broard band speed

[willk]

Originally Posted by TonyC

bah, your upload is still beating me

at least I can download faster

I'll see your 30 meg Tony...



Once again, donegaldan has come up with the goods

[Bigmuz7]

DD has surely touched the blarney.. em .. whisky ..... only God gets that upload speed

[TIMO]

Can someone tell me, when doing a speed test, there is always an upload speed ? when im not uploading anything,, is this the internet spy software at work.?

[jas07]

Whilst this is slightly cheating and having stupid RDP issues that slow the connection down:

[jas07]

Originally Posted by TIMO

Can someone tell me, when doing a speed test, there is always an upload speed ? when im not uploading anything,, is this the internet spy software at work.?

Nah its testing the speed that your connection can upload, so its speedtest.net thats uploading data to see what transfer rate it can get

[TIMO]

Originally Posted by jas07

Nah its testing the speed that your connection can upload, so its speedtest.net thats uploading data to see what transfer rate it can get

Oh ,, and theres me telling all my mates that im being spied on as im an antigovernmental civil libertarian 9/11 was an inside job

[jas07]

Well ............. Maybe its that too lol

[TIMO]

I believe the internet and peoples movements around the web are closely scrutinised by various security agencies , when you sign up to facebook and other such social networks , they even tell you so.

[BumbleAbout]

I'm very envious of all the download speeds shown - we live a couple of miles from the exchange and have started experiencing our speeds being reduced from a fairly consistent 1.5M to 85k.

When queried BT said that our max speed settings had somehow been reduced to 300k. They apparently reset the setting at the exchange and 36 hours later we experienced 1.5M again - only for the speed to reduce back to around 300k a couple of days later.

To my knowledge, nothing has changed apart from the telegraph pole outside our house (with lines to about 6 houses) being changed - but ever since that day, we have suffered with these very low speed issues. Is anyone aware of pole top wiring changes which could cause the exchange max speed to be lowered (otherwise I'm struggling to work out what is going on) ?

[willk]

Originally Posted by Bigmuz7

only God gets that upload speed

You'll want to swing that prayer mat round to 241 degrees then, 'cos it's my clapped out router that's holding back the speed

[Bigmuz7]

Originally Posted by BumbleAbout

I'm very envious of all the download speeds shown - we live a couple of miles from the exchange and have started experiencing our speeds being reduced from a fairly consistent 1.5M to 85k.

When queried BT said that our max speed settings had somehow been reduced to 300k. They apparently reset the setting at the exchange and 36 hours later we experienced 1.5M again - only for the speed to reduce back to around 300k a couple of days later.

To my knowledge, nothing has changed apart from the telegraph pole outside our house (with lines to about 6 houses) being changed - but ever since that day, we have suffered with these very low speed issues. Is anyone aware of pole top wiring changes which could cause the exchange max speed to be lowered (otherwise I'm struggling to work out what is going on) ?

Yes .. connections from overheads always deteriorate over time,(well I suppose most do but these in particular) I've had 18 meg from a pole connected line (about as fast as can be got here with such a connection). Periodically it deteriorates, currently Ive been at 10 meg for a few months with a couple of 2 meg blips



Eventually , usually about christmas it goes tits up and I have to go through the utter PITA of getting my ISP to fight with BT to sort it .. all blame me and my kit and threaten to charge but they never do because its always BT's problem.

The software in the exchange adjusts the speed of the line to maintain a stable connection, thats why you should always leave your router on, otherwise it thinks the line is unstable and lowers your BRAS profile and your subsequent connection speed.

I keep telling them Ive had the same isp (zen) who are excellent and the same router for 4 years .. I mean how can you pump 18 meg down an infrastructure thats been there since the second world war

I meant to say .. the good thing about using speedtest.net above is that it saves all your speed checks, so you can prove to your isp that youve been going steadily down hill. The trick is to start complaining when its still got about a third of the speed left in it, otherwise before you know it .. your speed ends up being lower than the tip of a snakes cock then the kids flay you alive cos they cant get bookface or play eggbox and shout abuse at their mates

[Erin]

Interesting that speedtest seems to think you're less than 50 miles from London. I realise the internet has 'shrunk' the world, but I didn't think it was by that much

[Bigmuz7]

Originally Posted by Erin

Interesting that speedtest seems to think you're less than 50 miles from London. I realise the internet has 'shrunk' the world, but I didn't think it was by that much

That refers to Zens main Node/Pipe/Hub thingy

[Erin]

Ah well, still a few more bits and pieces to sort out before you lot are truly independant

[SIBer]

See what speeds others get in your area

Broadband Maps

[Bigmuz7]

Originally Posted by Erin

Ah well, still a few more bits and pieces to sort out before you lot are truly independant

Just as well I can speak a little French .. will I need that too ? as well as a cast Iron Jock strap for what Alex Salmond is about to let us in for

I'm planning ahead incase we need to make yet 'another' vist to our very good french cousins

[Bigmuz7]

Originally Posted by SIBer

See what speeds others get in your area

Broadband Maps

Cool

[Erin]

Originally Posted by Bigmuz7

for what Alex Salmond is about to let us in for

Mrs T did a fine job of trying to shaft you. Now it's one of you're own doing it

[Bigmuz7]

Originally Posted by Erin

Mrs T did a fine job of trying to shaft you. Now it's one of you're own doing it

Its not all bad .. a free university education .. beat that