topic FTTP Speedtest Issue in Everything else

BT Wholesale Speed Test

pvmb — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 15:21:07 GMT

...Currently seems not to be working. Website is there but push 'Go' and tests do not start.

BTW Performance Tester (btwholesale.com)

Re: BT Wholesale Speed Test

Mustrum — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 16:01:44 GMT

Try this one https://www.speedtest.btwholesale.com/

Edit, no that is the same!

Re: BT Wholesale Speed Test

pvmb — Tue, 09 Jul 2024 22:24:48 GMT

OK. They have got it going again! 😊

Re: BT Wholesale Speed Test

pvmb — Thu, 11 Jul 2024 19:10:50 GMT

Up and down like a bloody Yo-yo! Now you see it, now you don't. Plus the "Further Diagnostics" never work whether I use phone number or BBEU.

Re: BT Wholesale Speed Test

goldenfibre — Thu, 02 Jan 2025 14:31:22 GMT

My ISP told me BTw Further Diagnostics never work anymore as BTw given up on it. Because there is no need for that anymore as more and more FTTP won't need it. Strange decision by BTw.

I try test it for my parents line from Plusnet as BBEU never work. Access Line ID never work for SoGEA. BTw are useless!

Re: BT Wholesale Speed Test

pvmb — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:29:59 GMT

BT Speed Test - as accessed via the Plusnet Hub 2 router - is not working again.

This is the basic speed test. The additional diagnostic tests have not worked at all for many months now.

Re: BT Wholesale Speed Test

goldenfibre — Fri, 17 Jan 2025 19:34:29 GMT

Here what my ISP say to me:

Hi Phil,

We don't recommend the BTW speed test anymore as we transition into full fibre. The BTW tester has not worked correctly for literally years.

Please use https://www.speedtest.net/

Kind Regards,

Re: BT Wholesale Speed Test

pvmb — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:42:11 GMT

It does rather look as if the BT Speed Test has finally died a death.

Re: BT Wholesale Speed Test

jab1 — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:46:19 GMT

I've not used it for a long while - tend to use either: https://www.speedtest.net/ or https://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest , both of which are fairly consistent.

Re: BT Wholesale Speed Test

goldenfibre — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:53:15 GMT

@pvmb

The BTw Speedtest are no longer now. Everyone have to use

https://www.fireprobe.net/gb

https://proof.ovh.net

https://embeddable-speedtest.samknows.com

https://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest

https://www.speedtest.net

Re: BT Wholesale Speed Test

pvmb — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:56:44 GMT

It remains the default Speed Test accessed via the Plusnet Hub 2 router firmware.

Home//Broadband performance test//"Test my speed"

Re: BT Wholesale Speed Test

jab1 — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:56:17 GMT

Nice of the BT Group to let everyone know, but to be expected from that lot.

Re: BT Wholesale Speed Test

jab1 — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 11:57:33 GMT

@pvmb wrote:

It remains the default Speed Test accessed via the Plusnet Hub 2 router.

Home//Broadband performance test//"Test my speed"

Does still work though - it certainly doesn't on my Zen connection?

Re: BT Wholesale Speed Test

goldenfibre — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:30:01 GMT

@jab1

Plusnet Hub 2 router firmware.

Home//Broadband performance test//"Test my speed"

Pointless to log in router for the speed test! Not many peoples can't be bother to logged into 192.168.1.254 with username and password.

Re: BT Wholesale Speed Test

jab1 — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 12:37:05 GMT

@goldenfibre I didn't know that was an 'option' - I've never used the Hub2 as I moved from ADSL using a TG582N router with PN to another ISP for FTTC, using a Fritz!Box.

I agree it is pointless logging into the Hub for a speed test, in fact I would never think of it - I have always, for the ~30 years I've had the internet, used a direct link to a dedicated test site.

Re: BT Wholesale Speed Test

pvmb — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:28:02 GMT

@goldenfibre wrote:

@jab1

Plusnet Hub 2 router firmware.

Home//Broadband performance test//"Test my speed"

Pointless to log in router for the speed test! Not many peoples can't be bother to logged into 192.168.1.254 with username and password.

You never needed to "log in" to the Hub 2 router to use the BT speed test via the router.

Currently, the speed test page is blank: so it has been killed, or it has been taken down while it is being repaired.

Re: BT Wholesale Speed Test

Dan_the_Van — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:37:57 GMT

A CTRL+F5 should reload the page.
The Hub Two speed test link is just an embedded shortcut to the BTW speed test which is currently down.

Re: BT Wholesale Speed Test

jab1 — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:42:02 GMT

@pvmb Sorry - both @goldenfibre and myself obviously misinterpreted your comment, I certainly didn't quite understand what you were on about.

I suspect that BT/OR have decided in their 'wisdom' to remove another 'customer assistance' bit of technology - wouldn't surprise me in the slightest as the BT Group as a whole is currently trying to recreate 'GPO Telephones' of old.

Re: BT Wholesale Speed Test

jab1 — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:46:41 GMT

@Dan_the_Van wrote:
A CTRL+F5 should reload the page.
The Hub Two speed test link is just an embedded shortcut to the BTW speed test which is currently down.

Dan - I can get to the home page for the BTW tester, but clicking 'GO' just brings up the picture below:

In other words - it is either borked or intentionally stopped.

Re: BT Wholesale Speed Test

Dan_the_Van — Tue, 21 Jan 2025 14:56:10 GMT

It's been like that for a while a couple of weeks now, Additional Diagnostic have not worked for some time, personally I wouldn't really bother using it at all.