Broadband speed checker
Daniel...@gmail.com
I'm looking for a good broadband speed checker - i think some of them
on the web are a little biast - or at least seem to be.
Some guy on here www.traffictalk.co.uk - told me to use BT's but I
don't think that's any good.
Quite a few people of www.traffictalk.co.uk say that - get on there
and sort em out!
:-)
Dan
Doug Spinney
wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking for a good broadband speed checker - i think some of them
> on the web are a little biast - or at least seem to be.
>
> don't think that's any good.
>
> and sort em out!
>
> :-)
>
> Dan
The BT one dosn't work for me, I tend to use:
http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/
But there is quite a few more out there, such as:
http://www.speedtest.net/
http://speedcheck.ispconnect.co.uk/
http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/
http://www.broadbandchoices.co.uk/speed-test.asp?kt=169~unlimited+broadband
Regards,
Doug.
Gizmo.
<Daniel...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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What are the odds on you and the domain registrant having the same name ?
Domain name:
traffictalk.co.uk
Registrant:
Daniel Mason
Registrant type:
UK Individual
Registrant's address:
30 Bleakledge Grove
Wigan
WN2 4BP
GB
Eeyore
"Daniel...@gmail.com" wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking for a good broadband speed checker - i think some of them
> on the web are a little biast - or at least seem to be.
http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/
It's the ONLY one that's capable of reporting my connection's true capabilities.
http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/results.php?t=1196340773&v=2910432
Graham
Eeyore
Kris wrote:
> http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest.html
>
> That can max out my 24Mb Be Pro connection at just over 2MB down / 270KB
> up.
That's NOT 'maxing out' by a LONG way depending on your conection statistics.
Try http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/
Graham
Eeyore
Doug Spinney wrote:
> But there is quite a few more out there, such as:
>
> http://speedcheck.ispconnect.co.uk/
That's fucking ridiculous but what els would you expect from Tiscali ?
" Your current bandwidth reading is: 1.14 Mbps
which means you can download at 145.8 KB/sec. from our servers "
And the bbmax test just returned a figure of nearly 7000 kbps !
Graham
SJP
>
> I'm looking for a good broadband speed checker - i think some of them
> on the web are a little biast - or at least seem to be.
>
> don't think that's any good.
>
> and sort em out!
>
Spammer
Gizmo.
"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriend...@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:474EB4D3...@hotmail.com...
Jesus H Christ ... now the resident fuckwit is trying to strike up a
conversation with a spammer
o p @secret.com Gonz
"Gizmo." <Not...@right.now> wrote in message
news:0Ry3j.43059$6l1....@newsfet17.ams...
I said the same thing when he was talkin to you.
Only I used the word spanner instead of spammer.
Eeyore
"Gizmo." wrote:
> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriend...@hotmail.com> wrote
> > "Daniel...@gmail.com" wrote:
> >
> >> Hi all,
> >>
> >> I'm looking for a good broadband speed checker - i think some of them
> >> on the web are a little biast - or at least seem to be.
> >
> > http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/
> >
> > It's the ONLY one that's capable of reporting my connection's true
> > capabilities.
> >
> > http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/results.php?t=1196340773&v=2910432
> >
>
> Jesus H Christ ... now the resident fuckwit is trying to strike up a
> conversation with a spammer
Kindly piss off.
Graham
national treasure
"Doug Spinney" <dougs...@utvinternet.com> wrote in message
kt=169~unlimited+broadband
--
I love that one! - it says I'm getting 19.5 Mb ;)
If only (sigh) ..........talk about flattering people and telling 'em what
they want to hear ;)
national treasure
"national treasure" <isre...@itagain.com> wrote in message
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Whoopee!!! - now it's 23.9 Mb! Any advance on 23.9? - going once, going
twice......
Eeyore
Kris wrote:
> Eeyore writes:
> > > That can max out my 24Mb Be Pro connection at just over 2MB down / 270KB
> > > up.
> >
> > That's NOT 'maxing out' by a LONG way depending on your conection statistics.
> >
> > Try http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/
>
> 24 megabit connection. 2 megabytes per second down, 270 kilobytes per
> second up. Synced at 23098 kbps down / 2468 kbps up.
I'm puzzled by the seemingly slow up speed.
> The one you linked to doesn't go as fast as the thinkbroadband tester.
I haven't had the pleasure of finding that out. It certainly registers a 'score' of
greater than 7000 kbps for my connection at times.
Graham
James Egan
On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:08:12 -0000, "Gizmo." <Not...@right.now>
wrote:
>Jesus H Christ ... now the resident fuckwit is trying to strike up a
>conversation with a spammer
H as in, "Our Father, who art in heaven, harold be thy name"?
Jim :)
The Natural Philosopher
> Graham
>
>
>
Gizmo.
"James Egan" <je...@jegan.com> wrote in message
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That's the fella :o)
Abo
> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking for a good broadband speed checker - i think some of them
> on the web are a little biast - or at least seem to be.
--
Abo
Eeyore
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
No, it's correct.
Are you being deliberately dense ?
Graham
The Natural Philosopher
So, you are connected at 1.14Mbps, and can download max at 145kbytes/s..
> Are you being deliberately dense ?
And you are getting a speed test that says you are getting 7Mbps?
