What's my speed?

corblimey

When I first connected to broadband, my supplier gave me an address that allowed me to do a speed test on the line. I can't remember the site and I can't find it in my history or here. I know there probably isn't a standard site for all speed tests, but is there a fairly reliable one?

kleefarr

Try this. My Speed

Aquos76

You could also try pcpitstop.

http://www.pcpitstop.com/internet/default.asp

corblimey

Thanks both, niether were the original sites I visited, but I've got the numbers now. Just wanted to be sure I'm getting close to the download speeds my provider is charging me for (charged for : 512, maxSpeed tells me 392: not bad)

radiospan

Giganews has a good one at http://www.giganews.com/test_connect.html

I get a steady 430kbps in this.

RicardoSmith

On Max Speed I get

Download: 618 kilobit/sec (77kb/sec), Latency 190ms
Upload: 244 kilobit/sec (30 kb/sec)

Whereas on Giganews I get connection speed of 1320kps.

The Latency isn't great is it?

Mutant_Fruit

Best thing to do (if you want to stress your connection) is to get any old file from an irish or UK server (heanet works best) and then use a download resumer/speeder-upper to download the file in several parts to stress the connection.

That gives the best, i.e. most accurate, results. I use getright to speed up the ole downloads.

JackieChan

From work giganews gives me 2558kbps.

Anyones T1+ beat this?

RicardoSmith

JackieChan wrote:

From work giganews gives me 2558kbps.

Anyones T1+ beat this?

3256kps here... But strict net policy, filtering in place so don't really use it TBH.