national treasure

"national treasure" <isrealis@itagain.com> wrote in message
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> "Doug Spinney" <dougspinney@utvinternet.com> wrote in message
> kt=169~unlimited+broadband
>
>
> --
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> 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
>


Whoopee!!! - now it's 23.9 Mb! Any advance on 23.9? - going once, going
twice......

Eeyore

"Gizmo." wrote:

> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote
> > "Daniel.Mason@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/res...0773&v=2910432
> >
>
> Jesus H Christ ... now the resident fuckwit is trying to strike up a
> conversation with a spammer

Kindly piss off.

Graham

Gonz

"Gizmo." <Nothome@right.now> wrote in message
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> "Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>> "Daniel.Mason@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/res...0773&v=2910432
>>
>
> Jesus H Christ ... now the resident fuckwit is trying to strike up a
> conversation with a spammer

I said the same thing when he was talkin to you.
Only I used the word spanner instead of spammer.

Gizmo.

"Eeyore" <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Daniel.Mason@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/res...0773&v=2910432
>

Jesus H Christ ... now the resident fuckwit is trying to strike up a
conversation with a spammer

Kris

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.

The one you linked to doesn't go as fast as the thinkbroadband tester.

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." <Nothome@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

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

The Natural Philosopher

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?

> Graham
>
>
>

Gizmo.

"James Egan" <jegan@jegan.com> wrote in message
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> On Thu, 29 Nov 2007 13:08:12 -0000, "Gizmo." <Nothome@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"?

That's the fella )