Test your broadband speed

[Stuart]

I'm with Virgin XL package . t.v ( V+ ) broadband (2OMb) phone(XL) it costs ( with another t.v box upstairs ) approx £90 p/month .

I'm looking at upgrading my old Hitachi 32''CRT t.v for a Samsung 40'' LCD 6 SERIES .
If i'm going to get a Full HD t.v then only having about 6 HD channels on my V+ box is pretty shite , so i've been looking to get Sky HD/broadband/phone . It works out approx the same price , maybe a tenner extra , but what puts me off is the Sky broadband speed . My mate who lives around the corner from me gets the Sky unlimited package with the broadband and he says he never gets anything over 5 mb/s .

If i get Sky HD , plus a standard box upstairs , but keep Virgin broadband/phone it's going to cost me nearly £25 a month more than what i'm paying now ( so basically it's £25 p/m for the privilege of having a few more HD channels )

Decisions , decisions ?

Does anyone get close to 20Mb with Sky unlimited ?

The only thing stopping me getting Sky HD is the broadband. The last time I had Sky I was on 8mb and I was lucky to get 1.2mb on a good day.
The extra HD channels aren't worth the extra £25 per month or the loss of genuine 20mb broadband.
The only plus side to the sky package is football first match choice.

Exactly what i was thinking Stony . Rather keep my 20mb than have a few extra HD channels . The SD on the Series 6 is suppose to be good anyway ? It's the HD on Sky Sports for football , i feel like i'm missing out , especially with the World Cup coming up this summer .

 

[Anonymous]

originally july last year.




talk talk is wonderful.



its improved.

 

[bluestevei]

somethinks wrong here, im on virgin broadband





just done it again,and it still says telewest

 

[bluespana]

Did anyone get a faster upload speed than download speed? If so, what does it mean?

 

[xirtarg]

Did anyone get a faster upload speed than download speed? If so, what does it mean?

It depends on a few things ... is it ADSL or cable that you use?

 

[bluespana]

Did anyone get a faster upload speed than download speed? If so, what does it mean?

It depends on a few things ... is it ADSL or cable that you use?

Not mine...but she says it's cable.

 

[alib]

the test is a load of crap

days my server is Birmingham and doesn't even mention Manchester ( I live in Bury) and my broadband provider is stated as being something else

just a gimmick to get you to switch providers and not a real test

 

[PJMCC1UK]

Won't let me use the Manchester server. Gives me Brum as my server and shows up as above.

I always knew mine was crap. BT says up to 20 meg when I got it. But they obviously get away with it by using the ''up to'' tag.

I look on my icon for broadband and it's saying 2.2mbps so not true with above.

Looking to upgrade it but wanna know the best deal. I just see these as earning commission so not totally reliable source of info.

 

[Jay Division]

Not too bad..

 

[Anonymous]

the test is a load of crap

days my server is Birmingham and doesn't even mention Manchester ( I live in Bury) and my broadband provider is stated as being something else

just a gimmick to get you to switch providers and not a real test

really? i wondered why mine said brum when i live in shaw.