Gadget Show Tonight

The gadget show are going to talk about broadband speeds tonight. Maybe
interesting.

Ali wrote:
> The gadget show are going to talk about broadband speeds tonight. Maybe
> interesting.

As it turns-out, it was very :-)

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On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:39:45 GMT, "Carl Waring"
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>Ali wrote:
>> The gadget show are going to talk about broadband speeds tonight. Maybe
>> interesting.
>
>As it turns-out, it was very :-)
I thought it a load of crap also their crap speed tester said I was
getting a 5Mb download speed all the rest was giving me 19 to 20 Mb.

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> On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:39:45 GMT, "Carl Waring"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Ali wrote:
>>> The gadget show are going to talk about broadband speeds tonight. Maybe
>>> interesting.
>>
>>As it turns-out, it was very :-)
> I thought it a load of crap also their crap speed tester said I was
> getting a 5Mb download speed all the rest was giving me 19 to 20 Mb.

I am getting 6mb on the GS site whilst the thinkbroadband speed checker
gives me a whacking great 0.1mb!!!


Norman

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> On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:39:45 GMT, "Carl Waring"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>>Ali wrote:
>>> The gadget show are going to talk about broadband speeds tonight. Maybe
>>> interesting.
>>
>>As it turns-out, it was very :-)
> I thought it a load of crap also their crap speed tester said I was
> getting a 5Mb download speed all the rest was giving me 19 to 20 Mb.

You were lucky. The GS speed test was about 5% of what dslreports.com and
speedtest.net gave me.
Just what do they hope to achieve when their figures will just be thrown
away as garbage.

On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 14:43:39 -0000, "dennis@home"
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>You were lucky. The GS speed test was about 5% of what dslreports.com and
>speedtest.net gave me.
>Just what do they hope to achieve when their figures will just be thrown
>away as garbage.

To be honest Dennis it was the first time I had watched the show and
I only watched it to see the bit regarding Internet speeds and I was
not very impressed with any of it or its presenters .

Think yourself lucky, I got 86kbps download and 344kbps upload on a Virgin
Media 8MB connection!
http://tinypic.com/view.php?pic=7xwc7cm&s=1

I know speed tests aren't necessarily accurate, but you can tell when a
service it crap, especially when you compare the same tests with other
ISP's.

Gadget Show speed test is here if anyone's interested:
http://gadgetshow.five.tv/jsp/speed_test.htm




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> I thought it a load of crap also their crap speed tester said I was
> getting a 5Mb download speed all the rest was giving me 19 to 20 Mb.

On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:32:23 GMT, "Ali" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>Think yourself lucky, I got 86kbps download and 344kbps upload on a Virgin
>Media 8MB connection!

Thinks I shall be on my way soon sooner pay for ADSL plus VM than have
to put with this shower for five more months to the end of contract
and then move .

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> On Tue, 13 Nov 2007 09:39:45 GMT, "Carl Waring"
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
>
>> Ali wrote:
>>> The gadget show are going to talk about broadband speeds tonight.
>>> Maybe interesting.
>>
>> As it turns-out, it was very :-)
> I thought it a load of crap also their crap speed tester said I was
> getting a 5Mb download speed all the rest was giving me 19 to 20 Mb.

Yeah, I meant "not very" ;-)

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> I thought it a load of crap also their crap speed tester said I was
> getting a 5Mb download speed all the rest was giving me 19 to 20 Mb.

Well, other sites and computer journalists have questioned the validity of a
great many on-line speed test services, so I would be so sure that the one
on their site is wrong. Did you test with the other speed testers at the
same time?

The best way to test your download speed (so I've read) is to stick a file
say 10mb in a folder on your webspace (as offered by the ISP you're getting
your broadband from) then download it, the download pop-up box will then say
something like 10mb downloaded at 9.98mbps - which is only dreaming of
course! :-)

Ron