Broadband Speeds

[ali_a4_avant]

Hi guys, looking for a bit of help about what to do if your experiencing slow Broadband connection.

Sky provide mine, I have the 8mgb service but noticed it was stuggling to stream movies + radio without having to pause and buffer up.

I was told to try Speedtest.net, which I did on 4 different days/times and the best I got was 0.75mgb, but avereged 0.5mgb.

I live in Chester, CH4, about a mile away from city centre, not sure where the local hub is, but I know people that live proper rural that get better speeds than this.

It never disconnects but is just taking ages for things to download.

I have my xbox 360 pluged directly in to the router, but it takes over an hour to download 500mgb files. My computer is via wireless but the connection is always Excellent.

[ini]

I would recommend ditching the 8meg ADSL MAX service, as it is a very poor system, where any temporary problem on the line will lead to weeks of reduced speed/sync.

If you have Sky TV you can switch to Sky's 16meg LLU service, which is good.

Otherwise use any of your local LLU providers like O2 or BE, this will give you a much faster connection for the same money, with no annoying adslmax BRAS profiles to slow you down, you simply get the speed your router sync's at, with no week long reductions in speed for any glitch on the line.

Check your local providers here:

http://www.samknows.com/broadband/search.php

Swapping from ADSL MAX to LLU doubled my broadband speed, for less money.

If you have not optimised your phone wiring, this may also help:

http://www.dslzoneuk.net/socket.php

[onzarob]

what type of router are you using. you can see what the line quality is like and go from there. the socket guide on dsl zone really does help improve connection speeds ;)

[hagis]

You'll get slower speeds the further away from the exchange you are. We're about a 1.5/2 miles from ours and get about 1.5mb at best.

[ini]

I am about 2.1miles from the exchange and get 7Mb on LLU.

On ADSLMAX (8Mb) i could only achieve 3Mb.

[LEE EVANS]

We had a similar problem, try using the phone a the same time as a test and see if improves.
It turned out to be over stretched wires in the box at the end of the road.

[SEMKY]

Ahhhh, I am on the sky ADSLmax thingy and mines crap too.....how and what is LLU?

[LEE EVANS]

Here's my 8mb result from sky

http://www.speedtest.net/result/477849570.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[ini]

LLU = Local Loop Unbundling

ISP's get to have their own hardware in your local exchange.

Apart from any speed benefits, the main good point is that you do not have the dreadful dslmax bras profiling system, which can permanently cripple a connection on a long or unstable line.

If you live close'ish to the exchange an 8Mb MAX connection can be fine, but on long lines if your router/modem sync's at a low speed for some reason (roadworks/bad weather/someone welding/generator near the line etc) you can be placed on a lower 'profile' which means lower sync speeds, gradually rising after about 3-7 days.

[SEMKY]

Ah ok, cheers, that kind of makes sense....so how do I get onto LLU instead?

[ini]

If you already have SKY TV, you can get the 16Mb SKY connection, which is LLU and far better than the MAX offering.

Otherwise check which ISP's offer LLU services on your exchange with the checker in the post above.

[SEMKY]

Yeah I already have sky telly, so I'll look into how I upgrade! Many thanks for the help, and VERY SORRY to ALI for interrupting his post...:o

[SEMKY]

I just did the speedtest.net test, and it came back with 11.99mbps download!! Is that good?

[Ben]

this is my exchange

Radford

General informationExchange name:RadfordExchange code:CMRADLocation:Coventry (http://www.samknows.com/broadband/countydetail.php?county=42), West Midlands (http://www.samknows.com/broadband/regiondetail.php?region=7) Postcode:CV61EPMaps:Our map (http://www.samknows.com/broadband/mapping/mapping.php?ecode=CMRAD)|Multimap (http://www.multimap.com/map/browse.cgi?client=public&db=pc&pc=CV61EP)|Streetmap (http://www.streetmap.co.uk/streetmap.dll?Postcode2Map?code=CV61EP&title=Location+of+Radford+telephone+exchange&nolocal=X) Serves (approx):10,262 residential premises
230 non-residential premises. Broadband availability overviewADSL:Yes
SDSL:Yes (Via LLU Operator) LLU services:Yes Cable:Yes Wireless:No

