How to measure broadband speed?

[harmonyjones]

We are upgrading our DSL broadband from 1.5MBps to 3Mbps upload and download. We are using the same provider so all we have to do is sign a new contract and they will "upgrade" our service without us doing anything.

What I want to make sure is that the speed IS actually increased. What kind of before and after check can I do to confirm the speed has been upgraded. Is there any good tool that will give me an accurate measure of our current speed?

Thanks.

 

[jimbopalmer]

http://speedtest.dslreports.com

I tried to remain child-like, all I acheived was childish.

 

[bcastner]

See if your DSL modem offers line status statistics. You can do a before and after check to see what the line was actually provisioned for from the CO.

If you browse

http://www.broadbandreports.com

you likely will find how to obtain these results for your particular modem.

 

[allteltec]

Let us know what your speeds are. The fastest our Cisco's can go is a little over 8 meg. down but only little over 800k up. That is why it's call ADSL. 3 meg both up and down SDSL ? Have not seen any of that yet.