>
> Graham
>
ato...@hotmail.com
> I'm looking for a good broadband speed checker - i think some of them
> on the web are a little biast - or at least seem to be.
The problem is what do you want to check?
Your connection cannot be faster than the slowest link in the chain.
If your ISP has a speed checker, then at off peak times,
you should see roughly your down BRAS speed.
If your ISP doesn't give you access to your profile
it may be because they don't want you to know.
If you have a shiddy ISP with insufficient backhaul bandwidth
then speed checkers, other than your ISP's will give poor
speeds.
Worst case if you use one of the Stateside speed checkers at
peak times, say around 8-10pm in the UK then your speed will
probably be appalling.
All this is before you take into account traffic shaping. If there
is traffic shaping then P2P may be very slow, slow because of
your ISP's traffic shaping, and maybe only one or two seeds
with slow upload speeds.
Eeyore
The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> Eeyore wrote:
> > The Natural Philosopher wrote
> >> Eeyore wrote:
> >>> Doug Spinney wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> But there is quite a few more out there, such as:
> >>>>
> >>>> http://speedcheck.ispconnect.co.uk/
> >>> That's fucking ridiculous but what els would you expect from Tiscali ?
> >>>
> >>> " Your current bandwidth reading is: 1.14 Mbps
> >>> which means you can download at 145.8 KB/sec. from our servers "
> >>>
> >>> And the bbmax test just returned a figure of nearly 7000 kbps !
> >> So BBmax is lying?
> >
> > No, it's correct.
>
>
> So, you are connected at 1.14Mbps,
No I'm NOT. I'm synched at 8128 kbps with a 7150 kbps profile.
1.14 Mbps is what the fucking USELESS Tiscali tests says !
Do WAKE UP.
Graham
Nicola Redwood
There is are quite a few listed here
http://www.uk-bug.net/Web_Links-index-req-viewlink-cid-8-orderby-hitsD.html
PlusNet Support Team
Add to that http://mybroadbandspeed.co.uk
</shameless plug>
--
|Bob Pullen Broadband Solutions for
|Support Home & Business @
|PlusNet plc. www.plus.net
+------ PlusNet - The smarter way to broadband ------
Eeyore
PlusNet Support Team wrote:
> Add to that http://mybroadbandspeed.co.uk
> </shameless plug>
It seems to be better than your old one was. It's within 1% of the bbmax test. Is
that because you have more bandwidth now ?
Graham
PlusNet Support Team
Nah, it's software related. The old one was built in house before the
days of IPStream Max and the higher speed cable/LLU services.
It's will be similar to the bbmax test as they both use the same software:
Rgds,
tUMAz
then find 3-5 broadband speed checkers
all different
run them all at the same time and then see what speed you get with DU Meter.
thats your true speed!!
i dont think any speed test out there will max out a 20mbit connection
i think about 4mbit should be fine though
<Daniel...@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:f0ea0eb1-ca31-40ef...@i12g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> Hi all,
>
> I'm looking for a good broadband speed checker - i think some of them
> on the web are a little biast - or at least seem to be.
>
> Some guy on here www.traffictalk.co.uk - told me to use BT's but I
> don't think that's any good.
>
> Quite a few people of www.traffictalk.co.uk say that - get on there
GeoffO
'F'-word.... again ? Been on the beer, have we ? lol
I think everyone's already aware that with a bit of Googling one can find a
dozen or so speed test Sites. Common sense *will* prevail when individual
tests show consistently different results from the average... Errr... wont
it ?
Let's get a grip. No more f'ing, please. You are actually old enough to be
paying the bills, aren't you ?.
G
Eeyore
GeoffO wrote:
> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriend...@hotmail.com> wrote
> > The Natural Philosopher wrote:
> >> Eeyore wrote:
> >> > The Natural Philosopher wrote
> >> >> Eeyore wrote:
> >> >>> Doug Spinney wrote:
> >> >>>
> >> >>>> But there is quite a few more out there, such as:
> >> >>>>
> >> >>>> http://speedcheck.ispconnect.co.uk/
> >> >>> That's fucking ridiculous but what els would you expect from Tiscali
> >> >>> ?
> >> >>>
> >> >>> " Your current bandwidth reading is: 1.14 Mbps
> >> >>> which means you can download at 145.8 KB/sec. from our servers "
> >> >>>
> >> >>> And the bbmax test just returned a figure of nearly 7000 kbps !
> >> >> So BBmax is lying?
> >> >
> >> > No, it's correct.
> >>
> >>
> >> So, you are connected at 1.14Mbps,
> >
> > No I'm NOT. I'm synched at 8128 kbps with a 7150 kbps profile.
> >
> > 1.14 Mbps is what the fucking USELESS Tiscali tests says !
> >
> > Do WAKE UP.
> >
> > Graham
> >
>
> 'F'-word.... again ? Been on the beer, have we ? lol
>
> I think everyone's already aware that with a bit of Googling one can find a
> dozen or so speed test Sites. Common sense *will* prevail when individual
> tests show consistently different results from the average... Errr... wont
> it ?
Unfortunately the alleged common sense doesn't stop some people posting links
to idiotic speedtesters that give worthless results like the one above.
> Let's get a grip. No more f'ing, please. You are actually old enough to be
> paying the bills, aren't you ?.
Been paying the bills for the last 35 years you twit.
Graham