Is bt speedtester totally broken?

[Rik]

I was wondering...

[Baz]

is the tester still kapuutt??

i had another drop yesterday and got re synced at a better speed but the profile is lower than before and upload figures were showing as zero 

they were that daft I didnt even make a copy of them 

[pctech]

Its still kaput Baz, just tried to run a test as had a drop and resynch yesterday and it halted at the upload test saying there was a technical issue.

[.Griff.]

The tester works for me.

[BrianM]

Just ran a BT Test 1830 worked ok for me.  

[pctech]

Will give it another whirl

[pctech]

Seems to be working again now. they were probably tweaking it during office hours.

[SSK]

Seems to be working again now. they were probably tweaking it during office hours.

Depends on your definition of 'working'. 
In the past 24 hours I've done 3 tests. Presuming that throughput can't really be 3 times the IP profile (can it??), only one of tghe tests gave sensible numbers.

The last one (a few mins ago) gave this:
1. Best Effort Test:  -provides background information.
Download Speed
15575 Kbps
0 Kbps   7150 Kbps
Max Achievable Speed
Download speed achieved during the test was - 15575 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speedsis 1000-7150 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :17648 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 1160 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 3000 Kbps

So throughput is 3 times the IP profile and is twice the Max achievable speed. 

'the acceptable range of speedsis 1000-7150 Kbps'
As my speed is not within this acceptabke range, should I complain?   

Sean

[zappaDPJ]

It's not working for me today. It does return what looks like the correct download speed but it thinks I'm on ADSL and failed to produce any upload figures.

[pctech]

All I meant by working was that it progressed through the tests and gave me a fairly accurate reading based on comparison with other tests.

[gyruss]

not getting anything out of the bt speedtester at all today.  getting that red technical fault message twice on the result screen instead

[pctech]

The server must be feeling the strain then.

[pctech]

Working ok for me gyruss

I'm on a WMBC ADSL modulated connection.

[zappaDPJ]

It still thinks I'm on ADSL and now returns figures that would initiate a call out. I'm going with broken!

[pctech]

We all seem to be seeing different things.

Maybe it hasn't been updated to recognise VDSL yet Zap.

[Bill]

Maybe it hasn't been updated to recognise VDSL yet Zap.

It knows about VDSL, I've used it quite a lot. If anything, they broke it for everything else when they updated it!

Just tried it, works fine. Rubbish results (~18Mbps down, 8Mbps up) but I'm on a wireless link atm.

[pctech]

Very odd.

[.Griff.]

IJust tried it, works fine. Rubbish results (~18Mbps down, 8Mbps up) but I'm on a wireless link atm.

Same awful results for me (via ethernet for me though)

[Bill]

Same awful results for me (via ethernet for me though)

Might just be the time of day, FTTC does seem to be a lot more sensitive to congestion than any of the ADSLx packages I've been on.

[Baz]

its a pile of cr*p at the minute 

I just got this

    Note: An Upstream test was not conducted on this line due to a technical issue. If your concern is related to upstream performance then please retry
the performance test again in 1 hours time.

Please visit FAQ section if you are unable To understand the test results.


twicw on the same page.

If you have bother it seems that you cant even use the only test results  that  BT will listen to....their own 

[.Griff.]

It's suddenly working perfectly again for me (touch wood)

[SSK]

Okay... fingers crossed.... touch wood...

Maybe it's been fixed now.

I've done one bt speedtest per day for the last 3 days and all 3 have given 'sensible' results.

Sean

[Baz]

still not working for me just get the two error messages about upstream   

[BrianM]

Just ran a test, working for me. 

[Rik]

still not working for me just get the two error messages about upstream   

It recognises your number, Baz.