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Ignitionnet 26-08-2008 15:54

Re: Speedtest Results
 
Sounds like Virgin / ntl, why bother with a simple (and free!) web page when you can pay some coders to write an app and load more branded rubbish onto people's PCs? :)

Graham M 26-08-2008 16:11

Re: Speedtest Results
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by whydoIneedatech (Post 34626447)
If you are a Virgin Media customer then the best speedtest is from the link below which is from a dedicated server within the Virgin Media network, hence the is no www. before the address.

Have you tried going to this link to check your speeds http://gamefiles.virginmedia.com/

click on blueyondergames>demos>then click on at least 2 large files and save them to your desktop, and then wait a couple of minutes then write down the transfer rates on the files that are running> times them by 8 and you will get a truer download speed.

So by that reasoning http://cableforum.co.uk is within the Virgin Media network as are http://google.com and http://aol.com ?? :)

whydoIneedatech 26-08-2008 16:29

Re: Speedtest Results
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Graham M (Post 34626944)
So by that reasoning http://cableforum.co.uk is within the Virgin Media network as are http://google.com and http://aol.com ?? :)

Overall it does not really matter where it is, just that it is the only speed test that Virgin actually recognize and take any notice of.;)

Kymmy 26-08-2008 16:36

Re: Speedtest Results
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by whydoIneedatech (Post 34626959)
Overall it does not really matter where it is, just that it is the only speed test that Virgin actually recognize and take any notice of.;)

It actually does matter. If someone reading this thread with a speed problem on thier 20Mb line finds out that the bottleneck isn't the modem but actually to a particular speedtest site then it's worth knowing which speedtests are accurate or not.

In the end it saves them hassling tech support for a problem that might not exist

Kymmy

whydoIneedatech 26-08-2008 19:22

Re: Speedtest Results
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Kymmy (Post 34626964)
It actually does matter. If someone reading this thread with a speed problem on thier 20Mb line finds out that the bottleneck isn't the modem but actually to a particular speedtest site then it's worth knowing which speedtests are accurate or not.

In the end it saves them hassling tech support for a problem that might not exist

Kymmy

I worded my answer to Graham slightly wrong, what I meant was regards Virgin Tech Support speed testing, not testing your speed in general.


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