Am I getting what I pay for?

[smallclone]

Hi guys, I'm not au fait with broadband or its speeds, but I just wondered if my service was faster or slower than average.

I'm only on 2MB service at the moment, and the speed test from www.numion.com was as follows:

kilobit/sec (kilobyte/sec)
Download speed: 182.84 (22.85) 100%
Upload speed: 80.51 (10.06) 100%
Latency: 367 milliseconds

So good or bad?

thanks

PS - I was downloading a file at the time of the speedtest - would that make any difference? Should I repeat the test?

[D.Casey]

PS - I was downloading a file at the time of the speedtest - would that make any difference? Should I repeat the test?

Don't download anything whilst running the test at :

http://www.speedtest.net/

or

http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/


Only takes 30 seconds.

Post what you get.

[smallclone]

I got:

Download: 958
Upload: 104

Kb/s

Latensy 60 ms

[ultimate]

you also need to do these tests throughout the day, as speeds vary, i.e. fast in the morning, from 5pm to 10pm, sloooooooooooow, also depends where you live.

[whydoIneedatech]

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If you are a Virgin Media customer then the best speedtest is from the link below.

Have you tried going to this link to check your speeds http://gamefiles.virginmedia.com/

click on blueyondergames>demos>then click on at least 2 large files around 400/500 mb and save them to your desktop, and then wait a couple of minutes then write down the transfer rates on the files that are running > times them by 8 and you will get a truer download speed.

Remember to stop and delete the files.



i.e : 250kBps X 8 = 2MB, 500kBps X 8 = 4MB, 1250kBps X 8 = 10MB, 2500kBps X 8 = 20MB
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