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Internet News · 14-11-08, 03:50 PM

Virgin Media are claiming that nine out of ten broadband connection speed testers are not capable of measuring the high speed broadband services that they are planning to roll out. The company has been comparing the different speed tests and has come to the conclusion that there is so far only one, which is capable of [...]

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mrcrisp · 16-11-08, 01:43 PM

If you read through various forums on the Cable Modem sections you will see people coming out with all kinds of speeds.

I for one get around 9Mb on speed tests, although I was downloading a file at over 20Mb yesterday.

The speed tests xfer relativley small (for someone on 20Mb and would be VERY small for someone on 50Mb) amounts of data and therefore the file downloads before the speed has picked up due to latencies between servers etc etc.

So VM are correct, although its quite a nice blag for slow BB!

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Internet News Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 2,747 Thanks: 0 Thanked 11 Times in 9 Posts	Broadband speed testers not up to much Virgin Media are claiming that nine out of ten broadband connection speed testers are not capable of measuring the high speed broadband services that they are planning to roll out. The company has been comparing the different speed tests and has come to the conclusion that there is so far only one, which is capable of [...] More: Broadband speed testers not up to much

16-11-08, 01:43 PM	#2 (permalink)
mrcrisp Tech-Head Join Date: Sep 2008 Posts: 190 Thanks: 4 Thanked 28 Times in 25 Posts	Re: Broadband speed testers not up to much If you read through various forums on the Cable Modem sections you will see people coming out with all kinds of speeds. I for one get around 9Mb on speed tests, although I was downloading a file at over 20Mb yesterday. The speed tests xfer relativley small (for someone on 20Mb and would be VERY small for someone on 50Mb) amounts of data and therefore the file downloads before the speed has picked up due to latencies between servers etc etc. So VM are correct, although its quite a nice blag for slow BB! __________________ Tip of the day: DO A F****** SEARCH & READ THE STICKIES AT THE TOP OF EVERY FORUM!

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