Test Your ISP Speed.

[Monkeh]

I have the fastest upload speed here!

Not for long, my friend! Bring on April.

 

[conny]

I have the fastest upload speed here!

But it took you 24 minutes to type this reply!

 

[r.bartlett]

http://speedtest.pcadvisor.co.uk/results/id/126714002527753526057.html

Date 25/02/10 23:21:14
Download speed 8586.39 Kbps (8.39 Mbps)
Upload speed 675.60 Kbps (0.66 Mbps)
Server Port 8095 (tcp)
Server Address speedtest1.pcadvisor.co.uk

Since they (virgin) fixed it I have halved my speed..yet another 20 hours reqd on hold to complain...

 

[dextrous]

I have the fastest upload speed here!

I'm afraid not. My speeds are so fast that I actually typed this response a week last Saturday, before the thread was even opened!

 

[simonpolly]

Work for Openreach?

 

[Monkeh]

Work for Openreach?

Mind coming down here and sorting out the idiots who physically lost a line in the ductwork on my street?

 

[Infidel]

To be honest I use the BT checker http://speedtester.bt.com/
Sorta goes into a bit more depth and enables line/router faults to be identified.

Fair enough. On Sunday, for example, I found my interest holding for 3.214445 minutes until I'd had a cup of coffees (approx 5.113g in 247.86354cl of water at 89.322 degrees C), after which it increased to 5.32001 minutes until lunch which started at 1307 (and 28.3133321 seconds)

Also no mention of barometric pressure, height above sea level, type of coffee,diameter of cup,thermal coefficient of said cup, type of agitation device,etc
I'm afraid to say a pretty shoddy piece of research, especially as it should of course have been a dry sherry before lunch.

 

[Monkeh]

To be honest I use the BT checker http://speedtester.bt.com/
Sorta goes into a bit more depth and enables line/router faults to be identified.

And takes ten times as long as any other test.. for the same results.

 

[Infidel]

And takes ten times as long as any other test.. for the same results.

If all your after is a quick line test yes, but it does actually test the line and more importantly through put enabling you to ascertain if your getting contention issues with your isp.

 

[tim west]

Not Bad

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just tried again got 93M down 33M up

 

[Monkeh]

And takes ten times as long as any other test.. for the same results.

If all your after is a quick line test yes, but it does actually test the line and more importantly through put enabling you to ascertain if your getting contention issues with your isp.

Uhm, that's what all the other tests do. The BT one just takes a lot longer.

 

[Infidel]

Uhm, that's what all the other tests do. The BT one just takes a lot longer.

Quicker is not always thorough, at least that's what the wife tells me

 

[Monkeh]

Uhm, that's what all the other tests do. The BT one just takes a lot longer.

Quicker is not always thorough, at least that's what the wife tells me

Yeah, but the actual BT test takes no time at all. It just takes ages for it to even start. It's not inaccurate or anything, it's just.. really slow to use.

 

[simonpolly]

Work for Openreach?

Mind coming down here and sorting out the idiots who physically lost a line in the ductwork on my street?

How did this happen ?,or was the mapping for the area out of date ?

 

[Monkeh]

Work for Openreach?

Mind coming down here and sorting out the idiots who physically lost a line in the ductwork on my street?

How did this happen ?,or was the mapping for the area out of date ?

I have no idea, all I know is a guy was walking up and down the street lifting covers and talking (very loudly) on his phone trying to find it.