Broadband speed test

[Idea15]

I'd encourage all of you to stick a pin in the map here:

BBC NEWS | Technology | Test your broadband speed

I tested at 1.8 mbps, even though I can see the exchange from my window and I'm paying Virgin Media for up to 4mbps.

[TomB]

I just tested this at the office where we have Telewest business 10MB broadband and got 8.4MB

not bad!!

Will test the house later. I have Virgin media 4MB as well, but were getting an upgrade to 10MB free at some point this year.

T

[Idea15]

Question for anyone, while we're on the topic: I tried to switch away from Virgin and was told that we had an NTL line, not a BT line (courtesy of the previous residents) and would have to pay

[TFGtv.com]

2.1Mb on talk-talk's basic service. A big improvement on the 0.2 we had with BT and the 0.8 that Tiscali managed...

Who told you that Heather? Virgin by any chance?

It's certainly possible but seems a bit odd....

[TomB]

[QUOTE=Idea15;2211]Question for anyone, while we're on the topic: I tried to switch away from Virgin and was told that we had an NTL line, not a BT line (courtesy of the previous residents) and would have to pay

[Idea15]

It was Post Office broadband which told me that, actually; and when I'd looked at Tiscali they said they could not even provide the service.

Thanks for the advice, I'll look into it. It really annoys me that we are stuck with a provider we didn't choose.

[barryhynd]

I tried this earlier while at a clients office and it told me it was a depressing 0.3 Mbps

Not i'm at home it's a more respectable 1.5 Mbps but that still leaves me at the bottom of the league I'm now thinking about getting up at 3am when contention should be better just to get a better score

[TomB]

I tested this at home just now and got 3.6MBs from a 4MB line.

Not bad for prime time.

but 0.3mb thats just shocking

T

[PC]

Try Speedtest.net - The Global Broadband Speed Test

It will also let you compare your results against national & local averages.

[stugster]

I personally use Speedtest.net too.