BT Speedtester query

hi

Is anyone else having trouble in past week and a half trying to connect to speedtester.bt.com ?

All I see is a white box with an X in it, within a black bar running along top of both my computers.


I'm on IPstream (connected via Juniper 8)

Works fine here bill, visit http://java.com/en/download/ and make sure you have the latest version

Edit.

Also bill once you have the latest Java version, use Internet explorer rather than firefox for BT Speedtester

Edited by deleted (Thu 16-Oct-08 12:48:19)

tnx for advice & for confirming the website is working.


I noticed it worked with Opera.

I updated Java but problem persisted in IE7.


After a lot of head scratching, I finally found the problem.

speedtester.bt.com works fine in opera (and it used to work ok with IE7)

I now find I have to type in the URL www.speedtester.bt.com

This URL prefixed with www works fine in IE7.

Edited by bill888 (Thu 16-Oct-08 15:14:13)

Careful if you use opera and the btw speedtester.

Sometimes after you complete a test - opera still continues downloading the file until you close the browser window.

Tnx for the tip.

I checked my usage and it does look to be 200Mb higher than I would have expected. I recall I did allow Opera to complete the one speed test.

If I enter

http://www.speedtester.bt.com/

all I get is the 'X'

If I enter

http://217.32.105.42/

all works correctly - any ideas?

I don't suppose speedtester.bt.com works for you (ie. no www prefix)??

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I don't suppose speedtester.bt.com works for you (ie. no www prefix)??

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Yes it does
What has changed? www.speedtester.bt.com was and still is bookmarked. I have always used that!

I've no idea

speedtester.bt.com doesn't work for me any more

but www.speedtester.bt.com does work.

I guess it must be a BT webserver configuration issue as DNS appears to be resolving to same IP address.

Try

http://speedtest.btcentralplus.com/