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Old 03-06-2008, 05:28 PM #1
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Was on BBC news so decided to check it out!

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7416471.stm

Click on 'Start the Test'

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Mine is :

Your connection to bbc.co.uk is working at 0.9 Mbps.

At this speed it would take you less than a minute to download a 4 minute song and about 40 minutes to download a half hour TV programme.
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your connection to bbc.co.uk is working at 1.4 Mbps.

At this speed it would take you less than a minute to download a 4 minute song and about 30 minutes to download a half hour TV programme.
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3.0 Mbps, so very quick.
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Your connection to bbc.co.uk is working at 4.8 Mbps.

At this speed it would take you less than a minute to download a 4 minute song and under ten minutes to download a half hour TV programme.
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Your connection to bbc.co.uk is working at 0.2 Mbps.

At this speed it would take you about 3 minutes to download a 4 minute song and over 2 hours to download a half hour TV programme.
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Your connection to bbc.co.uk is working at 13.9 Mbps.

At this speed it would take you less than a minute to download a 4 minute song and under ten minutes to download a half hour TV programme.
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oh i didnt realise that posted several times lol sorry guys
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Your connection to bbc.co.uk is working at 2.1 Mbps.

At this speed it would take you less than a minute to download a 4 minute song and about 20 minutes to download a half hour TV programme.
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Your connection to bbc.co.uk is working at 1.8 Mbps.

At this speed it would take you less than a minute to download a 4 minute song and about 20 minutes to download a half hour TV programme.
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Your connection to bbc.co.uk is working at 0.7 Mbps.

At this speed it would take you less than a minute to download a 4 minute song and about NaN minutes to download a half hour TV programme.
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Your connection to bbc.co.uk is working at 0.6 Mbps.

At this speed it would take you less than a minute to download a 4 minute song and just over an hour to download a half hour TV programme.
I live in the country
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Mine is soo slow! lol x
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3.4 Mbps.

I'll be moving up to 10 Mbps in a few weeks.
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3.7 Mbps.
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OMG. Mine was only 0.5 thats so rubbish. It said it would take me an hour and a half to download a half hour programme.
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www.speedtest.net is the best way to test

And mine is 4000kb/s but it's going to be doubled like all other Virgin Media customers
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Your connection to bbc.co.uk is working at 1.8 Mbps.

At this speed it would take you less than a minute to download a 4 minute song and about 20 minutes to download a half hour TV programme.
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Mine's the fastest so far! yay 13.9 Mbps.
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Your connection to bbc.co.uk is working at 0.6 Mbps.

At this speed it would take you less than a minute to download a 4 minute song and just over an hour to download a half hour TV programme.


New result
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The fastest ever broadband speed is 40Gbps, some 75 year old from Sweden.
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Wow 15.2 new result!
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New Reading;

Your connection to bbc.co.uk is working at 3.7 Mbps.

At this speed it would take you less than a minute to download a 4 minute song and about 10 minutes to download a half hour TV programme.
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Your connection to bbc.co.uk is working at 0.9 Mbps.

At this speed it would take you less than a minute to download a 4 minute song and about 40 minutes to download a half hour TV programme.
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Wow 15.2 new result!
Stop cheating!

Nobody with a 10+ Mbps is allowed in this thread.
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Stop cheating!

Nobody with a 10+ Mbps is allowed in this thread.
why not?
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