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Apr 19th, 2008, 18:45 PM
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I'm Currently Feeling:  | Any good sites to check broadband speed??
We switched to Virgin a few weeks ago from AOL to try and save some pennies, and it's driving me potty!!!!! 
We're paying for the up to 8meg speed, but it's slower than a snail. Seriously, sometimes I can navigate to a new page and sit there looking at a blank page for about 90 seconds! That's one of the reasons that I'm not posting much on here, it's sooooo frustrating!!!!! And if Stu happens to switch the pc on while I'm on the laptop, neither of us can do anything for ages. If Kayleigh switches her laptop on, you can just forget it.
It's not Virgin cable as we haven't got cable in our area, it's just through the BT line......
I used to use a site to check speed and for the life of me I can't remember the site.  |
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Apr 19th, 2008, 19:01 PM
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I'm Currently Feeling: | Stu has one - will get him to post when Moo has settled/calmed/fell sleep lol |
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Apr 19th, 2008, 19:52 PM
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| I use this one http://www.speedtest.net/
Gives you the upload and download speed. |
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Apr 19th, 2008, 19:58 PM
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Is that good or bad? I think I did it wrong |
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Apr 19th, 2008, 20:03 PM
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| Quote:
Originally Posted by toriaaaaTRASH 
Is that good or bad? I think I did it wrong | It all depends on how far you are from the telephone exchange (the further away the slower it gets). ^^ that one is around 3 meg download. |
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Apr 19th, 2008, 20:06 PM
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I'm Currently Feeling: | I don't know what mine is so I don't even know if that's right..  |
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Apr 19th, 2008, 20:10 PM
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| It's not a bad speed. How much does your internet cost?
This is mine:- 
6 meg.
Is meant to be 8 meg but you don't always get a great connection (plus we have more than one computer using the connection which can make a difference). |
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Apr 19th, 2008, 20:45 PM
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I'm Currently Feeling: | I have two laptops and a computer on my connection so maybe thats it. Doesn't feel slow to me. I thought it was 8meg, not sure though. It's AOL and £19.99 a month. |
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Apr 19th, 2008, 20:49 PM
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This is mine... albeit last July... for my £20 per month I normally get 4MB minimum on a 6MB line... |
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Apr 20th, 2008, 09:32 AM
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I'm Currently Feeling: | Thanks Stu.
This is mine 
Surprisingly, it's reasonably quick at the minute. I'll test it again when it grinds to a halt later!!! |
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