Would somebody please check BT speedtester?

[#1]

Unable to use this today on FF3 or IE7. Getting the Java console up with the message:
Java Plug-in 1.6.0_10-rc
Using JRE version 1.6.0_10-rc Java HotSpot(TM) Client VM
User home directory ----------------------------------------------------
c:  clear console window
f:  finalize objects on finalization queue
g:  garbage collect
h:  display this help message
l:  dump classloader list
m:  print memory usage
o:  trigger logging
q:  hide console
r:  reload policy configuration
s:  dump system and deployment properties
t:  dump thread list
v:  dump thread stack
x:  clear classloader cache
0-5: set trace level to <n>
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java.lang.NumberFormatException: null
at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Integer.parseInt(Unknown Source)
at ProgressBarPT.getIntValue(ProgressBarPT.java:181)
at ProgressBarPT.init(ProgressBarPT.java:199)
at sun.plugin2.applet.Plugin2Manager$AppletExecutionRunnable.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Unknown Source)
Exception: java.lang.NumberFormatException: null
In  start method  1
Java is up to date.

[#2]

It's not working. I tried FF and IE and got the same error.

[#3]

Thank you Santiago - will try later. Glad it's not just me!

[#4]

I always get a different error.
This is a standard (permanent) error.
All the BT speedtester is good for is for showing your BT profile.
It doesn't check speed because it crashes at a figure of 96%.
Use the Plusnet speedtester - especially out of hours and use it on support tickets.

[#5]

Actually it hasn't been working since yesterday morning.
I came on here intending to ask about it and was pleased to find that others were having the same problem because I thought there was something wrong with my Java Runtime setup.  Using IE7 I got no error message at all.  The Java symbol flashed up momentarily and then changed to a little cross in the corner.  I then tried using FF and got a little message: "Applet: ticker-applet2 not inited" .  I assumed this meant that a Java applet hadn't been initialised correctly which led me to suspect that my Java Runtime had become corrupted.
Thanks for subduing my fears. 

[#6]

Crashes out with number of threads are 4! error when trying to run a speed test
FF 3.0.3 and Java 1.6 update 7
The UK's next generation net infrastructure is safe in BT's hands.....pure nonsense.
Why don't the government pay someone who knows how to run this stuff like Cogent or Level 3 to build, operate and maintain it rather than a dinosaur that should have been allowed to become extinct years ago and has been forced into the 21st Century by regulator pressure.

[#7]

Why does it use Java?

[#8]

Quote from: axisofevil

Why does it use Java?

Probably because it is cross platform so they don't have to write code for multiple browsers

[#9]

I've never managed to get BT speed checker to work completely.
I get "Exception access denied, java.net  socket denied permission " errors
so to me - it is not "fit for purpose" and a waste of time 

[#10]

Me too - surely it could run everything server-side - other speedtesters manage to do it.

[#11]

It would not be possible to test the connection speed if everything ran server side.
There needs to be a test component to monitor from the client side and provide feedback to the server application.
The tend to use either Java (BT) or Adobe Flash (Plusnet's own speedtester)