Upgraded our broadband recently, and pretty happy with the results - especially as it got BT out of the equation and costs less than the previous, much slower, deal.
However, I’ve tried multiple broadband speed checkers and get wildly differing results - from 6mbs to 65mbs. Just wondering whether anyone has any clues…
I’m thinking of creating a large file I can upload and download at will with one eye on the clock. I know someone is offering me 5gb of free cloud space, but I can’t remember who. I’d never entrust my real data to the cloud, but a big folder of meaningless test data is a different proposition.
just use the netflix one … seems fairly accurate (if basic). https://fast.com/en/gb/#
(click the “show more info” button if you also want latency and upload speed)
And don’t use a wireless connection to your router, or you’ll likely be limited by that local LAN connection rather than the broadband WAN connection.
In truth I don’t think any of them are hyper-accurate … better for ‘comparisons’, so always use the same one.