My broadband speed should be 152Mbps down and 12 up. However, over the last couple of weeks I have been testing speeds on a more regular basis. I don't usually run a test unless there is a problem and the other week we lost connection for about half a day. When tested I got about 200+ down and 15 up. It then went down to normal.
To be honest, I don't need 152 down, the reason I wanted the speed was for the uploads. When you have to upload 500 photos, even when they have been cropped and reduced in file size it was taking a while. With the 12Mbps up it was saving about half an hour as I wouldn't have queue them and then spend time to check they had all uploaded as I could see they had gone. Playing about with video also shows what a pain low upload speeds are. Even uploading "hi res" photos to Flikr can take some time so, again, a faster up speed would be appreciated.
The one big advantage of download speed is for on demand TV, or downloading an HD film on iTunes.
Doing a test this morning I got the result below. That is the highest I have seen on my iPad over Wifi 802.11ac rather than 802. 11n. I've tried servers further away and that did result in a slightly lower result but not significant difference.
Apparently I'm on the trial with Virgin Media testing the move to 300Mbps. Though there is the big pipe coming down it still relies on what the server at the other end is capable of feeding. Not sure if it affects gaming or not. Would probably say that recently I've not been able to hit as much as usual. I probably need to check settings on the mouse and so on to see if that makes any difference.
Just wondering what other folk have broadband wise and what sort of settings they use got mouse sensitivity and if it makes any difference. With some many variables it may not be possible to come to a definitive answer.
To be honest, I don't need 152 down, the reason I wanted the speed was for the uploads. When you have to upload 500 photos, even when they have been cropped and reduced in file size it was taking a while. With the 12Mbps up it was saving about half an hour as I wouldn't have queue them and then spend time to check they had all uploaded as I could see they had gone. Playing about with video also shows what a pain low upload speeds are. Even uploading "hi res" photos to Flikr can take some time so, again, a faster up speed would be appreciated.
The one big advantage of download speed is for on demand TV, or downloading an HD film on iTunes.
Doing a test this morning I got the result below. That is the highest I have seen on my iPad over Wifi 802.11ac rather than 802. 11n. I've tried servers further away and that did result in a slightly lower result but not significant difference.
Apparently I'm on the trial with Virgin Media testing the move to 300Mbps. Though there is the big pipe coming down it still relies on what the server at the other end is capable of feeding. Not sure if it affects gaming or not. Would probably say that recently I've not been able to hit as much as usual. I probably need to check settings on the mouse and so on to see if that makes any difference.
Just wondering what other folk have broadband wise and what sort of settings they use got mouse sensitivity and if it makes any difference. With some many variables it may not be possible to come to a definitive answer.
).