BT Wholesale informationADSL status:Enabled as of 14/05/2002
ADSL Max status:Enabled as of 31/03/2006
SDSL status:Not available
21CN WBC status:Not available
21CN PSTN switchover target:Q3 2009Wireless broadband availabilityLTT Broadband:Not available
Now Wireless:Not available
OnLincolnshire:Not available
Urban Wimax:Not available
Kijoma:Not available
EMNET Notts:Not available
Orbital / VFast:Not available
Cable broadband availabilityVirgin Media:Available in some areasSmallworld Media:Not available
LLU operator presence What is this? (http://www.samknows.com/broadband/faq.php?id=16) AOL:Enabled
O2 / Be:Enabled as of 21/04/2007
C&W / Bulldog:Not available
Edge Telecom:Not available
Entanet:Not available
Lumison:Not available
NewNet:Not available
Node4:Not available
Orange:Not available
Pipex:Not available
Sky / Easynet:Enabled as of 26/06/2006
Smallworld:Not available
TalkTalk (CPW):Enabled as of 20/01/2007
Tiscali:Enabled as of 25/07/2007
Tiscali TV:Enabled
WB Internet:Not available
Zen Internet:Not available

[Ben]

this is my sky broadband speed

http://www.speedtest.net/result/479485372.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[onzarob]

11.99mbps download!! Is that good?

Yes you must have 16M broadband;)

I get 10M and I'm 1.5 miles from the exchange:D

[SEMKY]

Flippin eck!! Thats a pleasant surprise!! ;)

[hongkongstuey]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/513157491.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

just had virgin fibre optic put in today, well pleased, its 10 meg :beerchug:

[pon]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/513194610.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

So is this anygood????

[RickT]

This is my connection with Sky 8mb package..

http://www.speedtest.net/result/513200888.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Some days I get around 6.9 to 7.2

Rick

[ImCammers]

Internet speeds are very decisive because, most companies say 'Upto 8/16mb' when in reality some users will experience speeds little over 1mb. And Due to line capacity or their ability to transfer data most internet providers are often hesitant to say exactly what kind of speeds internet users will receive.
(As it often varies on house to house)

BT really need to do an over haul on all existing lines, since Britain is far far behind European and other Countries such as US/Canada/Japan/China/. Although I believe Virgin are beginning to offer Fiber Optic Broadband, but again this is extremely limited to major cities.

[turbine2]

Okay, before I start I want to point out I work for Virgin Media, so colour this post slightly red.

Due to the way that BT have routed their cable distance from the exchange can be a misnomer. When I lived in Crawley although I was only a couple of miles from the exchange I had over 5km of wire between me and the exchange. Where I am now there's over 6km. The length of cable between you and the exchange (and the type of cable, and equipement in the exchange) determins what speed you can get. For me, that's less than 1Mb/s (even with newer technologies). Copper cable is better but there was a shortage of copper and in come cases aluminium was used which does not propogate a signal as well. BT also experimented with fiber in places like Hemel Hempstead which is why there are problems with the provision of ADSL there.

The BT network was designed entirely for voice communications. The fact they can use it for high speed networking is a testament to the amount of effort that companies have put in to the technology and the somewhat over engineered network that is in place. To put it in context, 64Kb/s (yes, K, not M) is generally what's used for voice.

The other part is contention. Generally, home broadband is a shared service with what is known as a contention ratio of 50:1. That means there would be 50 people sharing the bandwidth available. Business boradnand is about 20:1 as a rule. If you're on the same bit of network as lots of other people who and maxing out what they can use then you will be impacted by that lack of bandwidth.

As part of BT's future vision they are overhauling this with the introduction of new technology, this is the BT21 or Fibre to the cabinet (FTTC) / Fiber to the home (FTTH) stuff that's going on at the moment. So far they've announced about 100 areas that will have this technology in the next year or so.

Virgin Media, in cabled areas, provides what is effectivly fibre to the cab. Once at the cab there is a run of shielded coax cable (rather than BT's unshielded twisted pair) that is measured in metres rather than kilometers (usually <100m to the home). The connection you get does not get a contention ratio in the same way (it's further up the chian) so you're less likely to be impacted by heavy users. There are other issues that can cause problems that BT won't have so much but generally you'll get a faster service with Virgin Media Cable than you will with an ADSL product, when they say 10Mb/s, 20Mb/s or 50Mb/s you'll usually get that. The problem is coverage, when the cable companies went bust the first thing that went was the expansion of the network (it's mind bogglingly expensive to run ducting for cables in the road) so although more housing has been build lots of it will not have cable so you can end up (like me) with cable 100m from your home but no way to connect to it. BT have an obligation to run telecommunication wiring into every new build so for those areas ADSL is all you can get.

