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RE: ZDNet UK broadband speed test
Blog Comment Broadband speed tests - can anyone tell me why test results vary so much? and also - am I right to be super-suspicious of the provider's 'recommended' speed tests? Basically iPlayer will not work (even at lower bandwidth quality) and the system...
[June 23, 2009, 9:43 by James B]
Broadband speed test
Talkback If anybody wants to check out their own download speed, ZDNet.co.uk also has its own speed test here: http://resources.zdnet.co.uk/speedtest/
About: UK vents spleen at broadband frustrations
[January 28, 2008, 15:50 by Karen Friar]
How do YOU test your broadband speed ?
Blog Following discussions with engineers, marketing and tech people how does one honestly test your connection speed ? I changed my broadband provider and have had emails galore and two engineer visits to the house which has I think been able to get my...
[August 26, 2008, 9:27 in iParadise Lost by utzy]
RE: Broadband Speed Test
Blog Comment Well, at one point my Tesco Broadband was slower than dial up but later on it crept up to just under a quarter of the speed that I am paying for .fantastic!
[February 18, 2008, 13:18 by Dark Overlord]
RE: ZDNet UK broadband speed test
Blog Comment If you download an audio podcast via firefox (Any browser really) You will get your true download speed for that moment. As you will see the speed will vary according to time of day, internet traffic running through your ISP and the servers that...
[June 23, 2009, 12:57 by roger andre]
RE: Broadband Speed Test
Blog Comment You should try only using your connection at 3am. This should reduce the load from the hundreds of others, doing who know what, on the same connection. Its all about the contention ratio.
[February 19, 2008, 12:20 by Hawaii-5-o]
RE: Broadband Speed Test
Blog Comment I shall try that my nocturnal friend! Many thanks for the tip, I am off home now for a quick nap before I re-emerge at 3am to surf at unrivalled speeds!
[February 19, 2008, 15:39 by Dark Overlord]
RE: How do YOU test your broadband speed ?
Blog Comment yes I saw that one a while ago- they all vary so much that I wondered what the standard was in the end I timed downloads of specific files from one server, which I suppose is what these on line charts do.
[August 26, 2008, 10:13 by utzy]
RE: How do YOU test your broadband speed ?
Blog Comment another way to approach this would be to download something like a free podcast (bbc springs to mind) and it should tell you your download speed as it s happening. I have noticed some wild variations myself during downloads, so I think this is...
[August 26, 2008, 12:48 by roger andre]
RE: How do YOU test your broadband speed ?
Blog Comment Hi Utzy this site has a broadband speed test. Just hover your mouse over resources at the top of this page (no need to click) and a link for the broadband speed test will appear just below it.good luck.
[August 26, 2008, 4:38 by roger andre]
Apple Mac OS X on x86: a first test
Talkback Mac OS X x86's slower speed in this test is possibly due to the Rosetta emulation environment, under which some x86 programs run. This should be: iTunes on Mac OS X x86's slower speed in this test is actually due to the Rosetta emulation...
About: Apple Mac OS X on x86: a first test
[November 9, 2005, 19:03]
How to check up on your ISP
Blog We got talking about it and he pointed me to a great site to test your connection speed called http://speedtest.net/ - lo and behold, my eight megabyte broadband was hovering somewhere around the 2.5 mark.
[September 23, 2007, 14:39 in by Adrian Bridgwater]
Sierra Wireless AirCard 880 GPRS/EDGE/UMTS/HSPA PC Card
Blog Based on tests from a couple of the major VoIP speed test web sites, I generally get about 2.0 Mbps downlink speed, and 1.0 Mbps uplink speed, both of which are slightly faster than I was getting with my previous card.
[January 22, 2008, 12:37 in Reviews Blog by J.A. Watson]
Wireless-N Networking and Linux
Blog After installing a new Netgear Wireless-N Dual Band Router (review), I was anxious to test Linux with it. However, it only reports a speed of 54 Mb/sec. I don't know if this means it really will not connect at a higher speed, or if the Linux driver...
[August 4, 2008, 13:58 in Jamie's Random Musings by J.A. Watson]
Vista Service Pack 1 (RC1 Refresh) upgrade
Blog Test 1: File Transfer speed I had grumbled at the slow speed in which my laptop would transfer files from one system to another - typically between 1 and 6mb/s even with a cabled connection via my gigaport.
[January 15, 2008, 15:42 in Vista Upgrade Blog by David Long]
Windows 7 Needs Liposuction
Blog I try to install as little software as possible on a computer's OS to keep the running speed to a maximum. Even killing the Explorer shell can give you a little speed boost of about 1% and about 15 to 20 Megabytes of more RAM space in XP Pro.
[September 15, 2009, 6:29 in Vista Upgrade Blog by Xwindowsjunkie]
Compact Hot Flashes
Blog With a good socket and short leads to the IDE interface, some of them seem to run fine at ATA33 speed, very few to be sure. Another stinky trick I've seen is that the CF parts will work at 5 Volts to full speed but not at 3.3V.
[June 24, 2009, 10:51 in Home Server Projects by Xwindowsjunkie]
Wireless Network Flakiness
Blog Then I noticed that although the wireless connection came up right away, and said it was 130 Mb/sec, if I checked the status after just a few seconds, the speed would be down by half or more, and if I watched it over time, it would fluctuate from...
[June 11, 2008, 14:57 in Jamie's Random Musings by J.A. Watson]
we have all been there!
Talkback get this package it fast, you get it for 12 months then speed test it and you get half if lucky the speed they said.can you get out of the contract no! unless you breach the F.U.P.they also give you there software to install that tells you the...
About: Watchdog condemns broadband-speed claims
[August 6, 2007, 15:13 by 349671]
Dual core shoot-out: Intel versus AMD
Talkback I likes the speed test thingy! Also i lkes my steak well done and not raw like many so called chefs likes to cook it.
About: Dual core shoot-out: Intel versus AMD
[November 14, 2005, 18:15]
