Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Technical - Help or Info - NON Motorcycle > Broadband Speed question, advise required again.

[Redsps]

My upgrade from 2m to 4.5mg has been completed today, but to be honest, I can't really see any big improvement.
most apps still running and downloading at the same sort of speed, the dsc webpage takes ages to load.
Reconfiged all my kit etc, but it seem like a waste of time.
What decent programs can be recommended to test and check the network speed reaching my router, also other info on bandwidth traffic etc.
any help gratefully recieved
cheers
R

[IainMac]

Try http://www.alken.nl/speedtest/speedtest4.php
it accurately show the speed of my BBand link

[Totto]

Another one

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

[Redsps]

thanks guys, tried both, but they show widely varing bandwidth.
Fastest I seem to be getting is approx 1meg, way short of 4.5meg I should be getting.
I think a more indepth investigation is needed here.
cheers
r

[Totto]

I am on 2meg ,but during peak times i lose a bit , so test off peak for the ultimate fastest speed but you might not get that 24/7

What is your contention ratio ?

[Redsps]

I should be on 25:1
It looks like they have reduced me instead of upgrading me.

cheers
R