The Broadband Speed Checker speed test

https://www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/ The Broadband Speed Checker speed test 0 3/5 stars ★★★☆☆ Hans van der Graaf

In general, the Broadband Speed Checker speed test is not a recommended speed test, mainly because this speed test is very slow. Besides that there are more accurate speed tests.

 

With an adverstised speed of 100 Mbps and an average measured internet speed of 98.2 Mbps, we conclude that the Broadband Speed Checker speed test is not an accurate speed test (Accuracy score: 86/100).

Broadband Speed Checker is a miscellaneous speed test. The bandwidth of the results is relatively large.

The Broadband Speed Checker speed test is owned by Speedchecker Ltd. The first occurence of the Broadband Speed Checker speed test in the Wayback Machine is September 2007.

This speed test is not recommended due to the time it takes to complete the test. In itself it is not such a bad speed test, but this speed test has nothing extra that makes this speed test recommended.

The original Broadband Speed Checker speed test

Broadband Speed Checker offers you to include their speed test at your website. Such a speed test has a different look and feel, which you can adjust if desired.

The broadband speed checker as shown at your website

Naturally, we also tried to see if we could place this speed test on our website. That worked..., here's an example.

The Broadband Speed Checker speed test is an original speed test.

Pros

This Broadband Speed Checker speed test has the following pros:

  1. It is an original speed test
  2. You might clone this speed test

Cons

This Broadband Speed Checker speed test has the following cons:

  1. You have to be patient when you perform a test
  2. A lot of cookies are placed

When to use Broadband Speed Checker

If you just want to know what your internet speed is, then use another speed test. Read our advice for a better speed test that suits your needs.

If you want your own speed test, you might investigate if their clone suits your needs.

How we tested

We have tested the Broadband Speed Checker speed test in a standardized way. This makes speed tests easy to compare.

The following results form the basis for this speed test review:

  1. Abort/pause possible: no
  2. Ad-free: no
  3. Average download speed of 3 measurements: 98.2 Mbps
  4. Clear indication of the current focus: no
  5. Correct back button behavior: no
  6. Flesch Reading Ease score of the privacy policy: 34.83
  7. Number of ACheckers known problems: 4
  8. Number of cookies: 16
  9. Number of measured features: 3
  10. Number of Wave errors: 2
  11. Observatory score: 25
  12. Tingtun score: 98.21
  13. Total data use of 3 measurements: 599.16 MiBs
  14. Total time to complete 3 tests: 112 seconds