When BT get their FTTC / FTTH service in place they should be able to offer the same kind of service (probably with better upstream capability from what I've read). It'll take a few years but it will be a buch better service for the customer than what is on offer right now.

Hope that helps.

[onzarob]

Nice reply Turbine2 :beerchug: Cable TV is just a pipe dream in Cornwall....it won't happen:(

[Ben]

i too have sky tv. i have the very basic 2mb sky broadband and i pay £0 per month for it.

How expensive is this LLU that is spoken about in this thread?

I'm willing to take out sky talk as a bargaining tool to save on the Internet costs.

[netherfield]

We asked Cabletel (now Virgin) to provide phones,broadband,television during renovation of the house,wanted them to wire it out while the house was ripped apart.

They would only consider doing it if I started paying straight away,didn't fancy paying 6 months for nothing so declined.

Not long ago having trouble with BT lines I tried again,to be told that there is no connection outside the house.

There is i can see the box in the pavement,lift the lid and there is a green tube leading out the bottom,but Virgins computer says there isn't so stuffed again.

[proff999]

I used to have $ky max broadband which gave me 13.5 meg connection (400m from exchange) and unlimited downloads for £10 a month. Now with Virgin 50 meg cable XXL as LLU not available in my new home.

As a rule I download between 100-200 gig a month and have never had problems with "fair usage" policies as I tend to grab things overnight.

[teedub]

Turbine2's post is pretty much bang on other than BT don't have contention ratios as such anymore and haven't for some time. The bandwidth is still contended but the make no promises about how many user share it, only give thresholds for throughput on a given SYNC/BRAS. I would have thought virgin medias backhauls from the cab are still contended too unless they provision enough bandwidth to accomodate each and every users maximum throughput.

I know Sky do offer the connect service which is via BTW I think, but I don't understand why they'd do that if they have LLU gear in your exchange unless the LLU equipment was installed after you joined. It's much cheaper for them to provide BB via LLU than via BTW.

To go back to the original issue, true speed issues are rare. It is more likely that there is somthing causing your speeds to be reduced than than there not being enough bandwidth to go around, unless Sky have become heavily over subscribed. First you should find out your sync speed and other line stats like SNR margin and number of errors from the router status page. The method for doing this will vary from router to router, the manual should tell you how. Once you know this you at least have something to go on.

The most common causes of ADSL issues that I have seen is the equipment at home, either extensions (sockets or cables), unfiltered or incompatible devices (sky boxes in particular, paradoxically), faulty filters or dodgy routers.

If you are on a BT wholesale DSL MAX product (I know your with sky but they may be providing your BB through BT as previously mentioned so this still applies) then you can find out your IP/BRAS profile and current sync speeds by going to speedtester.bt.com.

BRAS/IPprofile doesn't affect sync as such, just throughput, however the same system that sets BRAS sets target SNR which can affect your speeds slightly. Check out http://www.kitz.co.uk/ for some great info on how DSL and BT's DSL MAX product works. If your sync speeds and IP profile are well above the speeds you are getting on speedtests then you need to talk to your ISP.

[sooty]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/656532656.png

Should be 20 MB!

I tested via my wireless router though
http://www.speedtest.net/result/656532656.png ("http://www.vwaudiforum.co.uk/forum/

[onzarob]

This is on the laptop connected by wireless

http://www.speedtest.net/result/656627945.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

This is using the de stop connected by a wire.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/656633327.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Not alot in it, just a little bit ;)

[zollaf]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/657291874.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
is this why mine is soooo sloooowwww

[onzarob]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/657291874.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
is this why mine is soooo sloooowwww

thats good if you are paying for 2mb broadband. if 8mb its not ;) I pay for upto 16mb and get just under 10mb due to the distance to the exchange.

[turbine2]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/657291874.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
is this why mine is soooo sloooowwww

Still faster than my "up to 20Mb/s" from Demon. Trouble is I live too far from the exchange apparently.

Basingstoke are part of the FTTC trial but it appears that my area of Basingstoke won't be covered.

I swear, one day I'm just going to hire a digger and put in my own cable to get the last 400m to one of our cabs.

