What speeds you getting?

[Jonny2Bad]

After seeing the speedtest in the sig of GN etc I thought it may interesting to all post our isp, and what we're paying for.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/318523849.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

10mb package from virgin.


Heres the link http://www.speedtest.net/index.php

[system7]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/318528443.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Virgin Broadband M, 2Mb.

[Conrad]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/318547698.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Bag o' crapola Xplornet satellite 512kbps connection... Not so good out here in the wilds of Canada, but the best I can get!
Miss my 8mbps connection I had when I lived in the UK. :(

[robdave]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/318620861.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

didnt know it was that high haha

[scrivz69]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/318631294.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

quite poo i think lol

[TheTranquilEye]

Can't post a screenie because I'm at work but I'm on VM 20mb.

I get, on average, 19000+ download and 746 up. Due to their throttling (which is what I'd like to do to them..) it does drop to below 10000 at peak periods.

TBH, as I've said before I didn't notice a difference in real-world performance going from 10-20Mb. then again, I only pay £15 a month, so can't complain..

[DarrenT]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/318648042.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

New Net, for all your high speed internet needs!!!! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

[Aegis]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/318647442.png (http://www.speedtest.net)


Telewest Broadband 20MB

[system7]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/318832482.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
I was interested to see this one. This is our o2 3G mobile wireless USB dongle at site. It ABSOLUTELY CRAWLS, especially with all you guys' banners and animated avatars... :evil:

[Danno]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/318849870.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[WillBill]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/318987408.png

Decent :lol:

Virgin Media (Up to 20mb)

[Mechanics Fan]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/319275672.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Virgin Media 2Mb on old system

[Jonny2Bad]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/318648042.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

New Net, for all your high speed internet needs!!!! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:
MMMMM tasty lol i want this ;) No bt users care to add? It certainly seems that virgin and cable broadband are getting pretty close to what they claim which is a good thing.

[Mechanics Fan]

Thought I'd try the test with my new rig - not much difference, as expected.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/325596179.png

[TheTranquilEye]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/318648042.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

New Net, for all your high speed internet needs!!!! :twisted: :twisted: :twisted: :twisted:

Interesting that the New Net site quotes their highest speed package as 20MB.... :?

And nobody but nobody has that speed upload... :!: :?:

So, Darren, what's the deal?

[matz]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/325914076.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
2mb virgin media size M package.

second try at london instead of maidenhead got me 2037 +193

[Mr. Orange]

Stupid BT -.- this is from BT Broadband Option 3... < which is up to 8MB
but we don't have Fibre Optic Broadband =]
man this is bad, i'm gunna have show this to my dad...
i put it in my sig...

b

[Mr. Orange]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/318987408.png

Decent :lol:

Virgin Media (Up to 20mb)
getin that speed around 100miles away :o

[banger]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/327516179.png

Zen Internet 8 Meg Max.

[mark9]

It certainly seems that virgin and cable broadband are getting pretty close to what they claim which is a good thing.

This is on my home connection:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/383286825.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

ive got virgin 8MB (down phone line), the download speed is pathetic, but upload speed is good - so i get a good ping in online games :wink:

im just supprised and confused how my upload is higher than some of you with big download speeds when my download is just over a 1/10 of what its meant to be :?

[Jonny2Bad]

Thats a really odd dl speed you sure your not being capped or something to below 1mb for over downloading between 4 and 9pm i'd complain thats way off 8mb buddy. its less than 1mb :x

[mark9]

i phoned up virgin media and this is what they have to say:

"According to my check with BT, your line can only handle 500kbps"

:( i only live about 3 miles away from my local exchange, which i didnt think was that far. But apparently the state of my phone line (outside of my house) is bad :(

the person at the end of the phone got angry at me when i suggest my price should be cut to a tenth :roll: - nice customer service ahhy

anyway he gave me a phone number to call, and then to press option 3 then option 2 to an annoying automatted voice, then i had to wait 10 minutes whilst listening to some horrible "VALLERRIEE" music by amy whitehouse :(

after 5 mins i got a message saying, the customer service people go home at 9.00, try again in the morning :evil:

looking at the clock it was exactly 9.00 :roll:

[Jonny2Bad]

Pay for the 2mb service then that is terrible customer service only to be expected from virgin though.

