[Baxter]

We ruled out your stats,viruses,and all those other good things. Its starting to look like talktalk. I'm gonna find out what server BT uses now. Running a speedtest through there servers and bypassing talktalks network will give you your true speed. I'll see if i can find it. When you can get those result, then thats your proof. I went through this when i was on AOL, They tried saying it was my system. How stupid do they think people are.

ps. whats your system specs

[muay]

thanks. i am new to this but what do you need to no for system specs. sorry so long in getting back to you at work. have to wait for boss togo to use computer. cheers.

[Baxter]

I dont need to know. just curious what setup you had

[muay]

ok mate, AMD Athlon(tm)xp2000+ 1.67ghz with only 192ram. thanks for the help. put computer on today getting just under 2mg but this is very rare.

[Baxter]

If your still interested, i have the sign in for that speed test. This will bypass your ISP. Just compare the speed from this test and the other one to get the difference.
Open you modem configuration page. Put in speedtest@speedtest_domain for your login name. leave the password blank. once signed in copy this to you browser http://217.35.209.142:50302/cgi-bin/home.page.pl
run the test like you did the other time. Test wont work on LLU though.

[muay]

hey thanks mate. i sould have said this before my landline is a talktalk landline will this matter or not when i run test. sorry for not putting this before.what is LLU. cheers.

[Baxter]

talktalk with be your phone provider but i think you'l still be going through BT.
LLU is Local Loop Unbundling, where the ISP add their own equipment to BT’s network.

[muay]

alright did what you said but when i put speedtest@speedtest_domain for my user name and left password blank and tryed to submit it it said mandatory parameter not specified. so does this mean it wont work.

[Baxter]

I think you got that because you didnt use a password. maybe your modem wont let it without one.
Your password will be testing
login- speedtest@speedtest_domain
password- testing
http://217.35.209.142:50302/cgi-bin/home.page.pl
try that

[muay]

by that took some doing. this is what i got.
1909 kilo bits per second (Kbps), your service bandwidth will have been quoted to you in kilo bits per second.
Your IP address is ******** your browser is reported as being Mozilla 5.0 and is running on Windows XP.
BT would regard the speed ranges shown below as normal service:
For 250kbps End Users speeds between 50 - 250kbps. For 500kbps End Users speeds between 100 - 500kbps. For 1000kbps End Users speeds between 200 - 1000kbps. For 2000kbps End Users speeds between 400 - 2000kbps.