Nicola Redwood

<Daniel.Mason@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:f0ea0eb1-ca31-40ef-b989-0ee1c000d7df@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
> and sort em out!
>
> :-)
>
> Dan

There is are quite a few listed here

http://www.uk-bug.net/Web_Links-inde...rby-hitsD.html

ato_zee@hotmail.com

On 29-Nov-2007, "Daniel.Mason@gmail.com" <Daniel.Mason@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.

The Natural Philosopher

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, 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
>

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

ato_zee@hotmail.com

On 29-Nov-2007, "Daniel.Mason@gmail.com" <Daniel.Mason@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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.

Nicola Redwood

<Daniel.Mason@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:f0ea0eb1-ca31-40ef-b989-0ee1c000d7df@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
> and sort em out!
>
> :-)
>
> Dan

There is are quite a few listed here

http://www.uk-bug.net/Web_Links-inde...rby-hitsD.html

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

<Daniel.Mason@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:f0ea0eb1-ca31-40ef-b989-0ee1c000d7df@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
> and sort em out!
>
> :-)
>
> Dan

There is are quite a few listed here

http://www.uk-bug.net/Web_Links-inde...rby-hitsD.html

PlusNet Support Team

Doug Spinney wrote:
> On Nov 29, 9:38 am, "Daniel.Ma...@gmail.com" <Daniel.Ma...@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.
>>
>> Some guy on herewww.traffictalk.co.uk- told me to use BT's but I
>> don't think that's any good.
>>
>> Quite a few people ofwww.traffictalk.co.uksay that - get on there
>> 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/sp...ited+broadband

Add to that http://mybroadbandspeed.co.uk
</shameless plug>

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|Support Home & Business @
|PlusNet plc. www.plus.net
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PlusNet Support Team

Doug Spinney wrote:
> On Nov 29, 9:38 am, "Daniel.Ma...@gmail.com" <Daniel.Ma...@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.
>>
>> Some guy on herewww.traffictalk.co.uk- told me to use BT's but I
>> don't think that's any good.
>>
>> Quite a few people ofwww.traffictalk.co.uksay that - get on there
>> 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/sp...ited+broadband

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 ------