David

[MFGF]

I'm on ADSLMax with BT. I pay for 8Mbits and generally get just over 6. Unfortunately my exchange is not LLU enabled, and I don't have cable available where I live, so this is the best I can get.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/659856432.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

MF.

[tlionhart]

Im on Zen internet (also known as Zen Broadband). I prefer internet companies such as Zen, ADSLmax, etc the ones that arn't really commercially known. When people go, "who?" The only people who tend to know these ISPs are the ones within I.T, PC World or other computer related industries. They have a lot of customers, but not as many as say BT or Orange.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/660795719.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

I have been with Zen since 2003 and recommend them to anyone looking to Migrate or start a new connection. You need a BT line. Disadvantages are; customer support isn't 24/7...more 9-5 mon-sat, closed holidays. However, i rarely ring them anyway! :biglaugh: Price is a bit steep, compared to other ISPs out there. I pay £25 p/m for a 8mb service or 20mb service if your LLU is enabled at the exchange. Mine isn't. Local exchange is Staines and i live 2/3 miles away. My ISP reckon I'd get 16-18mb if it was enabled. I brought a new wireless router 2 weeks ago that can support this. (last one packed up!)
Advantages are; i get great speed from them, call centre is in the UK, they put a clamp on people who take the P**s with their endless downloading, making other users suffer. If you want to endless download, you pay for it! Thats part of their fair usage.

My connection is wireless. Both PC and laptop. I can see sky offer a better package. But i'd rather stick with what I got. Thing is you'll only get the 20mb+, etc if your; equipment allows you to and the exchange can cope with it. Hence BT's new project to enable faster internet. This is why zen offer 8mb at the moment, because that's what most the uk would get. In a test, mine out ranks most ISP for my area... (north west surrey)

(i know it says the server is 50miles away, prob right the otherside of london. Even the other side of london isn't 50 miles away! From here to the BT tower is about 17-20miles.)

[martin1810]

This is what I get with BT. Makes you wonder if they should be paying me. to use it.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/661775271.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Does this mean I get to claim last place:D

[tlionhart]

ouch...not even a meg.

Does the internet actually run fast or to you, does it actually feel slow?

[martin1810]

BBC iplayer just about works but demand5 won't work. So I guess it is pretty slow. I don't notice it being slow but my son complains speed is rubbish.

[netherfield]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/663471501.png (http://www.speedtest.net)


This is mine,on an up to 8 Mb/s.

It can get up to 3.1 at times,but not for more thah a day at a time,then it drops off again.

[nc7503]

i dont no if this has been mentioned on this thread,but if your in an area where there is alot of wireless modems broadcasting,if yours is on the same channel as someone elses your speed will be crap. go into the advance settings on your router
put in the address bar eg 192.00.1 and change the channel your router broadcasts on,you should have around 16 channels to choose from. make sure you have the cable plugged in from your router to your laptop to to this. even if its wireless!;)

[tlionhart]

whilst your making these changes, perhaps try the internet connection with the router connected to the laptop.

-check your equipment! Can your router support the 8mbs?
-change the channels of your wireless modem, you may be on a busy wireless channel as mentioned in the previous post.
-Try a new filter, adsl cable. Borrow of a neighbour? Try the router on their connection or borrow theirs?
-check with your ISP, sometimes you sadly won't be able to achieve the speeds. They wil be able to advise you.

[onemanparty]

Broadband seem to be fine with Tiscali at the moment!!

http://www.speedtest.net/result/666887606.png

[turbine2]

Congratulations, you've beat me in the low broadband speed stakes :-)

[jjclark10]

I'm a spamming idiot, ignore me, I've been banned.

Don't be like me kiddies.

[RichardFrench]

Sky are well known for "throttling" connections that reach the cap.
Read the small print of your contract!

I have been with o2 for about a year and love them because they have no real limits and don't throttle.
Plus I used an o2 mobile to sign up so get a 17m/b connection for £7.50 / month :)

[MFGF]

I had issues with my broadband a few weeks ago. I am with BT and on an ADSL+ connection (my exchange doesn't support LLU so it's the best I can get). I was previously getting around 6Mbit connection speeds, but suddently it dropped to 1.8 and wouldn't go above that, no matter what. I went to the BT site and used their speed test, and it reported that the line was capable of supporting up to 8 megabit speeds but my line profile was at 2000. This is set automatically by the exchange and is supposed to self-regulate (to prevent data loss) - normally being at about 80% of the line's maximum supported speed, but it seems mine had got stuck. Here was one of my results:
http://i559.photobucket.com/albums/ss35/MFGF1/General/Results230811BT.png

I found there is a BT forum on the site, and I registered and posted my issue on there. One of the moderators responsed and was able to reset my line at the exchange for me. It took about three days to do, but suddenly my speeds are back up above 6Mbits again. I don't think you have to be a BT customer to run their speed tester and get the same information I did, so if you're having similar problems it might be worth a try to see what your line profile is.

