AndyW
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Registered: 28th Oct 02
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if its..
292.1 kilobits per second
it should be 4mb? im not too clued up on this.
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abdus
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Registered: 23rd Feb 06
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4MB would mean 4 MegaBits/s
= ~500 kilobytes/s
[Edited on 08-08-2006 by abdus]
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abdus
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try this:
http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speedtest.asp
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Adam
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Registered: 1st May 01
Location: Hurstbourne Tarrant
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does that cover cable too or just adsl
cos according to the Test my 10mb NTL is reporting
Downstream 1,563.7 Kbps ( = 1.5 Mbps )
Upstream 467.1 Kbps ( = 0.5 Mbps )
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abdus
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well, from the website, it seems to cover cable ...from the dropdown list provided, there is cable also
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DarkBahamut
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Most website speed tests are hopeless because they depend on so many factors they are almost never right.
Best bet is to get a download manager that supports multiple connections, go to a high speed website (microsoft or blueyonder gamefiles work well for this) and download a big (200MB+) file using 4+ connections. If you get near your rated speed then your connection is fine. If you dont then its likely you have problems.
Per 1Mbit you can expect 120KB/sec after TCP/IP overheads. 2Mbit should get ~240KB/sec, 4Mbit ~480KB/sec and 10Mbit 1200KB/sec (1.17MB/sec). This is true for Cable internet. ADSL may get less depend on your line quality or how far you are from the exchange.
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AndyW
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see im on ntl aswell and am a bit suspect of there figures...
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drunkenfool
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www.beelinebandwidthtest.com is quite accurate usually
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AndyW
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quote:
Originally posted by drunkenfool
www.beelinebandwidthtest.com is quite accurate usually
using this i only got 100kbs
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Cybermonkey
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Registered: 22nd Sep 02
Location: Sydney, Australia
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Speed Test Results
Downstream 914.2 Kbps ( = 0.9 Mbps )
Upstream 118.3 Kbps ( = 0.1 Mbps )
but im in Australia, here are results from an australian test site 
Test run on 09/08/2006 @ 10:49 PM
Mirror: Bigpond
Test type: Cable
Your connection speed:
kbps: 8168.19
KB/s: 1021.02
Mbps: 8.17
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