MikeSel^

That may be an option I have a domain name with 999 email accounts anyway... And a catch all account in fact

Just the idea of the free wifi connection is appealing. as the clouds are popping up everywhere so to speak

Plus I dont think thats much to pay for BB and calls.. With the option of thr tv on demand service.

Does anyone know if the ports on the routers can be opened or not? For BT thatr is

I would just be happy for them to cut us off!

I hate talktalk! It's rubbish!

I am looking forward to getting on BT

Especially as you get unlimited minutes on there wifi cloud service!

Hidden charges?

What are they?

I am about to switch to BT, as I have heard nothing but good things.

Apart from the fact you cant open ports on their routers.. but I dont know how much truth is in that!?

From what I have read and the deals with the free phone etc I think BT is the one for me!

Thanks for clearing up Attenuation for me

I will post back speeds asap!

Thanks guys

As I said, my neighbour gets a steady 2mb!

Surely the differnce of about 10 foot cant make it drop by that much!?

I am looking at switching ISP's BT say I can get between 2 and 3mb, so hopefully theres some truth in it!

We will see, guess I just have to wait another 4 months 

Cheers, I will take a look.as per the other thread ive started, I am tied into a contract with them for 18 months but I am going to do everything I can to get out of it!

http://www.testmy.net/forum/index.php?topic=21808.new#new

Thanks guys..

Well I connect to a Netgear router which is running the latest firmware..

I have 5 PC's, one is a dual core PC the rest are laptops. The Dual Core is hard wired the rest are wireless.

I have been here before used to be called MikeSel.. But managed to forget my password and I've also switched e-mail addresses since!

I went for the best plan available as they gaurenteed me the best speed.. As another test, I started downloading a 1.5gb torrent from many hosts! This took 1 and a half days!

My next door neighbour has the same router as me and is getting 2.2MBps from a company which went bust a long time ago!

All my PC's are free of virus and spyware etc. (As a Server Support Analyst I am pretty sure they are running at the optimum levels!)

I have 4 XP Pro machines and 1 Vista Businiss.

I used the TCP optomiser last time I was here. However i am getting the same speed as whats reported on the router stats, so I see no need.

DownStream Connection Speed 576 kbps

UpStream Connection Speed 288 kbps

Is this about average for a UK line?

Line Attenuation  downstream 48 db up 15 db

Noise Margin down 15 db up 25 db

After watching a tv programme about it last night I intend to do a collection of tests from various sites at various times and complain to them about it. If nothing gets done I am going to complain some more, and to everyone I can think of about it!

I have been told by BT I should be getting between 2 and 3 MBps.  I dont know how much truth there is in that, but as my neighbour get 2, I should think it wont be far off..

I live in the middle of no where, and there is only 4 houses then it's 8 miles to the next townvillage so I dont think its contention..

Its just frustrating!

Hello all, I signed up with talktalk (uk) about 12 months ago. They sold it to us saying the speeds would increase, when infact they didnt.. They got worse!

I am now getting sick and tired of it, but they wont let me move because its an 18month contract!! I cant wait any longer

I need some help getting out of this contract!!!

See my signature for speed results.. These are the fastest I have ever seen it!

Is it me, or are Talk Talk broadband the slowest provider in the universe!  :twisted: