lazyboi Posted February 5, 2007 CID Share Posted February 5, 2007 Just recently signed up to 8mb BT Broadband, starting to feel it was a mistake already. Here is my current test speeds - :::.. Download Stats ..::: Download Connection is:: 2324 Kbps about 2.3 Mbps (tested with 5248 kB) Download Speed is:: 284 kB/s Tested From:: http://swiftjul04a.entadsl.com Test Time:: 2007/02/05 - 11:28am Bottom Line:: 41X faster than 56K 1MB Download in 3.61 sec Tested from a 5248 kB file and took 18.5 seconds to complete Download Diagnosis:: May need help : running at only 68.11 % of your hosts average (btcentralplus.com) D-Validation Link:: https://testmy.net/stats/id-4BG1E3OYT User Agent:: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; YPC 3.2.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.04506.30; InfoPath.2) [!] According to samknows.co.uk I am only 0.5 miles from the exchange (COSHAM) located in Portsmouth area. Therefore I would think I should be getting slightly faster speeds. You guys seem to know your stuff what do you think? I may call BT support but unfortunately they are more moronic then I imagined. I am no longer in the stabilisation period and have had it running for a few weeks now. Any help would be appreciated. Cheers! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazyboi Posted February 5, 2007 Author CID Share Posted February 5, 2007 Also I'm using the BT Home Hub provided. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FiberOptic Posted February 5, 2007 CID Share Posted February 5, 2007 Few things to say to you! YOU MADE THE BIGGEST MISTAKE BY MOVING TO BT! Your best bet is to try an LLU operator with ADSL2+ (SkyBB) or CableBroadband! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazyboi Posted February 5, 2007 Author CID Share Posted February 5, 2007 Thanks for stating the obvious, I am unable to get NTL and our exchange does not have LLU's worth switching to. Can anyone else provide a more informed response? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just- Posted February 5, 2007 CID Share Posted February 5, 2007 lazyboi you can call BT and say to them that maybe the stabilization period didn't go very well that you are very close to the exchange therefore u should be getting faster speeds what does the bt website say in terms of how fast your connection should be? are u doing the speed test in other places to just to make sure, we are damn accurate here but doenst hurt to double check try out this speed tests http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest.html is every thing turned off like downloads in ur pc and stuff is any one else using the connection at home ? please report on the speed test back to us Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lazyboi Posted February 5, 2007 Author CID Share Posted February 5, 2007 They on average claim that 65% of customers can at LEAST receive 3.8mb on the 8mb line. They don't reference exactly how much you 'should' get as you could use it against them. They deem anything over 512kb fair - lol - disgusting! That test gave me a score of 6.5mb but thats the highest I have seen any test give, on average tests come back aroun 2mb. I could suggest to them the stablisation period did not go well, as one of the micro filters also gave me trouble in that time. It wouldn't be so annoying but when you only live 0.5 miles from the exchange you kinda expect better lol! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roco Posted March 26, 2007 CID Share Posted March 26, 2007 LOL ,Just , I also got 6.5 on the test also ,You sure that ain't BT's own complaints test page , I get 2Mb also , along with the other 25% of BT phone line users , the national aqverage is less than 2Mb in the UK , we have a long way to go with adsl IMO some good info can be found at http://www.dslzoneuk.net/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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