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A tool to help you calculate the minimum speed you should consider for your broadband connection. Broadband Quality Monitoring. (continuous monitoring of your broadband quality) Download Test Files. (test files of varying sizes to help users diagnose problems with their broadband connection.) Find my BT Exchange.
Download Test Files - thinkbroadband
We suggest only testing the large files if you have a connection speed faster than 10 Mbps. Click the file you want to download to start the download process. If the download does not start you may have to right click on the size and select "Save Target As”. These files will automatically use IPv6 if available, but you can select the IPv4 or ...
UK Broadband Report | thinkbroadband
July 2024 — Summary. In this latest edition, we'll provide the usual updates on the state of the nations, fibre and gigabit progress towards UK government targets, prices for the large retail providers (along with their market share), alt-nets and following from our January 2024 report covering the lack of promotion of Social Tariffs, we've ...
The State of Broadband Report - January 2024 | thinkbroadband
The January 2024 Broadband Report is here. We have analysed the state of broadband in the UK and released our latest report which looks at how different areas of the UK are performing in terms of broadband, gigabit and fibre coverage. We also have a …
About Us - thinkbroadband
Over the next couple of years, we became the de facto broadband information resource for UK Internet users and the press alike. In 2006, we renamed the site thinkbroadband, recognising that our site was about broadband rather than ADSL as a specific broadband technology. We are independent of any broadband suppliers, and offer our broadband ISP ...
New to Broadband Guide | thinkbroadband
ADSL2—delivers 'up to 24 meg' downstream with a median UK download speed of 6 Mbps. VDSL2 / 'fibre broadband' through phone lines (FTTC)—delivers a maximum 'up to 76 meg' downstream, with a UK median speed of 29 Mbps. G.fast—new ultrafast service in 2017 from Openreach expected to deliver speeds of 100 meg to 300 megG.fast.
EXCLUSIVE November 2024 update on Openreach full-fibre roll …
2 days ago · EXCLUSIVE November 2024 update on Openreach full-fibre roll-out. A very busy month with an average of 13,322 premises being added to the Openreach full fibre footprint every day. The total added over the course of the month was 412,995 premises a big jump compared to the 255,727 of the previous month and fits into the usual pattern of the end ...
Broadband Guides - How to make the most of your broadband
Resolving a problem with your broadband provider. Resolving a Problem - This guide explains the steps you may wish to go through in an attempt to resolve a problem you have with your broadband service provider. It explains the processes both internally as well as how to use an Alternative Dispute Resolution service and finally taking your ISP ...
Satellite Broadband Guide | thinkbroadband
Bandwidth and Costs. Services available vary but generally offer speeds from 2Mbps up to around 30Mbps. Upload speeds used to be lower (128 / 256 Kbps) but following the launch of new Ka-band satellites, these have increased with options for up to 6Mbps upstream speeds. Costs for satellite broadband vary between around £30 per month up to £ ...
Broadband Speed Guide | thinkbroadband
There are 1,000 Kbps in 1 Mbps. Typical broadband download speeds range from a few Mbps through to 100 Mbps for a superfast broadband service whilst upload speeds range from 250 Kbps (0.25 Mbps) to around 5 Mbps on the superfast services. Check the speed your ISP advised you'd be able to get when you signed up.