Testing my dsl speed???
- Thread starter Ironhead
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Like johnperb mentioned Go here http://www.speedtest.net and click on "begin test". Or go here http://reviews.cnet.com/internet-speed-test .It will tell you your download and upload speeds. To get an more accurate test, do it a couple of times and different times of the day. Your speed will vary. If you're on Telus High speed lite your only going to get DL speeds of only 256 kbps (max) and is a crappy plan to be on. Telus regular High Speed is 1.6 to 6 mbps (max. depending on the time of day and how much internet traffic is in your area). Telus High speed turbo is 10 to 15 mbps (max)
Also, I don't think Telus should advertise their 256 kbps dsl as high speed. 256 DSL lines used to be high speed way back when the 56k dialup modem were around, but not any more. They should do away with the lite plan all together. Another thing that can slow down your speeds is determinded by how far you're away from a Telus repeater station. DLS lines are limited by the twisted pair copper cable used in phone lines and if you are far away from the Telus station it will affect speeds. Normally, if you complain...Telus will install a booster in you house.
That's why they say "high speed lite"! Think!
Also, why a booster? You pay for what they advertised! Your contract counts! Welcome to reality!
That's what I think! I'm on Shaw with a consistant 19mb download and 2mb upload. One month I downloaded over 150gigs and Shaw didn't say a thing. With Telus on their newer modems they can throttle your bandwith if you're downloading torrents. Totally sucks....sorry I'm sort of going off topic
Their improving their infrastructure and testing new speeds. That speed isn't even useful though since most servers can't even handle that, or have capped speeds. What would be useful though is a better upload rate.
