Posted: 09th Jun, 2009 By: MarkJ
SpeedChecker, which offers various online speed testing services for broadband ISP users, has announced the launch of its new free
Speed Test Plus service. SpeedChecker believes it is one of the most advanced and flexible online speed testing services available. Some of the core features of Speed Tester Plus are:
• Up to 300MB total payload delivered for each test (ensures sufficient data is transferred to accurately benchmark throughput).
• Simultaneous multi-threaded payload delivery (ensures your connection is really pushed to its limit).
• Supports varying protocols and ports (useful for isolating ISP traffic prioritisation or QoS issues).
• Supports varying test durations (useful for gauging fluctuating throughput issues).
• Multiple test servers (always advisable to benchmark from various networks and geographical locations).
• Directly connected to what has been independently rated as the fastest hosting network in the UK.
• Connected at gigabit (1Gbps) speeds to ensure capacity for the fastest of broadband connections.
• Bare minimum overheads, running on high spec dedicated equipment optimised and used for speed testing alone.
We also offer two of our own reasonably reliable
Broadband ISP Speedtests but it's always a good idea to check with other services as a means to gaining more productive feedback from a variety of sources. However the shared “
best efforts” nature of broadband means that ‘
accuracy’ is a somewhat unreliable word to use because service performance will fluctuate by design.