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Title: Broadband speed
Post by: A380 Elite on 13 November 2007, 21:16:05: Are you getting what you pay for?

http://gadgetshow.five.tv/jsp/speed_test.htm
Title: Re: Broadband speed
Post by: miggy on 13 November 2007, 21:20:31: Tried it, nothing happens

:-/ :-/
Title: Re: Broadband speed
Post by: A380 Elite on 13 November 2007, 21:23:05: It will, i promise.
Title: Re: Broadband speed
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 13 November 2007, 21:25:51: :y :y

826 Kbps download
186 Kbps upload
Title: Re: Broadband speed
Post by: Entwood on 13 November 2007, 21:29:52: 1868 Down
230 Up

another good site is

http://www.speedtest.net

:)
Title: Re: Broadband speed
Post by: Craig_R on 13 November 2007, 21:39:57: tested with the GF playing second life on her laptop and her brother web browsing on his laptop

gadget show one

1585 down
156 up

speedtest.net connected to MK

1766 down
175 up
Title: Re: Broadband speed
Post by: lee4206 on 13 November 2007, 22:18:13: on speedtest.net

down 10503kb/s

up 707kb/s

with virgin

on gadget show one

down 10795kb/s

up 707kb/s
Title: Re: Broadband speed
Post by: ffcgary1 on 13 November 2007, 22:20:15: 5299k/ps up
209 k/ps down, what ever this means. is that good.?
Title: Re: Broadband speed
Post by: Kev on 13 November 2007, 22:21:48: Or the one i use, http://www.internetfrog.com :y
Title: Re: Broadband speed
Post by: Craig_R on 13 November 2007, 22:24:26: Quote
5299k/ps up
209 k/ps down, what ever this means. is that good.?

i think you got your up and down the wrong way around gary :)
Title: Re: Broadband speed
Post by: Kevin Wood on 13 November 2007, 22:26:01: 6875 Down and 375 Up.

Not too bad I guess.

Kevin
Title: Re: Broadband speed
Post by: ffcgary1 on 13 November 2007, 22:26:23: Thats what swmbo said. ;D ;D
Title: Re: Broadband speed
Post by: hotel21 on 13 November 2007, 22:55:29: Gadget show one:
12988 download, 717 upload.

speedtest:
11873 download, 723 upload.

internetfrog
2.46 mbps download, 748 upload.

How does that compare, you internet boffin types.... :-/
Title: Re: Broadband speed
Post by: Elite Pete on 13 November 2007, 23:07:53: Down
211kbps
Up
303 kbps
And im supposed to be up to 8 mbps
Virgin are Poo :'(
Title: Re: Broadband speed
Post by: Markjay on 13 November 2007, 23:09:34: 6172k upload
447k download

With Tiscali (previously HomeChoice)

£17.95 a month, officially a 8mb/512k connection.... so not bad really
Title: Re: Broadband speed
Post by: Elite Pete on 13 November 2007, 23:21:35: Quote
6172k upload
447k download

With Tiscali (previously HomeChoice)

£17.95 a month, officially a 8mb/512k connection.... so not bad really

I was with Tiscali and their product is good but when something goes wrong their customer service is terrible.
Title: Re: Broadband speed
Post by: IrmscherKris on 13 November 2007, 23:26:08: BT 8meg :question

Last Result:
Download Speed: 4111 kbps (513.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 374 kbps (46.8 KB/sec transfer rate)

OR

(http://www.speedtest.net/result/201927777.png) (http://www.speedtest.net)
Title: Re: Broadband speed
Post by: Markjay on 13 November 2007, 23:27:58: Quote
Quote
6172k upload
447k download

With Tiscali (previously HomeChoice)

£17.95 a month, officially a 8mb/512k connection.... so not bad really

I was with Tiscali and their product is good but when something goes wrong their customer service is terrible.

