BBMonitor allows you to test your Internet speed with the most accurate results by allowing you much more control. When doing an "Online test", your speed is determined and limited by many of things as in;
1) The speed of the online test's server 2) The number of hops to get from point A to B 3) The packet size 4) Your internet speed 5) The amount of people simultaneously running the same online test 6) The distance the data has to travel 7) The online test's servers latency 8) The online test's servers down time
So, as you can see, trying to get accurate results from an online test is almost impossible. With BBMonitor you can eliminate all these problems and you can test 24 hours a day allowing you to test for intermittent down times or connection slowing.
To test your internet connection accurately with BBMonitor all you have to do is start downloading the largest files that you can find (in excess of 100MB) from as many different download servers as you can find. You can also start many different Streaming Video and or Streaming Radio, which are constant streams of data. The object is to continually download as much as your connection will handle for as long as you prefer to max out your bandwidth from many different servers, therefore proving irrefutably your maximum Internet speed.
BBMonitor also stores all your speed data into a database on your computer, so you can show this data to your ISP to get them to fix your connection with your irrefutable evidence. You can even use the data to create charts and graphs.
It has worked wonders for me. Excellent program. I highly reccomend it!
