Broadband connection speed

I have just signed up for a broadband Internet connection
and would like to check what speed connection I am getting
from my ISP. With a dial-up connection this was presented
in the dial-up connection dialog box that appears when the
connection was made however as I am now connecting using
ADSL this no longer appears. Can someone tell me an easy
way to check what speed connections I am getting?

JebsRock wrote:
> I have just signed up for a broadband Internet connection
> and would like to check what speed connection I am getting
> from my ISP. With a dial-up connection this was presented
> in the dial-up connection dialog box that appears when the
> connection was made however as I am now connecting using
> ADSL this no longer appears. Can someone tell me an easy
> way to check what speed connections I am getting?

Downloading a large (over 20mb) file from a site with a large pipeline such
as Microsoft Download will give you a fair estimation of your throughput.

Just start a download of say, XP Service Pack 2 RC1 and let it run for 5
minutes. You will see your throughput on the download dialog. Also,
TaskManager's Networking component can be set up to show your bytes/sec
download rate.


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In article <53bc01c42cbd$7d1adc90$a101280a@phx.gbl>, "JebsRock"
<anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>I have just signed up for a broadband Internet connection
>and would like to check what speed connection I am getting
>from my ISP. With a dial-up connection this was presented
>in the dial-up connection dialog box that appears when the
>connection was made however as I am now connecting using
>ADSL this no longer appears. Can someone tell me an easy
>way to check what speed connections I am getting?


These web pages have tests that measure the actual speed of an
Internet connection:

http://www.dslreports.com/stest
http://reviews.cnet.com/7004-7254_7-...tag=cnetfd.dir
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