Testing your bb interent connection

loulou41

Can somebody please check this for me. I am supposed to get up to 8 mb. This is what I get 968kbps download, 383 kbps upload. This seems quite slow to me. Am I correct? Thanks

TylieTiger

I used the same speed checker and I'm also getting the same type of results yet, today my connection has gone up to 8 meg with AOL. My Netgear router is saying Download - 8128 kbps and Upload - 448 kbps. Which is right? When I download a song though it takes about 10 seconds where it use to take about a minute on my old 2 meg service.

mrJ_5

loulou41 wrote: »

Can somebody please check this for me. I am supposed to get up to 8 mb. This is what I get 968kbps download, 383 kbps upload. This seems quite slow to me. Am I correct? Thanks

up to 8Mb means anything from a standard 512Kb connection, up to around 7.1Mb (no one can get 8Mb)

diamonds

penrhyn wrote: »

O great a you show me yours thread:

Heres mine:

Download: 7017kbps
Upload: 322kbps

40Gb cap

£5:00 a month with Sky/Easynet

Mine

Down 1573 kbps
up 236 kbps


free ! well some people dont set up security

espresso

diamonds wrote: »

Mine

Down 1573 kbps
up 236 kbps


free ! well some people dont set up security

As you are admitting to stealing someone else's broadband connection, don't be too surprised if you don't get much help on here!

:rolleyes:

C_Ronaldo

espresso
is it illegal to use someone elses internet connection without that person knowing

espresso

C_Ronaldo wrote: »

espresso
is it illegal to use someone elses internet connection without that person knowing

Yes, the first court case in this country was couple of years ago now, when a British jury found someone guilty of using a neighbourhood wireless broadband connection without permission, brought under the Communications Act 2003. This resulted in a £500 fine, 12 month conditional discharge and confiscation of his computer equipment.

In the states last year, someone was sentenced to nine years in jail, for intercepting credit card details on a wireless network. People who steal bandwidth know that they are stealing and often do it to commit other illegal acts over the net. Theft is theft even if it is digital theft!

Half_Price_Sky

Download speed: 2440K
Upload speed: 385K

I'm on 8MB Virgin.net and the most it has ever got up to in the two months since we've had it is about 3MB. We are on a freebie for 12 months so can't complain otherwise I'd downgrade to 2MB.

We are 277 meters from the local exchange.

C_Ronaldo

espresso

thanks for that, i did wonder if it was illegal,

FannyHill

Most ISP's say for DSL Max up to 8Mb so they can't guarantee that your speed will approach that. I get nowhere near that but I'm on a long line. There are a few website like Kitz,DSL Zone etc that will advise what to check and any alterations to make to try and increase your speed.
And some ISP's throttle your speed at peak times.