My current speed is here:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1638965664.png

Cheers!

MF.

[SuperCharger28]

My speeds are pretty appaling. The neighbours accross the road have access to 50MB/s virgin media's XXL service but I cannot recieve cable even though I live 20M away from them, trying to get the neighbors on my side of the road to complain to virgin so we can get decent internet. Forget giving the countryside high speed broadband, What about built up communities first?

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1642478522.png

[Guest 2]

Mine isnt too bad. I cant get Sky or Virgin as they arent in the area yet so Im stuck with BT. Cant even get Infinity.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1642488275.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

On this thread, or another related to BB speeds, one time when I ran a speed test I was getting 0.5mb/ps on the same connection.

7 miles up the road, you can get all, inluding Virgin and Infinity with speeds 20+mb/ps

[fat controller]

My speeds are pretty appaling. The neighbours accross the road have access to 50MB/s virgin media's XXL service but I cannot recieve cable even though I live 20M away from them, trying to get the neighbors on my side of the road to complain to virgin so we can get decent internet. Forget giving the countryside high speed broadband, What about built up communities first?

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1642478522.png

I hope you manage to get somewhere - we are on their VIP50 package, with a TiVo box downstairs (far superior to Sky HD in my book), a V+ HD upstairs, 50Mb broadband and inclusive phone calls.

As you know, the beauty of the cable broadband is that you generally get what you pay for.

We are having quite a load of grief with the TV services since moving into this house three months ago, however we now have the senior engineers and area manager working to resolve it, after I dropped the CEO an email.

If you can get your neighbours on board, then it might be worth emailing him to see if he can make it happen for you. Feel free to PM me for his email address if you want it.

Despite the current grief, we would be deeply reluctant to move away from Virgin - besides, I've been on the receiving end of Sky's customer (dis)service before.....

Here is my current broadband result:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1642651918.png

[potshot]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1642898123.png

Wow - I'm still in hicksville

[SuperCharger28]

Cheers fat controller. And damn those speeds are very high! Larger downloads would be a doddle for that monster of a connection!

[MFGF]

I hope you manage to get somewhere - we are on their VIP50 package, with a TiVo box downstairs (far superior to Sky HD in my book), a V+ HD upstairs, 50Mb broadband and inclusive phone calls.

As you know, the beauty of the cable broadband is that you generally get what you pay for.

We are having quite a load of grief with the TV services since moving into this house three months ago, however we now have the senior engineers and area manager working to resolve it, after I dropped the CEO an email.

If you can get your neighbours on board, then it might be worth emailing him to see if he can make it happen for you. Feel free to PM me for his email address if you want it.

Despite the current grief, we would be deeply reluctant to move away from Virgin - besides, I've been on the receiving end of Sky's customer (dis)service before.....

Here is my current broadband result:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1642651918.png

50.3 Megabits!??! Yowzer! That's FAST!! I am deeply impressed and a teeny bit envious :)

[Eshrules]

50.3 Megabits!??! Yowzer! That's FAST!! I am deeply impressed and a teeny bit envious :)

Now ask him how much he pays for the package ;)

[Sinspeed]

Ahh I normally get 47-50megs download as well with virgin fibre optic.. strange mines been playing up last few days and I just tried a speed test and got 18Mbps!!
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1649231093.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

I think it's about £45/month but when you've got 5 laptops, 1 PC and 5 iPhones in the family.. oh and a PS3 all linked up to the damn thing.. it is a bit of a requirement when I want to do some WORK online lol.. I've had to run a router and a splitter with cabled ethernet connection to all rooms because with all the digital crap we got.. it lessons the wireless signal in some parts of the house - especially my room being a garage conversion, you couldn't get SONAR through my external wall let alone a wireless signal lol

[MFGF]

I've had to run a router and a splitter with cabled ethernet connection to all rooms because with all the digital crap we got.. it lessons the wireless signal in some parts of the house - especially my room being a garage conversion, you couldn't get SONAR through my external wall let alone a wireless signal lol

I had a similar issue - I opted to use Homeplugs, which use your mains wiring to transport the network packets. So far (touch wood) they have been fast and reliable.