[banger]

You're probably being throttled Virgin do this a lot, time for a new ISP. :)

[mark9]

You're probably being throttled Virgin do this a lot, time for a new ISP.

i bought it in september, so im locked into it for the next 9 months :(

i phoned up the new number tismorning tho, ive got a half price discount - amazing what speaking to the supervisor can do :D half price aint bad when im getting free UK land-line to land-line calls as well.

[JDowdall]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/387286235.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

I'm quite confused, im supposed to be on tiscali 8mb unlimited, but those speeds definitely dont look right! is that even 2mb download?!

[jaymyer79]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/387305309.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Tiscali 8mb broadband. I used to get 6.5mb out of the 8mb capacity. But, for the past few months I've only been getting between 2 and 3mb. Plus, the connection is very tempormental in the evening. I will phone them and enquire as to why when I have a spare 2 hours to queue on the phone to speak to someone who probably can't help me.

[jaymyer79]

Dowdall. What I have displayed in my speed test is more of a 2mb download capability. You are way off what you should be getting.

[jaymyer79]

Also, anyone interested in the 50mb connection Virgin have to offer? I can't have it because they don't have the cables in my area. D'oh!

[sniperdude]

i never see the full speed in speedtest but always maxout the line
downloading from virgin news servers



http://www.speedtest.net/result/387325176.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[JDowdall]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/387305309.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Tiscali 8mb broadband. I used to get 6.5mb out of the 8mb capacity. But, for the past few months I've only been getting between 2 and 3mb. Plus, the connection is very tempormental in the evening. I will phone them and enquire as to why when I have a spare 2 hours to queue on the phone to speak to someone who probably can't help me.

Okay i'm REALLY worried now! i was lookin and conrad got 2/3 of my speed on 512kb! im getting less than 1mb download! :S something seriously wrong here!

[JDowdall]

I've just run the test again

http://www.speedtest.net/result/387339637.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

that seems more like it :)

but still im getting heavily capped something like 2-11

[jaymyer79]

I've just run the test again

http://www.speedtest.net/result/387339637.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

that seems more like it :)

but still im getting heavily capped something like 2-11

Same here, my friend. It's a bit annoying. I just hate phoning call centres. I will at some point and get the low-down.

[Danno]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/387508526.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

seems to be running a bit slower than normal today.

[Nox]

12359 down 847 up

Nox

[JDowdall]

Danno you ****** showoff!!

aslong as it is not just me jaymer :P

It's annoying though as i know that when i first got it it only dropped to about 3mb/s when it was being capped, but now im being capped below 1mb/s which is rediculous, as it actually has an impact when generally browsing. Might give them a ring though, as i've got the unlimited phone call package and their full speed internet package but im still being capped into the ground

[Danno]

looks like the server maybe warming up a little.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/387593895.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

anyone else noticed your web browser seems to affect the speeds you get? the above was done with IE7 and then this one a few mins later with firefox.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/387594798.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[PMM]

To be honest Speedtests really don't give you an ideal picture of what your real speeds are only your throughput to the test site which itself can be subject to delays.

All depends on the routing / service provider / time of day / hosting thats hosting the website etc to what you get on average at any point in the day plus how many people share the connection i.e. the Contention Ratio.

I can do a speedtest and get a silly low figure but do a download from a university or major download site and get full speed there for it can be somewhat mis-leading.

You will generally be connected to the BT HUB at a certain speed and that should be reflected in your Routers software interface as your connection speed and in reality you may get near that on occasions but day to day its subject to the above and this you might only see 1/2 .. 1/4.. 1/8 of the potential speed dependant on what and where your surf.

TBH UK seems to be in a melt down and the infrastructure is struggling.

