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[ILUG] OT - Measure broadband speed

[ILUG] OT - Measure broadband speed

Rachael Holt rachael.holt at gmail.com
Wed Jan 23 08:59:17 GMT 2008


Ollie,

Don't forget to take contnetion in to account too.
There can be a big difference between a 2mb connection contended at
8:1 and one contended at 48:1.
Also what technology are you on?Wireless,Dsl?

Rach

On 22/01/2008, ollie at eillo.org <ollie at eillo.org> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>      I'm not quite satisfied with the speed of my broadband connection
> and want perform a reliable bandwidth test before calling my provider.
> Can anyone recommend a good one? I can find a few through google but
> they seem to be based in the US. Can the meter compensate for the
> increased ping?
>
> Thanks,
>        Ollie.
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