[happymeal]

just downloaded a program mentioned in one of the other threads called "Dan Elwells Broadband Speed Test".

Here are the results that came back.. I'm not downloading or uploading anything and I did the tests several times but they were all roughly the same. boo

Ping times to UK servers

bbc.co.uk: 99.5 ms

mirror.ac.uk: 74.5 ms

london.gov.uk: 96.8 ms

Ping times to European servers

gmd.de: 95 ms

uni-kl.de: 138.8 ms

sunsite.cnlab-switch.ch: 131.8 ms

Ping times to east-coast USA servers

helios.dii.utk.edu: 228 ms

ibiblio.org: 148 ms

ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu: 183.8 ms

Ping times to west-coast USA servers

mirrors.tds.net: 198.3 ms

mirror.ats.ucla.edu: 220.5 ms

math.utah.edu: 197 ms

Packet loss en route to a UK server

gold.ac.uk: 2 %

webcache.blueyonder.co.uk: 2 %