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Broadband speed tests
« on: 11 June 2011, 08:45:42 »
Are they any good :-?

I have had BT Infinity installed, and according to BT tests they reckon on 34.7 mbps. I have tried anumber of the different sites doing tests and some confirm 35mbps but one came up with 15mbps, and two with 27mbps. :(
Have tried all these sites repeatedly with the same results. :y
We are fibred to the cabinet here, and its situated at the end of the road. The exchange is only two streets away also.
The engineer who fitted it said my connections and setup were top notch and I had the full 40mbps coming in, but would get a bit less than that due to something techinal :y
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Re: Broadband speed tests
« Reply #1 on: 11 June 2011, 08:56:15 »
www.speedtest.net is one of the better ones :y
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Re: Broadband speed tests
« Reply #2 on: 11 June 2011, 09:06:29 »
Ill be doing the same next week.  :D

given the speeds to your house, there are a lot of slowing factors between you and the speed testers, so wouldnt put too much faith in them.

id probably be using www.speedtest.net or www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest.html
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Re: Broadband speed tests
« Reply #3 on: 11 June 2011, 13:49:13 »
Just tried both your links, Jimbob...Speedtest...35mbps
ThinkBroadband..........17mbps :o :o :o
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Re: Broadband speed tests
« Reply #4 on: 11 June 2011, 14:01:42 »
If you can't actually tell, in normal usage, whether you've got the speed you require (or not), then what rather difference does it make?
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Re: Broadband speed tests
« Reply #5 on: 11 June 2011, 15:37:23 »
Speeds I can dream of! Sometimes I even get a full 1 MBPS from my BT broadband :-[ You tube and the like are out of bounds to me!
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Re: Broadband speed tests
« Reply #6 on: 11 June 2011, 15:39:21 »
Mine runs at mid 30s down and 7 up but then drops to 3 down and I have to reset the router & modem
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Re: Broadband speed tests
« Reply #7 on: 11 June 2011, 15:40:15 »
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Just tried both your links, Jimbob...Speedtest...35mbps
ThinkBroadband..........17mbps :o :o :o


Aye, with the speeds you now have, you are probably no longer the weakest link in the chain, so accurate speed tests are hard.

If you have newsgroup, or similar service that you know you can max out, that will be your true test of actual throughput.
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Re: Broadband speed tests
« Reply #8 on: 11 June 2011, 15:43:56 »
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Re: Broadband speed tests
« Reply #9 on: 11 June 2011, 15:46:00 »
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quick enough for me
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Re: Broadband speed tests
« Reply #10 on: 11 June 2011, 20:15:39 »



thats the sloweest ive had  normally bang on 50 meg
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Re: Broadband speed tests
« Reply #11 on: 11 June 2011, 20:18:58 »
Mines 12.7 down and 0.95 up which is a lot better than it was (2 down and 0.2 up)
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Re: Broadband speed tests
« Reply #12 on: 11 June 2011, 20:23:26 »
Speed testers are pretty pointless. Virtually every ISP that fettles traffic (virtually all of them), will artificially make themselves look good on popular ones like speedtest.net
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Re: Broadband speed tests
« Reply #13 on: 11 June 2011, 20:23:51 »
I would add, you know if its running sluggish ;D
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Re: Broadband speed tests
« Reply #14 on: 12 June 2011, 08:26:21 »
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Speed testers are pretty pointless. Virtually every ISP that fettles traffic (virtually all of them), will artificially make themselves look good on popular ones like speedtest.net
Yup, it's a very easy trick to pull.
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