Originally Posted by Seb

Nah mines consistant throughout a download, what ever size the file is!

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

you may get bursts of speed that fast but there is no way it is going to be that fast really , how about dl'ing summat from say somewhere like microsoft and timing it to see what you are really getting , on the 1mb connection i have , i sometimes see 130-140 k / s , but it aint really that fast :(

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

and what is telling you this , windows download box or summat else :confused:

Originally Posted by stuartbe

Dodgey speed reading me thinks :eek:

Originally Posted by paulyoung666

and what is telling you this , windows download box or summat else :confused:

Originally Posted by Seb

Yer i used to go by that, then realised its not too reliable. When I can see a dowload is noticably faster i'll jus clock the time its takes to download, then calculate from the file size. Cant say i do that very often, i do have better things to do with me life!

EDIT:
Just did the Speed Test on Rob Walkers site, confirms it:


Its always been said (on nthw) to be a reliable and efficient speed test!

Originally Posted by Sociable

What that test shows is you are getting close to the 600k you are paying for no more no less. :)

Originally Posted by Sociable

What that test shows is you are getting close to the 600k you are paying for no more no less. :)

Originally Posted by Seb

I cant grumble with my BB, had it for over three years, and its never been an issue! However start me on the Digital and Phone and thats whole different story ;)

Originally Posted by Seb

Just did the Speed Test on Rob Walkers site, confirms it:


Its always been said (on nthw) to be a reliable and efficient speed test!