You would be surprised to know that there is something common that binds all of us together. No doubt you would like to know what it is. Well, I’ll tell you. All of us, at some point or the other during our lives, have struggled with broadband download speeds. Take this hypothetical situation for example. You are trying to do something really important – like maybe doing some essential work, or uploading pictures of your night out on your favourite social networking site, or you are writing a blog entry – but your slow connection is bogging you down. Don’t you just want to strangle your computer and throw your hands up in frustration?

Many of the people out there think that the broadband comparison services are just for finding cheap broadband deals, therefore they are not interested in them, but you should know that these services can also be used to compare the speeds of the broadband connections. If you want to compare home broadband and mobile broadband, then you can use these various speed checkers – that is really great!

We give you a short idea of how it all works. Firstly, you will be asked for your postcode by the comparison service. Why is this done? Well, this allows it to restrict its search to services that are just available in your area, for example – Virgin Media cable broadband isn’t available in all parts. Then, the service will enquire what kind of service you are asking for – cable or ADSL, and whether you would like cheap broadband or something a little more high-end. Finally, you will be asked how you would like the results ordered – here, preferably you can ask to sort the results by download speed. Then click on your chosen provider, from the given comparison table. There you have it – quick and easy!

However, you should know that ADSL broadband speeds range from 1 MB to 24 MB, and that the faster connections cost more. Virgin Media only provides cable broadband in the UK, and this can reach up to 50 MB download speed, but it’s only available in a few areas, and is quite expensive. Mobile broadband speeds are much slower than the normal landline broadband connections.

Also, with a particular connection, the advertised speeds are the maximum you can get. You can perform a speed test once you’re connected, to check whether your service is really value for money. These are all offered by online broadband comparison services. So don’t be angry at your low speeds any more, take a step to sorting out the problem and using the comparison checkers to help you out.