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could one of you kind ABers out there explain the following scenario:
I pay for 8 meg broadband. BT tell me that my line gives me speeds of up to 8 meg. But every speedchecker i tried (five in all) says that my broadband speed is 0.8 meg. When i complained to Bt i was told that O.8 is a really good speed and that no computer could ever get more than 1 meg. Is this true or was that nice man in Mumbai just trying to bamboozle me?
Thanks in advance
I pay for 8 meg broadband. BT tell me that my line gives me speeds of up to 8 meg. But every speedchecker i tried (five in all) says that my broadband speed is 0.8 meg. When i complained to Bt i was told that O.8 is a really good speed and that no computer could ever get more than 1 meg. Is this true or was that nice man in Mumbai just trying to bamboozle me?
Thanks in advance
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The only sure way is to carry out a measurement of data transfer.
This is the one I use ... Download speed test ..
Try both but they will probably be the same.
http://www.giganews.com/performance.html
Be interesting to get a few feedbacks on what people here are getting using their tool.
The only sure way is to carry out a measurement of data transfer.
This is the one I use ... Download speed test ..
Try both but they will probably be the same.
http://www.giganews.com/performance.html
Be interesting to get a few feedbacks on what people here are getting using their tool.
I'm on an 8 Mbit connection, and I've just done mine on www.speedtest.net - it gives me 6.42 Mbps download, 0.63 Mbps upload.
Try it on there and see what yours is compared to mine, then we'll know exactly how good or bad it is.
Unfortunately, you pay for "up to" 8 Mbps, so you could get any speed below that figure. That is one of the advertising cons of recent times.
Try it on there and see what yours is compared to mine, then we'll know exactly how good or bad it is.
Unfortunately, you pay for "up to" 8 Mbps, so you could get any speed below that figure. That is one of the advertising cons of recent times.