Good way to check speed connection ....

conuk · 25 Oct 2006 at 19:45

Ok I am with NTL.

Was just using there `1meg` broadband - according to their upgrade page its now 1.5meg ... strange.

Anyways phoned them up and asked them to upgrade to 4meg...

to cut a long story short - 1 guy (pakistan call centre) said Id been upgraded to 10meg ... (not what I wanted) - UK call center said I had been upgraded to 4meg (what I wanted)

Speeds - usually download a few bits from Usenet have stayed the same.... so how can I really check ?

Phoning them up gets the usual pass onto one guy/girl after another.

Any pointers ?

conuk · 25 Oct 2006 at 21:49

hmmm not sure about it showing up in the router.... tried that link.

comes up with : 9,628 kbps ..... so 10meg broadband ?

conuk · 25 Oct 2006 at 22:22

ok tried.... that download :

1020 kb/sec

usenet is grabbing at 1.20mb / sec....

A Usenet providers test gets 8500+ kb/sec

they hooked me up to 10 meg by mistake ?
If so they done it months ago...... :confused:

conuk · 25 Oct 2006 at 23:20

cheers fellas - tried the different tests - all giving pretty much same results... will see what they charge me for .... they say Im on 4meg apparently by their accounts.... but been getting these speeds for months ....

conuk · 25 Oct 2006 at 23:56

tried that - using a motorola surfboard modem - can log on to status but it doesnt give much info.