Bt Internet Speed

[mikey4444]

At the beginning of November, I had a letter from BT, telling me that the prices were going up slightly, but that they were increasing my broadband speed.

At the moment, I am getting about 45Mbps, which is fine, but the letter said that I could get up to 76Mbps, by the end of the year.

But still nothing yet....anybody in the same boat ?

[davegosling]

How are you measuring your speed - please tell me you're not using speedtest.net!

[mikey4444]

dave....I use 2 :::

speedtest ( ! ) and http://speedtest.btwholesale.com/

[davegosling]

LOL! :-)

[mikey4444]

I am not really bothered as my current speed is more than adequate for my needs !

[mikey4444]

Dave.... can you suggest any other speed checker ?

[davegosling]

You need to download several large files simultaneously until your connection maxes out and then add up the various speeds.

[mikey4444]

Thanks Dave !

[Baldric]

I use 'Which Mag' Broadband Speed Checker
I'm getting 40.5 according to that.

[mikey4444]

Thanks Baldric, and a Happy Xmas to you !

[davegosling]

LOL! That one says my download speed is 55.4Mbps, speedtest.net suggests 113Mbps whereas btwholesale guesses 25.4Mbps.

However, I'm paying Virgin for up to 200Mbps! If I complained to them that my broadband was slow having "tested" it using an online speed "test" website, they'd just laugh.

[BAKERS DOZEN]

Don't understand the numbers but grandson just checked my speed and it is 95.3 Download, 13.62 Uploand and 9 Ping. Does that make sense and if so is it good?

[davegosling]

How has he checked your speed?

[BAKERS DOZEN]

He used an App on his phone Speedtest.net.

[mikey4444]

BB...it depends on your connection. Through a telephone line, 95.3 is amazing. But if its by Virgin cable, not so good. But whoever is supplying it, its more than adequate.

[BAKERS DOZEN]

We are on Virgin cable and there are four of us using it at the moment and it is ok for what we need.

[davegosling]

"He used an App on his phone Speedtest.net"

LOL!

[webbo3]

http://www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/?&again

218.8 down 12.21 up


https://broadbandtest.which.co.uk/

204.8 down 12.2 up

http://beta.speedtest.net/

171.52 down 12.36 up