Comments on: Broadband Speed tests flawed

By: Richard

Richard — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 16:10:35 +0000

It surprises me the amount of people who check theses speed tests out, complain in forums and then go and surf the web.

By: TazzaHall

TazzaHall — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 09:07:26 +0000

It is a bit of a dilemma as these tests are there to try to keep big broadband players as honest as possible in an industry where consumers otherwise just rely on blind trust to receive the broadband speed they pay for.
These tests really do need to become more sophisticated as I think they’re always going to be available for consumers to use and should therefore be as accurate as possible to please both the providers and the customers.

By: compare_broadband_dude

compare_broadband_dude — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 14:37:03 +0000

Very interesting, I would tend to agree that the speeds are usually not very accurate and that this will only get worse when superfast broadband is available. People just assume that these tests are accurate and its only right that they are told the truth that sometimes the speeds given are not correct!