checking your broadband speed...

[joko]

is there anyway to see what yours is on your computer?

thanks

[MarkRae]

<rolls eyes in disbelief>

[mrs.chappie]

I wish I knew who was winding who up here.

[society]

I'm doing my best, Mrs. C. :-)

[ChuckFickens]

And yes I do realise that a very small percentage of people will be able to get speeds greater than a speedtest site can handle.

I've tried the bbmax speedtest from a 1Gb/s connection and they have never been able to give a result above 150Mb/s

But we are generally talking to members of the public on here who will not have that sort of speed availble so it's not going to be relevant to them.

[mrs.chappie]

Nobody makes a monkey out of Chuck.

Errr ... hang on a minute .... Chuck's avatar's a monkey innit? I take that back then. :o)

[mrs.chappie]

Oops. I do apologise. Just realised this post is in Technology and not Chatterbank.

Sorry peeps. x

[MarkRae]

> Nobody makes a monkey out of Chuck.

Judging by his contributions to this thread, nobody needs to...

[ChuckFickens]

I don't think anyone is trying to wind any one up.

I maintain that a usable internet connection is only going to be as fast as the slowest part of the route. testing between you and your ISP will give you a good indication of your bearer speed but if you are then being throttled at the perimeter of their network or there is a bottleneck further upstream from your ISPs network then that is going to be the speed you see in everyday use. (though I would like to think if there was a significant bottleneck anywhere it would only be a temporary thing)

Anyhow, I'm certainly not trying to start an argument with mark, but differences of opinion are healthy :)

[Jan1957]

What the bloody hell are you doing up so late on your birthday? Celebrating tonight maybe. You are allowed a night off you know. xx

[mrs.chappie]

Chuck, I thought Mark was trying to wind you up when he said 'You really fell for it, didn't you!' .... and then he rolled on the floor, laughing his ar$e off.

I obviously got the wrong end of the stick. :o)

[society]

That's what I thought too, Mrs C.

[mrs.chappie]

I'm glad you're as daft as me, society. :o)

[ChuckFickens]

ah yes, the intelligent and mature way to deal with differences of opinion.

[snags]

No, he's an arse...

[snags]

No he's not... I've changed my mind...

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