Best place for dls broadband speed test?

Lady_K

Tried a few of them and they are low not sure if they are accurate can anyone suggest a reliable one please?

TLJester

None of them really!

By far the best thing to do is install a bandwidth monitor ie Bitmeter, and go and start downloading a Linux ISO thats a couple of Gb's (found on many mirror sites).
My tests on test sites always came FAR short of the real world test that I am suggesting you do.

f1charlie

This one you have to download and install, but it's quite thorough and seems to be accurate:

http://www.broadbandspeedtest.net/

This one's a pretty one!

http://www.speedtest.net/


Charlie

toonfan

I use
perhaps most reliable BT test
alternatives
the DSL zone version
the ADSL guide one

flang

http://promos.mcafee.com/speedometer/test_0150.asp
Pretty good test, however like otherposters have said a bandwidth monitor that you install to your hd is better!

bat999

Hi Lady_K

This one's ok, no need to install anything:-
http://bandwidthplace.com/
:cool:

Lady_K

Unless I'm doing it wrong it doesnt give a choice for uk?

Edit
Oh sorry I have it now not woke up properly yet thanx

kwikbreaks

toonfan wrote:

I use
perhaps most reliable BT test
alternatives
the DSL zone version
the ADSL guide one

The ADSLGuide speed test used to be reliable but from my own observation and comments in their forum it virtually always reports low now.

The BT speedtest is very useful now as it reports what your "profile" data rate is. One annoying feature in the way BT implemented RADSL (Max) is the profiling which means that your maximum data rate is set in increments based on your lowest recent sync speed. You may be syncing at 7Mb/s but could have a very low maximum data rate if there were line problems earlier causing a low sync (say a thunderstorm nearby) as recovery from the low data rate which got set immediately you synced low takes 3 days to recover.

The maximum data rate possible is 7.15Mb/s (with a good line) but you are very unlikley to see anything near that in the evenings due to contention (others getting their share of the limited total bandwidth). I have a maximum sync but rarely see over 6Mb/s.

T4i

Who is your ISP?

Best way to test for speed is to stay within your ISP's network. they might have a FTP site with some files you can download.

I'm with Telewest so I use ftp://ftp.blueyonder.co.uk/store2/blueyondergames/ start a big download going and use something like netstat Live to take a average of the speed you get.

http://www.analogx.com/contents/download/network/nsl.htm - Free