Internet Speed Tests

[dsze]

Does anyone use/have an opinion on the bbst internet connection speed test from Dan Elwell? HERE (http://www.broadbandspeedtest.net/help/faq.asp)

...or do you know of a better/more accurate & reliable one? I'd really like to have an accurate measure of my connection quality & speed even if I have to pay for a good test.

thanks,

[Tsmith]

Not too sure on accurate and reliable but this is the one my cable company uses: http://www.testmy.net/d_load.php

[mikesd]

I use this one http://reviews.cnet.com/7004-7254_7-0.html and do a complete checkup plus speed test here http://www.pcpitstop.com/

[Ronald S. Jr.]

Pft...that one in the original post really messed up my computer. Took me half an hour to work out.

[dsze]

Pft...that one in the original post really messed up my computer. Took me half an hour to work out.

Why? I've used it on 4 different computers without a problem. It seems to be a pretty good test to me. What exactly did it do to your computer?

[Ronald S. Jr.]

Just froze it up, and disconnected my internet for a few minutes. Also, you have to understand...this is quite a powerful computer I'm on. It NEVER freezes.

[Ronald S. Jr.]

Not to mention that once it did start doing something, I couldn't get it to give me a result.

[The22oz]

I'v always used http://www.dslreports.com/ without a problem. They changed to broadbandreports now but dslreports is just the URL I remember.

[dsze]

Just froze it up, and disconnected my internet for a few minutes. Also, you have to understand...this is quite a powerful computer I'm on. It NEVER freezes.

Interesting, but I still don't understand. I've used this test on 3 different desktops ranging from VERY powerful, to pretty standard and a standard VAIO laptop and get VERY consistent results everytime. I've probably run it at least 50 times without a glitch.

[lostdoggy]

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