mb.

Using infinity doesn't seem to make any difference to normal surfing etc. However, when downloading, I can get gigabytes of downloading in minutes. However, it must be remembered that a lot of servers are limited as to download speed, so even if you can download at mega speed, if the server is locked at, say, 54kb's, thats all you will get. Thats a common thing, sites trying to get you to open accounts, to get full access speed.

My main reason for getting infinity, was they offered it me for a cheaper price than the 8mb they were supplying. Work that out !!!! I am on the full contract price, as an existing customer, I did not get the 'free for 3 months' stuff. But £18 a month was good enough for me for 37.38 mb

I have two laptops and another desktop computer in the house, and they all connect wirelessly to my BT hub, and still have the same speed as this computer, which is hardwired

[aaronjb]

Cem - I get pretty much the speeds they estimated I would get

Can get a good upload speedtest on the zen line because it always has lots of traffic for some reason

 
just on the test.. not in real life.. try to access a server outside UK , say in east europe or latin america , you wont   even if all network is brand new model, shiny and empty the server state can change the picture..

I can saturate my link (100Mbit down, 10Mbit up) with a number of servers in the US Though for a lot of sites you'd be right, 40-50Mbit is about as much as you get unless it's a big site.

Still can't fix the latency to the west coast though.. damn that speed of light constant

[Kevin Wood]

Still can't fix the latency to the west coast though.. damn that speed of light constant

..and TCP congestion control algorithms from the 1970's.