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| JWL Member Since: 26 Oct 2011 Location: Hereford Posts: 3443   
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Just pinged mine after I've had an engineer out from BT who fiddled with the master socket, got shot of the old line that usd to run the aincient computer line that used to be in the house and now I have according to Namesco broadband speed checker
Download Speed: 16873 kbps (2109.1 KB/sec ) Upload Speed: 886 kbps (110.8 KB/sec ) With the BT speed checker it tells me that Connection speed is 24Mb, at the computer it is Download speed is 19.1Mb and Upload speed is 0.88Mb The home hub still drops out occasionally though  |
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26th Mar 2014 10:34pm |
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| Retroanaconda Member Since: 04 Jan 2012 Location: Scotland Posts: 2739 
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I'm on a paltry 0.5Mbps down and 0.3 up. YouTube - unusable. Picture heavy websites - go and make a cup of tea jobbie. It's like being back in the 90s
Basic (non-MAX) ADSL, non-LLU'd exchange serving 50-100 properties which is only actually a mile or two away but the quality of the line to my house (no cabinet) is so poor that I get that paltry speed. And if there is the slightest wind it drops out constantly making the internet unusable, though to be fair that has only happened since some trees laid down over the line during the winter storms. And all this for the same money I paid for 6Mbps at the last house - bargain!
And to top it all my brother sat on my settee the other day and got 8Mbps through 3G on his phone. Madness. |
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26th Mar 2014 10:55pm |
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| excossack Member Since: 22 Feb 2012 Location: North West Posts: 5988  
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Recently I was getting 5mb down and 900kb up now its more like 3mb down and 900kb up. But looking up websites can take an age, its like the DNS lookups are taking ages to resolve.
Could speak to my ISP but its hard work with their scripted call centre. Try a spare router, try another socket, try another filter, try shorted router to BT socket cable, reboot router etc. 1999 Defender TD5 110 Regards John M0VAZ Econet Station 48 no clock |
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26th Mar 2014 10:58pm |
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| jimbob7 Member Since: 06 Jul 2013 Location: uk Posts: 2055 |
If you remove the cover on the master telephone socket you will find another socket (test socket),plug yer modem into that see if the speed improves,can sometimes be a dodgy socket causing slow speeds. Pov.spec,ftw. 2006, 110,TD5.
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27th Mar 2014 1:57am |
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| scotty38 Member Since: 21 May 2011 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 571 
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Rural for me too, 0.8-1.0 down at best and about 0.3 up. On the plus side you can chew the air at the moment with what's going on the fields...
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29th Mar 2014 2:18pm |
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| GUM97 Member Since: 05 Feb 2012 Location: Cheshire Posts: 3555 
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So 7 weeks later, and my results have gone from those above to: Download: 40.68Mbps Upload: 18.04 Mbps Fibre Optic Broadband was installed about a week ago  An engine to TDi for!
"Land Rover- Proudly turning drivers into mechanics since 1948"  |
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29th Mar 2014 6:03pm |
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| AndyS Member Since: 18 Aug 2012 Location: London Posts: 597 
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It's a good job I don't upload much!
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29th Mar 2014 7:55pm |
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| scotty38 Member Since: 21 May 2011 Location: Lincolnshire Posts: 571
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Your upload is still the best part of 3x my download. Some folk are never satisfied
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29th Mar 2014 8:14pm |
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