UK ISP Be Broadband (O2) has announced the introduction of a broadband speed tester to the front page of their website. Be hopes that the move will show its commitment to Ofcom's voluntary Code of Practice (CoP), announced in June, that requires ISPs to be more honest with customers about what they can actually deliver, as opposed to just displaying advertised rates:


The tester appears to function in two parts, with the first checking your existing line speed and the second predicting what you could get using the ISPs own 'up to' 24Mbps ADSL2+ broadband service.

Unfortunately the second phase of the testing service does not work on lines that haven't been unbundled (LLU) to work with Be's broadband product.