Test your broadband speed…

After watching The Gadget Show on Channel 5 on bank holiday Monday – they revealed that they have an internet speed tester on their website.

Broadband providers are notorious for advertising speeds faster than they can actually provide their customers so what gives?!

I just completed the speed test. You can do so by clicking here. My results are absolutely shocking. I went on other speed test sites to actually see if the results were accurate and they are.

My flatmate and I are paying for 8mpbs broadband (its the cheapest package by PlusNet), but we are actually getting download and upload speeds LESS than 1mbps. Completely ridiculous! We were contemplating upgrading, but I don’t think it would make too much difference. I refuse to give a company more money when they can’t even deliver basic speeds.

I have sent them the statistics via Twitter, but no doubt I will get a generic response saying that all is fine at their end…. Yeah – sure it is!

One thing I have learnt over the past few months…. Telephone and internet providers are completely rubbish – I’m looking at you, BT & PlusNet!!!