how fast or slow is your broadband.

[papagran40]

afternoon all , just being a little nosey here , which broadband server are you using...and how fast or slow a speed are you getting compared to what you are paying for.....
.... I use BT , pay for UPTO 8 meg speed and it is normally high 6 to 7.8....and have had a few at 8....lowest has been 880....but that was a serve problem....I know a lot depends on how far from the phone thingy you are ??....so , speed , compared to what you are paying for.....papa.

[lofty100e]

I have no idea what speed I am getting from my Vodafone mobile broadband gismo. But it is VERY slow, about dial up speed at it's worst, very occasionallly it does speed up though.

[keepsakesbydesign]

Don't know what the speed is on my Roadrunner but it's fast. We're wireless in the house because of the many different computers (7) A PS3 that also uses wireless, a WII that uses wireless and an XBox that uses wireless (daughter loves gadgets) we use a belkin setup for the wireless.

[Cocksparrer]

Ours is quite fast well only cos I have a new computer, it seems faster. But I dont have a site that allows you to measure your speed.

Im with BT (at loggerheads with them at the moment)

[astral276]

Virgin 10M Cable. Returns around 9.93 on speed test (http://www.speedtest.net/).

[raindropsies]

Virgin 10M Cable. Returns around 9.93 on speed test (http://www.speedtest.net/).

Is this good or bad?

[poppyrowan]

Mine is abysmal... it is rarely better than this. I pay for up to 8meg with BT. We are simply in a bad reception area. We can't get a TV reception, therefore no freeview .... it can be difficult to get a mobile phone signal.
I tried this test with nearer servers, with the same result. I even tried Paris!!

[shezz]

Mine is fine

but then i'm with virgin on 50mg

[astral276]

Is this good or bad?

Depends on what you are supposed to get. Looking at your figure against the ISP average it doesn't look too bad - but if you are paying for more than 15M then it may not be so good.

The only true way to get a real test of your bandwidth is to download a group of files all at the same time and total up the bandwidth across them all. Most speed tests only test a single file from a single server so the server capabilities/load will affect how fast your connection is reported to be.

[foxescome]

According to that link mine is slow

Hey - I know I'm fast!

Virgin - good