[JDowdall]

Yep, and it's only gonna get worse, i think i saw an article saying something like if the government doesnt do somethin 2011 we will see the internet just get too clogged

[vconor]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/387605773.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
sky broadband 8mb

[Dodgie]

test on Virgin media, have 20mB connection.

Asus P5Q-E
Intel Q6600 Quad core
ATI Radeon HD4850
2gb ram

linksys wirless N router
model WRT160N

download 19704
upload 681

[badblue]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/389404097.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[hampshire_hog]

My ISP: Sky 8mb


http://www.speedtest.net/result/389418498.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Well I do only live like 200m from the exhange. :-)

[eno]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/389522724.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

50 yards from the exchange ...... and still nowhere near the advertised (up to)8mb/s most of the time ...... this it seems was a freak reading it's usually down around 3000kb/s

[Delmonte251]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/389655791.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Virgin Media 10Mb.

[codemonkey]

I'm in the middle of downloading loads of stuff on P2P networks at the moment but still got a respectable speed from my 24 meg line from Newnet... and its only £20 a month

http://www.speedtest.net/result/389680559.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

I'll try it again once everything has finished downloading :mrgreen:

[mrbios]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/389712548.png

[Kevster]

Sky 16MB...
Does me fine!
http://www.speedtest.net/result/389722237.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Helior]

Virgin 2Mb/s

http://www.speedtest.net/result/389864488.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Jonny2Bad]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/389712548.png
Great upload buddy is it that good all the time?

[Azza]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/390111552.png (http://www.speedtest.net)


Mena be Tiscali 8mb but was only upgraded last week and its still being flakey.

[Lemon]

BT up to 8mb...

http://www.speedtest.net/result/390150193.png

Pants tbh :(

[Willzo101]

This is my colleges connection LOL!
http://www.speedtest.net/result/390153052.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

we have a 10mb upload limit so thats why the upload is larger than download lol

and my home internet yuck :(
http://www.speedtest.net/result/390245383.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Brad]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/390161286.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[hampshire_hog]

Had a 2nd go

Remember: Sky 8mb

http://www.speedtest.net/result/390890847.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

definatly not complaining

[localm8]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/390778343.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Bt on wireless laptop!

[Jasonkruys]

I'm on an up to 8meg service (BT Line), but due to the distance I am from the exchange, I can only sync to get a 3.5meg profile. With Aquiss (Entanet Reseller), I get maximum speed most of the time, happy enough. Sadly, in my area there are no cable providers so this is the best I can ever hope for!

http://www.speedtest.net/result/391553075.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[hampshire_hog]

Just upgraded to Sky's 16mb deal to see if if I can max that out:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/391550032.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Heres the link to prove that I havn't photo shoked it: http://www.speedtest.net/result/391550032.png

I must have the best speeds in the country. :confused:

[Helior]

This thread made me upgrade lol

http://www.speedtest.net/result/391633139.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Alex_6n2]

Boom.

http://www.dfwaller.eclipse.co.uk/personal/Speedtest.JPG

[davecuk]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/395775862.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

I'm currently with ADSL24 - upto 8mb, but I'll be switching to O2 at the end of this month when they finally upgrade my exchange, meaning double the speed for under half the price :)

[XFi]

Currently with Plusnet who are great but as i live in the middle of no where i can't get any better and on ADSL Max my line was all over the place and lowering my IP profile to three times the speed of dial up which was very frustrating!

http://www.speedtest.net/result/395778925.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[GeordieNo1]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/395812416.png

Sync=5728kbps down, up=832kbps

Important that folk mention their sync though. I`m 2½ miles from my exchange. It`s impossible for me connect at 8192kbps ;)

[Nelly]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/395817186.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Virginmedia (NTL) 10MB connection.

[wellibob]

Adsl2+ 26db , 1km from exchange roughly

http://i239.photobucket.com/albums/ff163/wellibob9/be.jpg

[David]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/397488879.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

50mb Virgin :)

[dave8691]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/407410922.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Virgin Media 10mb

[jonbanjo]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/407422095.png

Pipex Max 8Mb

I think we are about 2 1/2 miles by road from the Cromer exchange. When we first tried for broadband with BT, they told us we were too far (I suspect the real issue was a line sharing device). We got it by ordering broadband with another ISP but I don't have great expectations for this line.

