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Matty is right listen to the man. I did the online speed test just now showing 2.4mbps??? Download

Then used Matty's ftp technique just now which is showing 3.14mbps Download

If anything it shows that chiccy has a slow connection.
Regardless if its accurate or not.

We have benchmarked the speed tester with various results,
so if you like its marginally calibrated for this topic.

There not accurate as there are so many variables,
but it has shown a possible issue for chiccy.

So we can help her now.
So in this case the speed test has highlighted a possible problem.

I guess with a group of people helping they can be useful for something.

Speedtest has highlighted nothing... it looks fine to me. Get an FTP test for it.

ADSL speeds are not guaranteed past 512Kbps. Mine runs at around 9Mbps, but that doesnt mean everyone on this forum would take o2 Broadband 8Mbps and get around 9Mbps... it just means, I have an extremely good phone line and am fairly close to the exchange, and o2 have left it uncapped.

If my phone line was shit and I was further away from the exchange, I might only see 1Mbps. A good example for DSL speed degredation is VDSL2 for instance, it can run at 250Mbps... but only within 20m of the exchange, it will lose 150Mbps+ as soon as you're line is 1.5km away.

Regardless, speed tests prove nothing... how come all these speeds tests tell me I have between a 3Mbps and 7Mbps connection downstream (they all vary) yet every single time I use FTP or download from a fast server, I am pulling at in excess of 1MB/s... because they are not to be trusted.

I think not only is the speed test maybe a bit low, but also people are getting somwhat confused by what the word "upto" means.

Also, take Pomp, he is on the exact same package as me, but whereas I can download at 9Mbps with ease, he only get's 3.2Mbps tops.

DSL excel's at uploading compared to some other technologies however, and even though his downstream is only 1/3 of mine, his upload is practically the same, if not a bit faster then mine!!

Lets see if she's wireless or cable connected.
I suspect the bottle neck is the wifi.

Quite possibly, but 1.7Mbps isnt too bad.

This is one of the reason's I swapped back to ethernet though, Wifi just cant be trusted to give enough throughput.

But never trust a speedtester... my reason for this is simple. Go by actual download speeds, not theoretical ones. Download the Cruisewirral DVD hehe!

im on 20meg broadband, altho my results will be hugely inaccurate anyway as gf's son is playin cod4 online on his pc just now... would probs see about 11/12Mbps otherwise.... tho when i downloaded a file matty gave me a link to i was seeing about 16/17Mbps so yea, these things r totally inaccurate... also depends on time of day and where the test servers are..

Speed Down 8065.09 Kbps ( 7.9 Mbps )
Speed Up 713.75 Kbps ( 0.7 Mbps )

Speed Down 41.82 Kbps ( 0 Mbps )
Speed Up 18.55 Kbps ( 0 Mbps )

Mines the best

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/12051520419652411107.html

You will be surprised by how little online gaming actually uses you're connection matey... It will be minscule and will have relatively little effect on you're overall connection speed.

So again, it look's as though the speed test is giving an inaccurate reading about you're connection.

Lmao matey dial-up... well its more reliable then broadband anyway haha!

Hoping we will be able to get broadband in our new crib at the end of the month lol

Bloody hate this dial up crap

Gdgd, if you havent already and need any help choosing a provider, be sure to post.

Me moms thinking of getting one of these "Net,Phone,Telly" things but not sure witch one is the better one.....

Just avoid AOL/TalkTalk... bad bad news they are! Everyone on Digital Spy is having problems with AOL lately, and we all know of the problems with TalkTalk... funny how their both owned by CPW too lol.

Start a topic and list what options you have been looking at, and people will give you some advice etc...

Will do closer to the time