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Broadband speed measurement
19/09/12
Broadband speed measurement
It is often worth checking that the speed you receive Internet services at is close to what you are paying for and the ISP says the line speed is. A single measurement is insufficient to convince BT Wholesale / OpenReach that there is a problem so a graph like the following may help.
You can set the interval between measurements to, say, 30 minutes and show not just speeds but jitter and PING times too. This is a free download from http://www.gmwsoftware.co.uk/
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