[Yorkshire_Man]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/407474451.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Hmmm, at uni :D

[daydotz]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/407519581.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[midnightray]

VM ___ package

http://www.speedtest.net/result/362093260.png

[Dariel]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/413689252.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

http://www.speedtest.net/result/413689761.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Sky Max

[bob36]

Mine refused to even run speedtest.net. It just freezes. Its unbelievably sloooow though. ASDL connection 6km from exchange. Line attenuation: 64db!

[subsea84]

This is my score from work. We are stuck in the middle of no where and have been told this is the best will shall get for at least 5 years.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/414073365.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Will post my home one when i get in.

[matthew2456]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/414132441.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Sky MAX

[Marco01]

I'm suppoed to have a 8MB connection with Tiscali but have never connected above 6MB. On average I'll connect somewhere between 4-5MB, however, recently this seems to have plummeted to about 2-3MB. Not sure if it is an issue with Tiscali or the old London copper wiring - it gets noticeably worse under bad weather conditions, although BT say it is not an issue with them ...

[PeterStoba]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/401462824.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

:D

[Chewie]

regulalry get 14-15mbps dl and 650kbps ul on my sky 16mb line.

will have to run it once im home and see.

Last time i did, tried to copy the bit that everyone else has done, into the forum, but wouldn't display, just gave me a red x.

[Marco01]

OK, here we go:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/414336345.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Rather mediocre (considering I signed up for 8MB)

[subsea84]

just checked mine and found that on my 6mb line im getting 1mb download. just rang O2 to give them **** and its down to a congestion problem they have that wont be fixed for 2 weeks. Should never have moved from Orange.

[Vigoro]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/393712974.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

20mb internet from VM

And geordie unlucky being 2 and half miles from exchange.... i am 200 metres :p

[GeordieNo1]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/393712974.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

20mb internet from VM

And geordie unlucky being 2 and half miles from exchange.... i am 200 metres :p

Aye, but the BT backbone is as close as YOU`LL get to a hole youngin ;)

[ccxo]

just checked mine and found that on my 6mb line im getting 1mb download. just rang O2 to give them **** and its down to a congestion problem they have that wont be fixed for 2 weeks. Should never have moved from Orange.

Dunno about orange been with them when they where freeserver/wanadoo then finally orange pay for 8 but only get 1, line cant at least do 3.5 to 4 gd service really.

[Ironbadger]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/415490994.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

20Mb from Virgin Media

Bit of a slow day it seems, varies between about 1MB/s and the full speed.

[LuckyNV]

~20-21Mbps/1.4MBps router sync
~18Mbps/1.1Mbps throughput (speedtest)

On Be* Unlimited

[anjs]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/415545556.png

8mb from zen

[Baldeagle]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/416288538.png

Virgin 10 meg

[Marco01]

OK, this is what I got a few days back ...

http://www.speedtest.net/result/414336345.png

And this is what I got this morning ...

http://www.speedtest.net/result/416569581.png

[Skylin3]

im paying for the 10mb but look at my sig.. surprise !

[doug7131]

paying for 8mb only get 2mb,only live 1/2 mile from exchange.
ah well ;)
http://www.speedtest.net/result/417018632.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[magichater]

paying for 8MB :(
http://www.speedtest.net/result/417261097.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Mattey]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/410191279.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

10mb

Not been bad for virgin lately, It is usually all over the place.

[ultrono[9]]

Fairly Typical For 8 Meg:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/417507893.png

[Ash]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/417589988.png

[KyleG]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/417762892.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
i pay for 2mb virgin :), sick pings though xD.

[shine]

UKOnline upto 22MB

http://www.speedtest.net/result/417916405.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[midnightray]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/418024951.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

works 8mb bt line, only thing we can get apparently. BT monopoly ftl.