HomeChoice support was superb, been with them 6 years now, didn't need support since Tiscali took over so can't comment...
Title: Re: Broadband speed
Post by: Phil on 14 November 2007, 08:07:27: One off test is no good, as stated on the program you need to check it over a few days at different times.

For instance at home i'm on AOL upto 8Mbps, but on Monday night at 9pm i was getting just under 3Mbps, but about hour later i was only getting 700kbps!!!

by 11pm it had gone back up to 1Mbps

Then last night at 6pm i was getting nearer 3Mbps again.

What they are trying to acheive is proof ISPs are charging a fortune and not suppplying anything near what they are suggesting.

That is very obvious form my result, 8Mbps my ar5e! >:(
Title: Re: Broadband speed
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 14 November 2007, 08:16:50: Virgin are rubbish, they used to be excellent but since NTL took them over they have transfered the Virgin customers onto th rubbish and over loaded NTL ones......hence its now VERY slow....
Title: Re: Broadband speed
Post by: A380 Elite on 14 November 2007, 08:18:20: Broadband

Broadband Campaign
We're launching our campaign to get to the bottom of broadband speeds. Test your speed here and join the fight!

http://gadgetshow.five.tv/jsp/speed_test.htm

Above from the Gadget show.

Submit your findings to them.
Title: Re: Broadband speed
Post by: KEN_B on 14 November 2007, 08:36:58: 3559kbps download
382kbps upload

Is that good or bad, with NTL
Title: Re: Broadband speed
Post by: A380 Elite on 14 November 2007, 08:48:10: Hi Ken,

It all depends on what you are paying for.

For example, if you pay say £24.00 a month for 8mb, by doing this test it will tell you your broadband speed.

Are you getting what you pay for per month?

It seam's less fortunate country's have a triple broadband speed than the UK.

The idea of this campaign from the Gadget show is for us to get what we pay for.
Title: Re: Broadband speed
Post by: Jimbob on 14 November 2007, 09:45:42: Download Speed: 969 kbps (121.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 241 kbps (30.1 KB/sec transfer rate)

for me on Zen, just OVER the normal limit for 1 meg broadband, so Im happy :)
Title: Re: Broadband speed
Post by: Kevin Wood on 14 November 2007, 09:54:23: Quote
It all depends on what you are paying for.

You have to remember that whatever your ISP advertises it as, you're paying for a heavily contended service so unless you do most of your surfing at 4AM you are not going to see the maximum theoretical throughput.

Contention in the BT network aside, some ISPs are better than others. Depends how much they invest against how many punters they ensnare. Difficult to quantify, and certainly not mentioned in their advertising.

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for me on Zen, just OVER the normal limit for 1 meg broadband, so Im happy

I've been very happy with Zen too :y

Kevin
Title: Re: Broadband speed
Post by: TheBoy on 14 November 2007, 18:50:56: On the mega stable Zen line, I get top whack all the time.

On the 'other ISP' line, 1 - 6M depending on time of day...
Title: Re: Broadband speed
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 16 November 2007, 20:13:52: How about this for rubbish.....

Download speed....136Kb/s
Upload speed....382Kb/s

Note thats bits per seond....what a load of rubbish.....faster upload speed than download....!

This is an 8M package to.
Title: Re: Broadband speed
Post by: Ken T on 16 November 2007, 20:54:29: Ours is 986K down, 139K up on Speedtest, and 654K down, 195K up on Think. We are limited by the distance from the exchange, but are only paying £14.99/month with Freedom 2 Surf. It tends to be pretty stable (can't get much worse!)

Ken
Title: Re: Broadband speed
Post by: Kev on 16 November 2007, 21:28:45: Quote
How about this for rubbish.....

Download speed....136Kb/s
Upload speed....382Kb/s

Note thats bits per seond....what a load of rubbish.....faster upload speed than download....!

This is an 8M package to.

They are quite clearly throttling your connection because of all the porn you're downloading. ;D ;D ;D