some people might find these useful, they are mentioned in this months BBC Focus magazine
www.speedcheck.net - gives you your actual connection speed
http://broadband.mpi-sws.mpg.de/transparency/bttest.php - Some ISP's discriminate against p2p transfers, especially bit torrent ones. this test checks to see whether your ISP does or not
www.ofcom.org.uk/telecoms/ioi/copbb - this is the Ofcom Code of Practise on broadband speeds
