Internet connection speed.

[bindeweede]

Am I the only one here who has a bit of a fetish about this? I have a long line to the BT exchange, and I get, at most 4Mbps on a service that offers "up to" 20Mbps".

My exchange now offers FTTC (fibre to the cabinet), which BT says offers faster download speeds. But because I am a long way from the exchange, I am unable to be part of the faster service.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programme...ne/9093991.stm

Bed time.

[chaggle]

That's what I get out of a 6Mbps line. Not bad huh? I cant see much advantage to be gained from anything faster. What I would like is cheaper. That costs me about 40 Euros a month.

[DrS]

same here! Don't know why it measured 20 megs for upload because it reached 46 during the test. Ours costs €40 or so too, and cheaper would be my priority. There are alternative companies to switch to, but we tried that once and I will never do it again ...

[ZERO]

because I am a long way from the exchange

Can you be a long way from anything in the UK?

[Pebble]

Can you be a long way from anything in the UK?

BT measures your distance from the exchange in inches, and worry about anyone more than 1000" away.

[Jin_Shei]

[brianp]

[brianp]

Let's see if this works better:

[polomint38]

That's what I get out of a 6Mbps line. Not bad huh? I cant see much advantage to be gained from anything faster. What I would like is cheaper. That costs me about 40 Euros a month.

same here! Don't know why it measured 20 megs for upload because it reached 46 during the test. Ours costs €40 or so too, and cheaper would be my priority. There are alternative companies to switch to, but we tried that once and I will never do it again ...

Let's see if this works better:

My performance is a lot less impressive than your's and as of late I have found it hard to get it up at all.

[alganbagerap]

I think I may have a wee problem
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1002787134.png

[bindeweede]

This is what FTTC can give you.



Not me unfortunately. In order to get BT to connect me to fibre, my line must be able to support at least 15 Mbps. Mine will only support up to 12.2 Mbps. So if you already have a fast connection, you can get a faster one, but if your line is long and connection slow, you are stuck until BT offer FTTH (fibre to the home) in 50 years or so.
(Well, only slight exaggeration.)

This is my latest test.

[bindeweede]

This is what FTTC can give you.



Not me unfortunately. In order to get BT to connect me to fibre, my line must be able to support at least 15 Mbps. Mine will only support up to 12.2 Mbps. So if you already have a fast connection, you can get a faster one, but if your line is long and connection slow, you are stuck until BT offer FTTH (fibre to the home) in 50 years or so.
(Well, only slight exaggeration.)

This is my latest test.

Decided to try the spare router, and for the last 5 days, I have been getting results like this.



Quite a bit better. And I thought a router was a router, which is daft, as there's good and not-so-good in everything.

[asthmatic camel]

Virgin not available in your area? I regularly get the advertised upload/download speeds, even during peak periods, and it's not too expensive.

[bindeweede]

Virgin not available in your area? I regularly get the advertised upload/download speeds, even during peak periods, and it's not too expensive.

I think the cable was connected about 20 years ago when it was NTL. And Virgin's reputation for not-great customer service puts me off.

(Tried to embed chart, but couldn't.)

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/isp/co...commit=Compare

Then there is this chart.

http://www.dslzoneuk.net/isp_ratings.php

[asthmatic camel]

This is what I'm getting at the moment with up to 20 MPS...



To be honest, I've found the service pretty good, certainly compared to BT. No cap, for one thing.

YMMV