[TamiyaGuy]

To be honest, I'm surprised at my ping, it's usually a little lower (<60)

http://www.speedtest.net/result/418618830.png

Paying for an ancient 2.3mb/s Tiscali package, I should probably find the time to upgrade. 'Specially since, once a week or so, it cuts out completely.

[KyleG]

had to be done, college net xD.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/418631250.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Ash]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/418838115.png

How'dya like them apples? :p

[TheMadDutchDude]

LOL I miss cable connection from Holland :(

Very nice, I must say!

[GeordieNo1]

LOL I miss cable connection from Holland :(

Very nice, I must say!


lol, Cello? :D I had iirc 12Mbit 10 years ago (got better obviously). We`re miles behind here ... miles in front with prices though :\

[Ash]

I was cheating really because I was In my office in Amsterdam which, as I am part of Chello / UPC sits right on the Aorta backbone. It gives me a connection faster than 99% of the rest of the world apparently.

Back home now in slowsville (Wokingham).

[GeordieNo1]

A lot of UK ISPs peer thru there m8 :)

[garreh]

Sky broadband on Fastpath

http://www.speedtest.net/result/444620254.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[garreh]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/397488879.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

50mb Virgin :)


I envy you sunshine!! I wish I had my telewest back. Best isp I've ever had. End of.

[GeordieNo1]

darren, this image is edited, first the Newnet max speed is 20Mbit, second, NO! ISP other than a server connection offers upload of over 5Mbit.

so whats the deal here. cant take having a slow connection, or just want to look better then everyone?. and with them uploads, your ping is not 21 milliseconds, well under that. iv seen my conneciton with much better at 14!.

check my signature for answer to original question.

He works for Novatech m8 and that is a server connection, should`ve researched that before you had a go it him ;)

[opi4613]

darren, this image is edited, first the Newnet max speed is 20Mbit, second, NO! ISP other than a server connection offers upload of over 5Mbit.

so whats the deal here. cant take having a slow connection, or just want to look better then everyone?. and with them uploads, your ping is not 21 milliseconds, well under that. iv seen my conneciton with much better at 14!.

check my signature for answer to original question.
One word owned

[J1993]

Virgin Media ADSL 8Mb

Getting 2.4MBPS download and .37 upload, but will listening to radio1 and on 3 websites at same time affect?

[GeordieNo1]

yeh if you read it properly i did say that it may be a server connection

Should`ve left it at that then instead of adding:

"so whats the deal here. cant take having a slow connection, or just want to look better then everyone?"

I reserve the right to be the forum`s sarcastic **** :D

N`eh mind, welcome btw :)

[Urrys Currys]

yes i reserve the right to be silent, but just one thing i did say i may be a server connection. and now look at my results, just 5 miles down the road, at my boarding school (where i spend most my time, and play the most on this connection) better than the novatech server i believe ;-)

i dont have a clue where the school gets this, but i want it at my house!

wade

[cje]

I tested again:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/475807752.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Seems my ping is horrible. I've downloaded PingPlotter, and it reports a packet loss of 50-100% sometimes on some "hops".

I don't understand it at all though, tried me best. Networking and me just don't get along.

At what should I be looking to improve my ping then?

[GeordieNo1]

lol, it ain`t a ****ing contest :D I`ve got 6 meg of thruput free of charge and I`m more than happy. I`m old enough to remember when a 28.8k modem was the bees knees ;)

Telecity will be more than happy to provide you with that at home. Your Mam and dad might get a shock with the bill tho man :)

Why did you delete your post?

