[ILUG] OT - Measure broadband speed

[Pádraig Brady]

ollie at eillo.org wrote:
> Hello,
>      I'm not quite satisfied with the speed of my broadband connection 
> and want perform a reliable bandwidth test before calling my provider. 
> Can anyone recommend a good one? I can find a few through google but 
> they seem to be based in the US. Can the meter compensate for the 
> increased ping?

Do a quick wget from ftp.heanet.ie.
I'm currently (and always due to the favourable
contention ratio where I live) get 220KB/s on my 2Mb DSL
This is the max you can expect to get:
http://www.pixelbeat.org/speeds.html

Pádraig.