[roughbeast]

Originally Posted by JadeFalcon

as a true test i always use something like Utorrent and download a linux iso such as ubuntu there's always a ton of seeds on it... on speedtest.net and others i dont seem to get over 30 on my 60meg connection but i can get the ubuntu iso at 7.4MB/s

i think this is why virgin get complaints about not reaching advertised speeds is because they think just because they have 60/100 meg, that every site on the internet should give them full speed, when most wont give that to one connection. dont work like that, thats why i always use a torrent to test available speeds

Torrents won't give you a good estimate of speed even when they are up to their max. Your download and up load rate are too dependent on file availability and other people's connections. You would be better off downloading multiple files simultaneously from a know-to-be-good server, then combining their download speeds.

http://gamefiles.virginmedia.com/blueyondergames/

You will need to download up to 8 large files to max out a 100Mb connection. You will get about 2MBPS from each file.