We believe that it's a conflict of interest when Internet service providers operate their own speed tests. A third party opinion is necessary and the provider shouldn't be allowed anywhere near the process. When providers host their own speed tests they eliminate the variables that you're here to test. Namely the Internet route itself. This test is unbiased, it tests and grades all providers on the same criteria. They want you to think your connection is running perfectly... but is it really?
Birmingham BIR, GB Speed Test
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Do you want to research connection speed for Birmingham BIR, GB? TestMy.net's Download Speed Test and Upload Speed Test log connection information to allow users to research real world Internet speed test results. TestMy.net's speed test database stores information on millions of Internet connections. This tool can average connection speed for any Internet provider, country or city in the world. So you can easily average speed test results, compare maximum speeds, research logged results and find the fastest ISPs for Birmingham BI.
Top ISP Rank |
| 1 | Virgin Media | 166.3 Mbps 236 Mbps 29 Mbps 1028 clients took 229 tests recently |
| 2 | Vodafone UK | 100 Mbps 126 Mbps 51 Mbps 306 clients took 229 tests recently |
| 3 | Three | 60.4 Mbps 128 Mbps 14 Mbps 738 clients took 1005 tests recently |
| 4 | TalkTalk | 46 Mbps 57 Mbps 17 Mbps 316 clients took 215 tests recently |
| 5 | BT | 30.5 Mbps 44 Mbps 8 Mbps 854 clients took 1396 tests recently |
| 6 | Telefonica O2 | 11.7 Mbps 16 Mbps 6 Mbps 753 clients took 202 tests recently |
Real Speed Test
Other speed tests, especially tests offered by your Internet provider try to eliminate routing factors. This can make your connection appear faster than it really is. If you visit many websites in the North America, Europe, Australia or Asia the results returned here will be a more realistic representation of your useable connection. Truthfully, do you want to know how fast your connection is within your providers network or do you want to know how fast it is to the locations where the websites you visit are being hosted? TestMy.net is not a best case scenario connection test and will test your Internet under real world conditions. [read more] [hide text]