Streamyx Streamyx Guide

1. You should never pay for your broadband speed test. Loads and loads of websites offer them for free and a lot do not require you to sign up for any email alerts or other such spam encouraging things.

2. The most accurate broadband speed tests will need your phone number or postcode to determine what speeds your area can receive.

3. Go for a test that not only shows what speeds you are getting but also what speeds you can get. Why is this important? See number 3.

4. Just because you are paying for a fast connection does not mean you will get it. You can only get the very fast connections if your line is able to take them and if your area is not one shared by a lot of other heavy internet users.

5. Because a single ADSL line serves up to say 40 houses, you will find that your connection speeds are impacted depending on how many other people are using the net at the same time as you and how often. If you are doing the test you should try and do it during a busy period as well as a quiet one for the most accurate reading of how fast your connection is.

6. If you love to download music and movies you will want a faster connection, because obviously the faster your connection the faster you get your music or movies.

7. Having said that, if you have a really fast broadband connection but you actually don't use the internet much except to browse then you probably do not need it to be so fast, so why pay extra for it?

8. Other reasons why your speed might be slow are that you are too far from the telephone exchange, or that there are too many objects between your PC and your router that are blocking the signal.

9. Learn the jargon- Broadband speed is measured in Megabits per second. The common abbreviations for this are Mb, Mbps or Mb/sec.

10. Most importantly of all, once you have done your test, if you are not getting the speeds then don't pay for the package with fast connections because lets face it, you can't use it.

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