Within a relatively small area the speed of possible broadband connection can vary enormously.

You can use this broadband speed test to see if you are in fact getting what you are paying for. Bear in mind that it may be influenced by how good your connection is to your own router. And there’s no point doing this while someone else in the household is playing Call of Duty online. If your result is consistently disappointing, and below 2 Mb, consider going to the community project run by thinkbroadband that is campaigning to increase broadband speeds in particularly poorly served areas.

This test can also be used with Mobile Broadband

If your results are poor check against the map here. Below 2Mb speeds can be found in blue areas (broadband slowspots), and very poor in the orange ones (broadband notspots).