Thinkbroadband Speed Test

I have just had BT Infinity FTTC installed and did a speed test on the "Thinkbroadband" speed tester.
I also did a BT.com speed test along with another.
My question is why, on Thinkbroadband do I get a download result of 5.7Mbps but on the BT test and the Speedtest.net test I get a result of 29Mbps.
These results were with the Ethernet cable connected in all tests. Who do I believe?

Thanks for any advice.
greigster

All of them

We report an average and use a non HTTP protocol which can trigger traffic management, and it is a single thread, i.e. how most people download.

Some people are finding that with all the java updates lately, that our Flash tester is working better though.

Sorry Mr. H but that went over my head.
So which is the correct speed that I am getting.

Thanks

Potentially all of them.

They all show slightly different things, and the way the tests work.

What does http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/broadband.html show?

26.3 download 8.13 upload on the new broadband speed test and 15.9 download 3.9 upload on the original thinkbroadband speed test. I am very confused.

Thanks for your help

Well that tells me that your java install is the problem, and is something that a few people have had with all the recent Java updates.

Thanks Andrew, so I am getting the higher speed?

Have a look at TaskManager or TBB meter after running the speedtests. They will show what your average and peak speeds are. The graphs will not give an exact value but you should be able to get within +/- 0.5 Mbps. Then compare that wit the test results.