Yes I feel for the need for speed!

[Eudemon]

Nope not the drivel that EA do nowadays, no I'm talking about my broadband speed, Virgin Media announced last year they were implementing upgrades to their L customers which started in January. Well they've finally done my area and I have to say they did a good job !!

 

[Andreas¹]

Have no idea what it means, but I'm happeh for you :D

[khevolution]

what site did you use to get that info as im on Virgin Media XL package

[Eudemon]

http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ and I selected New York being it's on the East Coast and thus closest to us.

 

Also if your area has been completed make sure you unplug your modem for 30 seconds to reboot it and then goto http://192.168.100.1 and then click on Login, follow the standard instructions then click Operation Config to see what you are connected to the UBR at.

 

Oops sorry it's only L that's being upgraded at the moment. XL is due for an upgrade at the end of 2008/start 2009.

[The Queen]

I prefer http://www.speedtest.net though but if your happy with that then cool. You have a very good speed though ;)

[Eudemon]

Speedtest is very popular though meaning it can actually be slower than your actual.

[The Queen]

Mhmm... In my case it was actually faster than the actual speed I was getting for some reason. At one point I was getting 30kb/s and lower download speeds :(

[eleKtro]

10 mb download speed is rather sexy.

[ExplosiveGoats]

I have a

 

9370kbps-Download Speed

19kbps- Upload Speed

[Guest RB26DETT]

bah! we has crappy inturwebs here. 512kbps ftw!

[CarMadMike]

Im downloading a file now, Its running at 80KBPS on average with FF and MSN on, Is that good or bad

[AdamFraser]

http://speedcheck.ispconnect.co.uk

 

The best to use for the UK.

[Iced_Bullet]

Adam, that said 4.3Mbps. Now I know for a fact our line is limited to 3Mbps because of where we live and BT aren't willing to put new lines in for a handful of houses. It lies :p

 

I was getting ~4,~2~2,~3,~5!!,~2 ...

[Eudemon]

http://speedcheck.ispconnect.co.uk

 

The best to use for the UK.

I agree, if you want to find out nothing about your connection. That site shows your speed at the very split second it starts downloading resulting in a very high result, also high speeds will be shown afterwards due to the caching. Speedtest.net and that new place I found are the best choices imo.

 

There is another text based one that is very accurate but I can't remember where it is.

 

Honestly though the best way to test your speed is to download a relatively large file from a fast server. A good example is where VM ask you to try when you're having issues: http://gamefiles.virginmedia.com

 

When your download speed starts to stable, note it then multiply it by 8 and there you have a very close to actual.

 

So cmm's 80Kb/s a second is 600Kb or a 512Kb perhaps.

 

Kaching !

 

 

1186 * 8 = 9488 (10Mb)

[hesonly5]

Is it just me, or does the title make it sound like Diablo wants to do the unmentionable with Speed? :eek:

[Camel]

Is it just me, or does the title make it sound like Diablo wants to do the unmentionable with Speed? :eek:

ewwww, now you mention it, it does. ewwwww

 

And it is good being able to download at high speeds, i want mine to go faster now for some reason even though I already hit about 2550 when downloading from dedicated servers

[Eudemon]

Wow 2Mb+ download, who are you with mellors?

 

Ah O2 it seems.

 

In fact have a BT line get O2 guys:

http://www.broadbandchoice.co.uk/compare/broadband-deals/20mb-plus-broadband.html

[Camel]

Wow 2Mb+ download, who are you with mellors?

 

Ah O2 it seems.

 

Yep o2, the only times it slows down is when i use about 60GB bandwidth in about 5 days, but then a few weeks later its back up to speed

[Andreas¹]

Is it just me, or does the title make it sound like Diablo wants to do the unmentionable with Speed? :eek:

You just had to mention that didn't you? xD

[hesonly5]

I'm sorry, it's the first thing than sprung to mind when I saw it xD

[eleKtro]

I used to have TalkTalk as my provider on a 2mb line, they were so bad, when I went to do a SpeedTest, it failed to do that!

 

Now I have better internet. Still only 2mb I get like 200-300 kbs download speed.

 

I can;t get higher than 2mb because I live in countryish.

 

[Asgardeh]

Mines suppose to be 2MB with virgin and everything is sooo slow and apparently im getting 25kbps according to one of those test things! youtube plays faster than it loads so i have to let it load!

[Guest RB26DETT]

Mines suppose to be 2MB with virgin and everything is sooo slow and apparently im getting 25kbps according to one of those test things! youtube plays faster than it loads so i have to let it load!

 

i suggest calling your provider asap that you're not getting the right bandwith speed. a friend of mine had the same experience.

[Asgardeh]

i think it might be the router, im not 100% ive changed the settings so it only lets the computers in my house on just incase someone was leeching. im gonna try feeding the modem straight in to test if its the router. but i think your probraly right and virgin need a call

[HavockJoker]

This is mine, pretty wicked to say the least