If you read this post, mostlikely you have internet connection. But sadly, having Internet does not mean you benefit from the best possible connection, even though we are approaching the year 2009 soon and after all these years after dial-up, we would expect some more progress in connection speed worldwide. I often take the broadband speed test to see if I am actually getting the connection speed advertised by my provider and you are very welcome to do the same. You might be quite surprised to see you are getting a lot less than what you are supposed to and moreover – what you are paying for.

This Broadband Expert Speed test which I chose to link to, is designed to accurately examine your broadband speed. While it is best suited UK broadband users, it works perfect even for people like myself who live on the back of the beyond. I am paying for 1,5MB connection and look whatta robbery when it comes to uploading..