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Elfin
25th February 2010, 22:17
The nice chap at SamKnows sent me this link and I thought I'd share it with UKBF members who may be interested in UK broadband performance for whatever reason. We all want better broadband speeds, so now's your chance to get involved. The more the merrier! :)

After the success of SamKnows' initial round of broadband speed testing in 2009 we want to keep the momentum going and, in conjunction with Ofcom, are looking to expand our broadband monitoring work into 2010 and beyond.

We aim to provide the UK with reliable and accurate statistics on the actual performance of broadband connections, and not just the speeds that they are advertised as being "up to".

If you are interested in hosting one of our units and playing a part in changing the face of the UK broadband industry, we invite you to register:

http://www.samknows.com/broadband/pm/signup.html

KM-Tiger
26th February 2010, 06:54
Thanks for the heads up on that.

As far as I know it's the only really objective long-term survey.

upnorthal
26th February 2010, 08:12
Does one have to stop their torrent hobby if participating? ;)

Elfin
26th February 2010, 20:49
I couldn't possibly comment upnorthal...

Suffice to say that those who regularly download more than 30GB per month won't be able to take part, as that makes it difficult for them to gather useful results. :)