How to tell connection speed?

Seems like my iPad sometimes connects up as N and sometimes as G speeds. I can run one of the Internet speed apps to tell but it seems like there should be an easier way to tell. Any one know?

I have a UK Virgin cable broadband service that is advertised as 50MB, it actually caps out around 34-38MB average, they gave me a free Netgear Draft N router but the throughput performance of that thing was worse than my 802.11G Airport Express and I run two Mac Pros and Powerbook two iPhones and a new iPad of that.
As I said Draft N is LARGELY Hype unless you are moving larger amounts of data on your LOCAL network.
Fact is very few internet services, a few cable providers yes (AT a Premium Cost ) but virtually no ADSL lines can deliver internet connection speeds consistently over 40MB yet.
And I do Know that Korea and an Eastern European nation have invested heavily on fibre so that really high speed services can be delivered but these are NOT typical of the likes of the UK US and much of northern Europe that continues to deliver the internet over copper telephone lines and will do for some years ahead.

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I've just bought a new draft-n wireless router, I bought the Netgear DG834N as it has a Broadcom chipset in the hope that it will be more likely to interoperate with the Broadcom chipset in the iMac.
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Hi
I've followed the advice on the BT website http://bt.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/32209/~/how-do-i-find-the-connection-speed-for-my-bt-...
but the resulting page doesn't show the actual connection speed, this is what I get (s/n and mac address erased my me)
tnx
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Isthere any real way to tell if your internet speed is up to par or out of whack with online broadband speed test sites?
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How can I tell wireless speed?

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You need to log onto a service that reports broadband speed. There is not just one standard. The speed depends on the distance to the server (you get faster rates with closer servers) and the way the test is performed.
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