Your internet speed

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PostYour internet speed
by PES Fan » Sat Feb 27, 2010 4:11 pm

Changed from Virgin to O2/BE a few days ago. As I got a bit tired of the Virgin service for both TV and broadband. So decided to change Sky for TV, simply because Virgin don't look like they will be getting the red button feature or the Sky HD channels. And I heard many good things about O2/BE for broadband especially when it comes to gaming. It's also £10 a month for up to 20 meg broadband, if your an O2 customer.

Here is my speed
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Apparently I should be getting up to 17 meg on my line. So I haven't quite reached that yet.

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PostRe: Your internet speed
by Jam-Master Jay » Sat Feb 27, 2010 4:17 pm

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Can't complain really, have been upgraded for free a couple of times now. Get a decent 2,500KB/s when downloading from megaupload and gaming on the PC and DS are fine.

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PostRe: Your internet speed
by Peter Crisp » Sat Feb 27, 2010 4:21 pm

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What do I win :lol: .

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PostRe: Your internet speed
by Xeno » Sat Feb 27, 2010 4:21 pm

I have no probs what so ever, I am currently playing eve on 2 clients while doing the test though.

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PostRe: Your internet speed
by HM » Sat Feb 27, 2010 4:22 pm

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:|

The worst thing is that's actually pretty good for around here. You should see it when my bro is on cod, my dad working on his laptop, me on mine, and my sis on the computer.

:|

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PostRe: Your internet speed
by False » Sat Feb 27, 2010 4:30 pm

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Im on a netbook, with downloads going a 5mps, a ps3 and xbox 360 streaming media from the media server and a web server running 24/7 as well.

Cant beat unlimited 50mb 8-)

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PostRe: Your internet speed
by Benj » Sat Feb 27, 2010 4:33 pm

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Not really very accurate though. I've often downloaded at 11MB/s and uploaded at 5MB/s+. Still, can't really complain. x

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PostRe: Your internet speed
by Cuttooth » Sat Feb 27, 2010 4:34 pm

So that's where everyone's speed goes. :shock:

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PostRe: Your internet speed
by Schrodinger's Postman » Sat Feb 27, 2010 4:44 pm

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Speedtest is bollocks though, I know for a fact I can upload faster than that.

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False
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PostRe: Your internet speed
by False » Sat Feb 27, 2010 4:44 pm

Im guessing its a Uni network. They always have crazy speeds.

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PostRe: Your internet speed
by coldspice » Sat Feb 27, 2010 4:46 pm

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Up to 20Mb ftw. :lol: Although for some reason it has my location as Scotland when I'm in the East Midlands. :?

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PostRe: Your internet speed
by Custard » Sat Feb 27, 2010 4:56 pm

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:fp:

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PostRe: Your internet speed
by game_pro » Sat Feb 27, 2010 5:04 pm

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:lol:
That is woeful. I knew my internet was gooseberry fool but I didn't realise how bad it was. Takes an age to download anything.

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PostRe: Your internet speed
by massimo » Sat Feb 27, 2010 5:04 pm

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Very unreliable though. Talktalk.

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PostRe: Your internet speed
by abcd » Sat Feb 27, 2010 5:05 pm

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:(

Some areas of Milton Keynes have a terrible internet connection.

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PostRe: Your internet speed
by Cyburn2 » Sat Feb 27, 2010 5:54 pm

On Virgin BB L (10Mb)

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PostRe: Your internet speed
by Lotus » Sat Feb 27, 2010 5:57 pm

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Also on Virgin 10MB. Terrible.

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PostRe: Your internet speed
by Floex » Sat Feb 27, 2010 6:02 pm

Benj wrote:Image

Not really very accurate though. I've often downloaded at 11MB/s and uploaded at 5MB/s+. Still, can't really complain. x


:shock: How much do you pay for that per month?

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PostRe: Your internet speed
by False » Sat Feb 27, 2010 6:02 pm

The difference between people supposedly on the same package is shocking.

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PostRe: Your internet speed
by darksideby182 » Sat Feb 27, 2010 6:08 pm

I'm on virgin 20mb but have upgraded to 50mb having that installed next Saturday. Will some tests then to see what it will be like.
Also it worth trying all 3 local servers on speedtest.net as they seem to be very different.

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