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George South | 17:20 UK time, Sunday, 9 December 2007

Do you get the internet speed you signed up for?

The government has been pushing BT recently to spend billions on a speedier broadband infrastructure. The competitiveness minister, Stephen Timms, has said a faster internet is .

Yet many people complain of with their broadband service. So how fast is your internet connection, and does it live up to the claims of your provider?

Taking part is as simple as following a link to a website that will measure your internet speed and posting the following pieces of information as a comment to this post (or emailing them to us at ipm (at) bbc.co.uk).


1. Determine the speed of your internet connection by clicking . Start the test and make a note of your speed in kbps. It's circled in red on the example here.

2. If you know the advertised speed of the internet service you pay for, let us know. Otherwise, continue to...

3. Your postcode or the name of your city or town.


UPDATE I see that some of you have rightly noted that declines with distance from the exchange. You might be in interested in this site which .

UPDATE:Results are here.

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