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Originally posted by drunkenfool
Most accurate test i've found so far is the speedtest.net website using the London server.



but even that won't do more than 100mbps upload :( :lol:

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Downloading from a fast server is a much better indicator of speed, they speed tests aren't much use.

BBC iPlayers Diagnostic page is can also be quite good

Most accurate test i've found so far is the speedtest.net website using the London server.



but even that won't do more than 100mbps upload :( :lol:

I had Virgin 20Mb when i was at uni in portsmouth and should of got 20Mb (20000Kb) / 8 = 2.5MB/sec transfer rate but i never saw over 1.3MB/sec transfer rate and averaged around 800KB/s.

You also have to take into account your connection ratio. Its normally 50:1 which means 50 people are sharing the same 20mb connection... this is why broadband is so cheap now a days. Some business connections will share the connection with 20 people (20:1).

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Originally posted by Daveskater
This is where people get confused. There is a difference between kb and kB.

Broadband speeds are given in kilo or mega bits which are smaller than Bytes. There are 8 bits to a Byte so if you are being sold an "up to 8Mb (Mega bits)" connection and manage to download at 1MBps (or 1024KBps) you are reaching the maximum speed.

DannyB, if you're getting 4Mbps and paying for 2, you must live right next to the exchange or something, or somebody really likes you :lol:

[Edited on 15-08-2009 by Daveskater]

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:lol: Result.

This is where people get confused. There is a difference between kb and kB.

Broadband speeds are given in kilo or mega bits which are smaller than Bytes. There are 8 bits to a Byte so if you are being sold an "up to 8Mb (Mega bits)" connection and manage to download at 1MBps (or 1024KBps) you are reaching the maximum speed.

DannyB, if you're getting 4Mbps and paying for 2, you must live right next to the exchange or something, or somebody really likes you :lol:

[Edited on 15-08-2009 by Daveskater]

Mine on wireless with talktalk, not all that bad what people make them out to be :P

Ive just tried hard wiring in to my modem and am now gettin full 20mb..sweet, loose so much thro wireless

Heres mine on O2 up to 16mb.

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Surely this can't be right, I'm only on 2MB at the minute...

Ive got Virgin 20mb, but im only getting just over 4, hmm think my router is old as fook tho

I always get popular torrents!

I forwarded my port and done some other stuff, now got download speed around 120 kb/s in utorrent. Which TBH is crap!

Contract for BT broadband is up in January, I'll be getting my Mum to get Virgin broadband 20MB instead :lol:

If you are downloading films via torrents, bt will firstly 100% be throttling torrent traffic and you need a really popular torrent to get near 1mb/s.

Depends how busy and what kind of allowance is on the server you're downloading from mate.

That says 960 kb/s

Is that not what I should be getting when downloading a film then? :boggle: I'm only getting about 80kb/s

And on another site, speedtest or something it said 1MB :!

BT are fucking rip offs! Its supposed to be fucking 8MB!

http://www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/

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Our BT total broadband is supposed to be 8MB download speed, yep, shit I know, thats why where going to get virgin 20MB, but how do I see what my actual download speed is?

When I download a film its only between 60 and 80 kb/ps :boggle: which is why I want the Virgin broadband!