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Sky claim they could give me up to 8mb, but my BT line will only allow 1mb. That said, it is as fast as an IGS machine and way faster than dial-up.
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Yossarian
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1291 KBPS. Which, considering it's a low usage time of the day, and I live less than 12 miles from the big server thingy, is quite sh!t.
Up to 8 megs my ar5e.
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1291 KBPS. Which, considering it's a low usage time of the day, and I live less than 12 miles from the big server thingy, is quite sh!t.
Up to 8 megs my ar5e.
A bit better than mine mate, I think mine is normally around the 900 mark, I'll try it again on the weekend.
Actually, for once I think it's a pretty accurate article. Unless you are a commercial customer or lucky enough to have fibre into your dwelling, the the list of "Factors affecting Speed" is pretty well spot on and will materially affect your BB. Add to that, as some ISP's regularly employ "throttling" ( even though they will deny it ) the average downstream rate at around the 2-3 meg is probably kosher..
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Kernow
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The various companies are up front from the outset that speeds are up to 8MB and that there are various factors which will affect your speeds. However it would be good to see a staged pricing plan which is dependent on speeds so 1-2MB would be £5, 2-3MB £8 and so on.
I think mine sits at around 4MB which ideal for what I do at home.
I think mine sits at around 4MB which ideal for what I do at home.
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maninthevan
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4mb..? 4mb..? Jesus, I only dream of speeds like that!! It took my just under 6 months of arguing with BT (Sorry that should be Indian Telecom) to get them to upgrade my service from 512kb to 1mb. I was promised that I would be able to connect at 4mb by one of a host of engineers who visited my house. I was put on Broadband Max which promptly then dropped my speed to just over 100kb!!! Took months to get it sorted. Mind did get £90 for cost of phonecalls made even though they were on 0800 numbers!!
BT = Robbing Useless Tw@ts
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Kernow
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Tell you what, I'll swap with you. You take my 4MB speed and I will take your posting! LOL
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maninthevan
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1291 KBPS. Which, considering it's a low usage time of the day, and I live less than 12 miles from the big server thingy, is quite sh!t.
Up to 8 megs my ar5e.
I would take the results of most speed test sites with a pinch of salt. This morning within a half hour period I have had results ranging from 6.5M to 2M on my 'up to' 8M connection.
I judge how well my connection is working by the rate it will actually download large files from the internet (around 700KB/sec for me).
BTW, on speedtest.net I got 3811 Kb/s
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mad_mo
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Whatever that means!.
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grumpyoldb
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Mines not too bad..................
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Kernow
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Oh no you fecking don't pal!!!!!!!!DT_Xtremez_30:
OK I will up the offer to 6MB
DT_Xtremez_31:
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mad_mo
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The above is Southampton - London. The below is Southampton - Dublin!!!
Is this test for real?????
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maninthevan
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OK I will up the offer to 6MB
Ok, getting tempted now...
HOWEVER, you do have to take Scaleywife and the 2 mini MITV's with you.
Only joking sweetheart if you happen to stumble across this post!!
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grumpyoldb
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OK, I just tried it again, and it's going up and down like O'ers knickers on a Saturday night..............DT_Xtremez_31:
DT_Xtremez_31:
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Kernow
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The above is Southampton - London. The below is Southampton - Dublin!!!
Is this test for real?????
I can't see the Speed test site, it doesn't offer software to boost your speeds does it. Most test software is designed to give you a sh1tty reading so that you purchase/use their software.
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