Speed tester

gadge · 08-08-2010, 17:54

Whats the best speed testers for virgin broadband besides speed test.net?.

Kymmy · 08-08-2010, 18:00

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest.html

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and http://www.speed.io/index_en.html

pip08456 · 08-08-2010, 18:22

Unless you are on a 50Mb connection then use speedtest.net.

v0id · 08-08-2010, 20:17

http://www.virginmedia.com/customers/speedtesters/

Peter_ · 08-08-2010, 20:47

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Originally Posted by gadge

Whats the best speed testers for virgin broadband besides speed test.net?.

This the only speed test site that I use on any call none of the others will be taken into account by our 2nd line agents as they cannot vouch for their accuracy.

http://www.virginmedia.com/testmyspeed/manual.php

RainmakerRaw · 08-08-2010, 22:24

http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/ is usually very accurate for 50 meg lines, as is http://www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk/

I've found both to be consistently accurate, and they're quick and easy to use too.

Peter_ · 09-08-2010, 05:24

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Originally Posted by RainmakerRaw

http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/ is usually very accurate for 50 meg lines, as is http://www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk/

I've found both to be consistently accurate, and they're quick and easy to use too.

As I said above they will always be dismissed by us as a measurement of your speed.

Kymmy · 09-08-2010, 07:44

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/article/...ts-the-testers

Might be 20 months old but should still be relevant

gadge · 09-08-2010, 11:04

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kymmy

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/article/...ts-the-testers

Might be 20 months old but should still be relevant

I have used speednet.test a few time and always seem to get better result from london than manchester and the latter is closer 50 miles.

RainmakerRaw · 09-08-2010, 14:30

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Originally Posted by Masque

As I said above they will always be dismissed by us as a measurement of your speed.

But the OP asked which are the best, not which ones do VM accept.

Peter_ · 09-08-2010, 14:42

Quote:

Originally Posted by RainmakerRaw

But the OP asked which are the best, not which ones do VM accept.

The one we use is obviously the best as it is on our own internal network and not via the internet .

Placemat · 09-08-2010, 15:08

Has anyone heard of www.updn.co.uk

This is one that the faults department told me to use. Seems pretty accurate and it works on the same principle of downloading a file from the Virgin Media server.

Still downloading from the blueyonder demo folder still gives the most accurate results.

zer0 · 11-08-2010, 14:12

http://www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk gives me the most accurate results (got my full 10mbit)

20 seconds after www.updn.co.uk only gave me 7mbit

my speedtest.net graph is quite the mountain range

id like to see VM improve their routing to other countries so we dont have to keep taking these local speedtests to see what the problem is

bomber_g · 11-08-2010, 14:22

are you having a trouble with something?

A lot of the time people start speedtesting their connection when something isn't working - there are a lot of people on this forum that can help with any issues your having

Kymmy · 11-08-2010, 14:40

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Originally Posted by Masque

The one we use is obviously the best as it is on our own internal network and not via the internet .

Not really, unless you yourself have done an extensive experiment then all you're doing is repreating what the CS/TS group have been told

.. Even the link I posted has VM detailing external speed tests (they also measure ping and upload) instead of the VM purely download test