How can I tell what sped?

I'm with Tiscali Broadband on the 256k package. I'm attempting to upgrade to
the 512k package but I'm unsure how to tell if I've been upgraded.

Tiscali are sending me e-mails saying I have, however I'm still connected at
2.2Mbps, which is what my connection was showing when I initiall joined up.

Tiscali are convinced that I have upgraded (and are charging me
accordingly), however as my connection speed hasn't changed I'm very
dubious.

Any help would be appreciated greatly.

Thankyou fellow (and fellowesses) broadband users!

Brian.

"Brian Thompson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm with Tiscali Broadband on the 256k package. I'm attempting to upgrade
to
> the 512k package but I'm unsure how to tell if I've been upgraded.
....
> Any help would be appreciated greatly.
>
> Thankyou fellow (and fellowesses) broadband users!
>
> Brian.
>
>
Head to http://www.adslguide.org/tools/speedtest.asp and run the speed test.
It'll give you a good indication of your upload and download speeds.

Cheers,

monkey

Brian Thompson wrote:
> I'm with Tiscali Broadband on the 256k package. I'm attempting to upgrade to
> the 512k package but I'm unsure how to tell if I've been upgraded.

Try the speed test at:-

http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speedtest.asp

> Tiscali are sending me e-mails saying I have, however I'm still connected at
> 2.2Mbps, which is what my connection was showing when I initiall joined up.

Seeing as 2.2Mbps has no relation to 256K or 512K I expect it is telling
you something unrelated that you do not need to know! (Like for example
the speed of the connection between your modem and PC - not the speed of
the connection between modem and ISP)

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Cheers,

John.

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"Brian Thompson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm with Tiscali Broadband on the 256k package. I'm attempting to upgrade
to
> the 512k package but I'm unsure how to tell if I've been upgraded.

I would try a speedtest to see what sort of download speeds you are
achieving...

> Tiscali are sending me e-mails saying I have, however I'm still connected
at
> 2.2Mbps, which is what my connection was showing when I initiall joined
up.

Hmm - my connection also says that it connects at 2.2Mbps - which it should
as its a 2MB line... so maybe you should just keep quiet!

Regards
Sunil

"Sunil Sood" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:bjfsvv$iv3hr$(E-Mail Removed)...
>
> "Brian Thompson" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > I'm with Tiscali Broadband on the 256k package. I'm attempting to
upgrade
> to
> > the 512k package but I'm unsure how to tell if I've been upgraded.
>
> I would try a speedtest to see what sort of download speeds you are
> achieving...
>
> > Tiscali are sending me e-mails saying I have, however I'm still
connected
> at
> > 2.2Mbps, which is what my connection was showing when I initiall joined
> up.
>
> Hmm - my connection also says that it connects at 2.2Mbps - which it
should
> as its a 2MB line... so maybe you should just keep quiet!

I had something similar when I used uPnP with my Linksys router originally -
kept saying I had connected to the Internet at some stupidly high Mbps
connection when I had a 64k NTL line!

D

In article <dGF6b.262$(E-Mail Removed)>, John Rumm wrote:
> Brian Thompson wrote:
>> I'm with Tiscali Broadband on the 256k package. I'm attempting to upgrade to
>> the 512k package but I'm unsure how to tell if I've been upgraded.
>
> Try the speed test at:-
>
> http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speedtest.asp
>
/me sobs quietly as more people are sucked into speed 'testing' tools

"If only God they knew...if only....."

/me feels a sense of Deja Vu and leaves with a final comment

"yeah a JAVA applet that does something for 30 seconds is a great test...."

Regards

Alex

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Alexander Clouter <(E-Mail Removed)>
MetroNet Support http://www.metronet.co.uk/support/

Metronet Support wrote:
> In article <dGF6b.262$(E-Mail Removed)>, John Rumm wrote:
>
>>Brian Thompson wrote:
>>
>>>I'm with Tiscali Broadband on the 256k package. I'm attempting to upgrade to
>>>the 512k package but I'm unsure how to tell if I've been upgraded.
>>
>>Try the speed test at:-
>>
>>http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speedtest.asp
>>
>
> /me sobs quietly as more people are sucked into speed 'testing' tools
>
> "If only God they knew...if only....."
>
> /me feels a sense of Deja Vu and leaves with a final comment
>
> "yeah a JAVA applet that does something for 30 seconds is a great test...."
>
> Regards
>
> Alex
>

comments an isp whos not in the speed results league table but not bad
grapes or anything however if you were in the top ten you may have a
different viewpoint

On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 10:29:35 +0100, Metronet Support
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>"yeah a JAVA applet that does something for 30 seconds is a great test...."

the one you were wetting yourself about in another thread took all of
20s to determine its "superior" results.

Phil

Metronet Support wrote:

> "yeah a JAVA applet that does something for 30 seconds is a great test...."

I think you will find it is good enough to work out if you are getting
256k or 512K - we are not talking precision here!


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Cheers,

John.

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In article <hza9b.5642$(E-Mail Removed)>, John Rumm wrote:
> Metronet Support wrote:
>
>> "yeah a JAVA applet that does something for 30 seconds is a great test...."
>
> I think you will find it is good enough to work out if you are getting
> 256k or 512K - we are not talking precision here!
>
however when you look at the 'average' postings on ADSLGuide you notice
everyone complains why person on ISP x gets 5kbps faster than they do on
ISP y :-/

However I do take your point, phase of the moon should also be accounted for
too

Regards

Alex