Speed testing broardband

[jbrown]

Can anyone recommend a GOOD site to test your connection speed - I'm supposed to be on a 4 mb line but don't believe it. I'm in UK if it makes a difference.

cheers

PS - from a good broardband provider - what should I expect ( upload / download ) for a 4mb connection??

[UKnjb]

There was a thread here recently (UK Connection Speed Battle (http://forums.macrumors.com/showthread.php?t=190459)) that will not only give you the available speed testers, but will give you a comaprison of other UK users.

Good luck! :)

[Applespider]

At 4MB, you're probably OK to test at adslnation.org.uk but bear in mind, that all tests depend on what else is going on online. That site tells me that I'm on a 10MB connection - but I download from Apple's servers at 1.6 to 1.7MB/s

I'd suggest going to Apple's support site and choosing a few large files to download and add the speeds together. You'll get much closer to your true speed than a single speed test of a relatively small file.

[mad jew]

Yeah, as Applespider's saying, very fast connections don't work with these online testers because the bottleneck becomes the computer's aptitude with Java rather than outright network throughput. That's why downloading a file from a close, fast server is a better way of determining your maximum speed. :)

[FragTek]

I use the VisualWare tester for all of my broadband testing needs. It seems to work pretty good. It shows pretty close to what the SpeakEasy tester does, a tad low on the download side though. It all depends on how busy the servers are at the time though.

http://upload.overclock3d.net/download.php?id=88&view=1

[dogbone]

I find this (http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/) to be quick and accurate and does both download and upload.