[GeordieNo1]

Seems my ping is horrible

Mmm, maybe we can improve it, tell me your hardware, ie, all the way to the master socket. Any idea of the wiring at the master socket? What type of faceplate etc :)

[Urrys Currys]

You're probably being throttled Virgin do this a lot, time for a new ISP. :)

Yes! at my house i have Virgin Media 10Mbit, and the download limit is just stupidly low. 700MB per 5 hours at peek and 1.5GB at off peek.

i can download 700MB in just under 10mins with any P2P network. just stupid. ild rather a monthly download limit, but im not at home much, usualy at school check below! :fight:this is how me and my sister always end-up at home, squabling about who hogging the percious bandwith. VM's customer service also sux eggs. so rubbish, you get nowhere. just passed from pillar to post because no one knows the answer to your question.

check VM's supidly devised taffic management ideas here (http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/internet/traffic.html) or if like some people you dont trust links, you can have the address http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/internet/traffic.html

[cje]

Mmm, maybe we can improve it, tell me your hardware, ie, all the way to the master socket. Any idea of the wiring at the master socket? What type of faceplate etc :)

I'll have a check on the other pc's tomorrow to see if it's the same on them. Here's what I know:

USB Wireless adapter : TP-LINK (TL-WN620G
Bt Home Hub. The white one. No idea what version. It's white....

As for wiring and faceplates, I have no idea.

[Urrys Currys]

lol, it ain`t a ****ing contest :D I`ve got 6 meg of thruput free of charge and I`m more than happy. I`m old enough to remember when a 28.8k modem was the bees knees ;)

Telecity will be more than happy to provide you with that at home. Your Mam and dad might get a shock with the bill tho man :)

Why did you delete your post?

no they wont lol. i pay the bill, even though im not there 80% of the time. i deleted lol because i felt an idiot. lol i sorta remember the 28k modems, im 15. had a computer since i was like 3. curse thos dialing tones lol. would drive you crazy! and by the end of the week, you could talk dialing tones to your computer you listened to it every time you connected. but **** thos £1.50 per min con sites.

[GeordieNo1]

That`s two posts deleted ... mods can view them ;) Stand by what you say man, life is a learning curve, two trains of thought: "say nowt is a canny fella" and "look before ya leap" :)

Meh, I kinda liked the dulcet tones of a modem, even better if you were loading up a C64 at the same time ;)

[KyleG]

Been upgraded for free now im on 10mb from 2mb :)
http://www.speedtest.net/result/475830106.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[GeordieNo1]

As for wiring and faceplates, I have no idea.

This is important. Many folk sitting with the ringwire connected and poor BT installations that just magnify noise on the line. BT did recently market the iPlate which purportedly cut down ringwire noise (which is#3 orange btw) but I prefer to remove it completely and fit an NTE5 (though I`ve never personally compared the two side by side).

I went thru my Dads house (including all extensions) and actually doubled his sync speed ... **** poor telephony wiring job was done on a new house, quite embarrassing really :\

[Urrys Currys]

This is important. Many folk sitting with the ringwire connected and poor BT installations that just magnify noise on the line. BT did recently market the iPlate which purportedly cut down ringwire noise (which is#3 orange btw) but I prefer to remove it completely and fit an NTE5 (though I`ve never personally compared the two side by side).

I went thru my Dads house (including all extensions) and actually doubled his sync speed ... **** poor telephony wiring job was done on a new house, quite embarrassing really :\

lol same with my nans house. the total prat who installed it drove a tac straight through the cable running along the wall to the modem, i was quite supprised that it worked.

[Recoil]

I'm with TalkTalk, i just have the bog standard Free upto 8Mb package and heres what i get:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/482920684.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

I'm currently on a "Gaming Trial" with them, so the profiles are different. I will repost my speeds when i go back to a normal profile - the trial is ending very soon.

R

[Duke]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/483133002.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Virgin Media 20mbit - can't complain with those results.


Jonny - try London server rather than Maidenhead as it will be slower.

