| Service | Ping | Download | Upload |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sky, fixed line broadband: | 60 ms | 1.74 Mbps | 0.51 Mbps |
| iPhone, on Three mobile: | 106 ms | 2.14 Mbps | 1.71 Mbps |
| iPad on Vodafone mobile: | 139 ms | 4.43 Mbps | 1.15 Mbps |
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Totally Unscientific Broadband Test: BT20
Service Ping Download Upload Sky, fixed line broadband: 60 ms 1.74 Mbps 0.51 Mbps iPhone, on Three mobile: 106 ms 2.14 Mbps 1.71 Mbps iPad on Vodafone mobile: 139 ms 4.43 Mbps 1.15 Mbps No editorial necessary. Related posts: The Broadband Blueprint (re DETI Telecoms Consultation) Your definition of broadband is wrong. Onlive: Gaming in … Continue reading “Totally Unscientific Broadband Test: BT20”
Your upload’s good! BT Business, fixed line 61ms ping, 6.81Mbps download, but only 0.35Mbps upload
My download has dropped by half a megabit since this post.
Apparently this is due to the 10 day testing regime where BT Wholesale progressively make your line shittier and shitter in “testing” to establish a really low baseline.
If, after the 10 days, your line speed drops lower than this low shitty baseline score, then it is reported as a line fault. And they might do something about it.
If, after the 10 days, your broadband is a little better than the shittiest score you get during the 10 days, then it is not a fault and you can pretty much suck it up.
As you can imagine, downloading a 125 MB update for the PS3 was a little sickening. Currently trying to download a 15 GB update for DC Universe Online is …..well….. Really. Really. Trying.
Finally sorted it out. I have now managed to get this: