The speed of your broadband (always-on, high-capacity, wide-bandwidth) internet connection has never been more critical. It's the pipe that connects your computers, tablets, handhelds, entertainment ...

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Scientists have created the fastest ever real-world internet connection, using commercial-grade fibre optic lines to clock up speeds of 1.4 terabits per second. It’s believed to be the fastest speed ...

Netflix has launched Fast.com, a no-nonsense online tool for checking how fast your internet connection is. The test on Fast.com "performs a series of downloads from Netflix servers" to produce the ...

THE FASTEST ever broadband speed has been achieved during a test in London by BT and Alcatel-Lucent. The joint team said speeds of 1.4 terabits per second were achieved during the test on a 255 mile ...

Stockport and Wigan have some of the fastest average internet speeds in England according to Ofcom. The median download speed in both authorities is 20 megabits per second according to the latest ...

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These are fireworks - not fibre optics, but the BT Tower (pictured) has been used to test relay speeds in the past (Oli Scarff/Getty Images) Scientists in the UK have created the fastest ever ...

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China has smashed the record for the fastest internet connection, launching a blisteringly fast service that can transfer 150 high-definition movies every second. The 1,864-mile (3,000km) fiberoptic ...