[Pop]

:(

http://www.speedtest.net/result/484731152.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[moogle]

Good ol' O2 :thumbs:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/484761687.png

http://www.speedtest.net/result/484762040.png

[Brooksie]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/484807040.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Not the fastest. Sky Max 16mb

[djmikeyl]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/481691539.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Crazy BigGaz]

Normal download speed:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/481721741.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Best download speed:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/472708490.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Best Upload speed:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/477771217.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[UKGouki]

latest test on the nearest server >>

http://www.speedtest.net/result/485029407.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

and on the french server >>
http://www.speedtest.net/result/485030286.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

i do get higher speeds than that though ive downloaded from microsoft at 2.8MB's and uploaded to my ftp at 128KBs which is 24MB down 1MB up on speedtest i pay for 20MB from virgin and im going to 50MB when it hits my area :D

and here is my FTP servers speedtest >>

http://www.speedtest.net/result/456063163.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[aaron333]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/485032785.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

You get what you pay for I suppose, Being Free and all:D
Thats on wireless BTW.

[Shadow_Nin9a]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/485109871.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Recoil]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/485032785.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

You get what you pay for I suppose, Being Free and all:D
Thats on wireless BTW.

Check out the TalkTalk Members forum Here (http://www.talktalkmembers.com/forums). The support there is excellent, i have been there helping out for a while. A handful of the best OCE's manage the forum so they can get anything solved for you. Why dont you try and see if you can get some more speed out of your line; you too Shadow_Nin9a. Its worth it, seriously.

R

[AntiHeroUK]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/485343002.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Not bad for living in the countryside outside a small village :D

[Dennis.]

Going to ADSL2+ soon, =\

http://www.speedtest.net/result/485747180.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[maxw]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/486137676.png

Virgin 2mb, it keeps going off though :(

[antz123]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/486140839.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

BT Total Broadband (8MB)

The service a get is absolute rubbish, the exchange is about a million years old. Our area was the last to get broadband in our area, about 2002.

[Youngie1337]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/487148192.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
10Mb but I get capped to 2Mb nearly all the time! I'm no way near the 5% of the UK top bandwidth usage!

[ReLeNtLeSS]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/487169450.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
Sky's best package, its going slow this time, used to having 6.5meg.

[Darker X]

unlucky man - im on skys best package - MAX 16MB - pretty good seeing as my router connects at 16.3 lol
http://www.speedtest.net/result/464329475.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Penfold_90]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/487219326.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

It's reasonable I suppose

[Winston]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/493147713.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

This just shows how poor this speedtest is though. I'm connected at 1,304 up/ 15,838 down.

[Recoil]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/493147713.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

This just shows how poor this speedtest is though. I'm connected at 1,304 up/ 15,838 down.

Probably an anti-virus affecting it. Turn it off and test again :)

R

[Winston]

Probably an anti-virus affecting it. Turn it off and test again :)

R

Yes, you were correct. Disabling ESET gave more believable speeds:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/493608651.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

:)

[Urrys Currys]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/486137676.png

Virgin 2mb, it keeps going off though :(

hehe lol, that will be the upgrading to 50Mbit in your area :D

[mr. Strawberry]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/515675437.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

theres mine

[I3R0K3N7FEET]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/515871813.png

[Deanc]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/516609697.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

so called bt "upto 8mb" i was always on 200kb/s constant on wanapoo/orange

and this is on a good day -.-

[iGoD ReleNtLeS]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/516609697.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

so called bt "upto 8mb" i was always on 200kb/s constant on wanapoo/orange

and this is on a good day -.-

ask them to test the max speed on your line. even though they sell it to you, in the small print of the contract there will be part that explains subject to maximum line speed and traffic within your area.

[UKGouki]

my latest taken just a few seconds ago :D >>

http://www.speedtest.net/result/519724020.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[KyleG]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/520185333.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Ravane]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/521983737.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Paying £9.99 to Tiscali for this, can't wait to switch. Annoying thing is two months ago I did one of those speed checkers that you find on ISP websites to see what kind of speed I could get with BeThere, and it said I could receive 5Mb/s. Did the same test yesterday and now it's saying 2.5 Mb/s. :( It's not like I live in some remote area or anything (unless Watford is considered remote, lol).

[Mechanics Fan]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/530133364.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Finally got around to running the test since upgrade to 10Mb

However, when I ran this one that was given on the BBC news website on Tuesday the download speed was a little slower.

http://www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/bimages/11470542.jpg (http://www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk)