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What Is The Easiest Way To Check The Speed On My Computer?

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Stargazer | 12:28 Sun 21st Jul 2013 | Technology
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My computer is very very slow. I would like to see online what it reads and then contact my Internet Provider.
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The option is in Control Panel. I can't guide you offhand (someone else probably can) but you'll be able to find it by looking at the different options
Do you want to test your broadband speed?

http://www.speedtest.net/

Your ISP can't help if your computer itself is so, only if your broadband is.
hc4361 has given you the answer.

I suggest you do a Broadband Test with the link which hc has given and then come back to us with the results. You'll also then be able to clarify if you are talking about your Broadband speeds or the possibility of your computer performing slowly because of too many actions, all going on at the same time.

Al.

Al.
I have just down my test ::

Ping ..............78ms
Download........11.78 Mbps
Upload.............0.96 Mbps

I have a BT line, use BT for my internet access, and live about three-quarters of a mile from the Exchange. Are my results good ?
Depends on what you are supposed to getting, mikey.
Why not start your own thread about it?
According to that, my download is 37 mbs and my upload 8.4
Mikey, I'm with BT, it's not about distance from the exchange, it's about how you get it. They upgraded us to fibre optic earlier this year and the speed improved radically.
I am an ex-BT Engineer and the distance from the Exchange can make a huge difference. Its all about loop-resistance.

You have a pair of wires, all to yourself, that runs from the Exchange to the junction box in your house. If this is a long distance, then the loop-resistance will be high and the losses involved in the signal will also be higher. Telephone conversations aren't much effected by high resistance, in normal use anyway, but internet connections are.

Most of BT's networks was installed in the 60's and 70's, using copper for the cables. But when copper became expensive in the mid to late 70's, BT changed over to using aluminium for the conductors in its cable, to save money. Aluminium isn't as good a conductor of electricity as copper, so losses were increased.

Not really a problem for telephonic use. But now that our telephone cables are used extensively for the internet rather than telephones, it can be a problem if you live a long way from the exchange.

BT are improving their networks by a program called Copper Offload. This involves replacing the copper and aluminium conductors with fibre optic cable. This may be all the way to the "cabinet" ( green box thing ) beside the road nearest to your house. Most people will still be left with a copper or aluminium "tail" into the house but speeds should be dramatically improved.

Some new housing developments are being provided with fibre optic all the way. Companies like Virgin are putting in rival fibre optic networks, independent of BT.

But remember to bear in mind that most of us get our internet signal from our telephone line and almost everybody still uses the BT network. This after all was put in when BT was still called the GPO ! It will be some time before BT gets around to replacing the metal with fibre optic to everybody in Britain. If you live in a rural location, it may be a long time before things improve.

All this may be nothing new to a lot of AB'ers but hopefully its helped some people.

Apologies mikey, I know you know what you are talking about. Our signal on wifi improved massively too once we went to fibre-optic, it's now the strongest in the street, even though the green box is at the other end of the road.
Hi boxtops....You are in a special category now that you are on Fibre Optics.

mikey....For 'normal' Broadband, yours is pretty good. Global average download is listed as 13.72. I think it is accepted that anything in excess of 10.0 does Not warrant cause for complaint.

It will be interesting to see what further Stargazer has to report.

Al.
No apologies needed boxy ! You have helped me with a few Crossword clues over the years, so I hope I have helped in return.

Did BT charge you more for your internet service after the upgrade ? 37Mbps is very good by the way.
Alston...you are right...I am quite happy with 11.78 !

Actually Western Electric have been digging up my street for the past week and I notice that the cabinet is now a new one, so maybe I will join the 21st century soon as well !
Thanks Mikey! We moved to the Infinity package at the same time, and have just upgraded to add BT Sport, the additional cost wasn't particularly noticeable.
Thanks boxy
I have a Deutche Telekom wireless connection (no idea how it works!) a so-called 'Speedport HSPA' and I have just run your test and found I have; Download 5.27 mbps and Upload 1.02 ' is this a poor perfomance?
Khandro.......Is Deutche Telekom a service which you are receiving in the UK, or are you resident outside of this country.?

I am guessing that you are getting Broadband by a Wireless connection and as such this could have an effect upon speeds. 5.27 is nothing really special but I would consider 5.0 and above to be reasonable. In fact I doubt that you would really notice if your speeds were to double, overnight.

Interesting is the fact that the UK Government is aiming to have within a few years everywhere throughout the British Isles on a minimum of only
2 megabits per second.

Al.
ping 26ms
download 51.18 Mbps
upload 14.16 Mbps
with BT
Alston; I'm in Germany and pleased to learn that my service isn't bad. Most of a fibre optic cable has been laid here, but it is being delayed because, would you believe, a section is to go under a new cycle path, the route of which is local-politically contentious - German efficiency at it's most pronounced.
Psybs, that's good. I like BT.
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