MF.

[Sinspeed]

Didn't even know they existed!.. That would've saved me a lot of time and drilling haha.

[fat controller]

Now ask him how much he pays for the package ;)

Its not that bad to be fair - £100 a month for the phone, the TiVo downstairs, V+ upstairs, Sky Movies, Sky Sports and HD on both boxes and the broadband - I reckon a comparable Sky package would be at least as much if not more, and the broadband would be nowhere near as good.

[Guest 2]

I changed my BB provider today from BT to Sky after them finally coming to my area. Sky quoting 7 - 10mbps and currently getting 2.5 - 4.5mbps on BT.

Works out £4/m cheaper than my current BT package. This includes Sky line rental, unlimited anytime calls, truly unlimited bb, sky wireless 'n' router and sky anytime+ adapter coming in at £24/pm. With the first 6 months totally free :approve:

Along with my TV package, this brings it up to £80/pm.

Sky are saying services should be live within 21 days. Hope BT dont cut me off before that!

Theres a 10 day 'learning' period so I will update speeds throughout that and after.

[hodgster]

Theres a 10 day 'learning' period so I will update speeds throughout that and after.

When one of my friends changed to Sky a couple of years back, his (pretty good) phoneline was set at a nice stable 4Mb, which it remained at constantly until the 10 days was up, at which point, it kicked out once, and synched back up at 18.xMb.

Be interesting to know if they've introduced an incremental system now or whether it's still done as one (hopefully) big leap at the end.

[Guest 2]

Had my sky broadband in for a week now and first reports are good.

As expected the line learning has varied speeds but tests done since switchover have been steady above 4mbps compared to BTs 2mbps.

Speed test this morning.
http://img.tapatalk.com/5ac7ad12-88f8-a4ae.jpg

Phone package is being switched on today.

Only gripe that I have is that my ip says im in Portugal .. I wish!!

[hibbsy21]

On my new computer, through Ethernet cat6 I am getting 49.76mbps download. That's with virgins 50mbps fibreoptic. Had a letter from virgin the other day saying thank you for being great loyal customers and that they are upgrading us to 120mbps for free! Can't wait!

On current speed downloaded service pack 1 (1.3gb) in 2.45mins.

Rich

Sent from my HTC Desire HD using Tapatalk

[chody]

ive got 4 sky+hd boxeswith everthing but sport , sky bb unlimited and anytime calls bb at just under 10meg which with xbox and 3 laptops plus couple of iphones for less than 100 quid a month got sick of being capped at 2 meg by virgin and will stay with sky til i get my free infinty when it comes to my exchange area and 300 meg by spring next year

[Guest 2]

Look at my epic speed ;)
http://i816.photobucket.com/albums/zz90/57_audi/Everything%20Else/06a8b167.png

I wish! Works ISP :(

Mine dropped to 1 mbps today, first real drop since starting.

[MFGF]

Wow! You can't have been on wifi to get speeds like that, can you? The connection between my laptop and router is only 130Mbps!! I would guess you have a wired gigabit connection? Getting speeds like that at home would be truly incredible! :)

MF.

[Guest 2]

Not my connection but I would love it to be! Can only enjoy that in work :(

[MFGF]

I don't get anything like that at work!! It's not as if I work for a gargantuan IT company though, is it? Oh, wait... :-)

[hibbsy21]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1765522610.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

here is mine just now. A bit lower than normal....strange. Thats through a 1gigabit cat6 ethernet cable.

[tlionhart]

A6_chris i would love to have speeds like that!! I wonder how easy it would be to dominate the gaming community? :D Thing is, PING is equally as important. I have posted in this topic already, but I believe that was pre- 21CN upgrade from BT. Even more I have upgraded to fibre optic broadband, which can have a max of 40mbps.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1768126041.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Guest 2]

Im pleased so far with my Sky BB. Line learning is due to stop today and results are looking promising compared to my old BT connection. Speedtest done there now.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1768132353.png

I can certainly notice the difference between Sky and BT and having numerous devices connected and using the connection at the same time, the connection hasn't dropped (yet).

I still can't get Virgin Media, which would be my choice if I could but this will have to do for the meantime :)

[tlionhart]

Is that fibre optic you have chris?

[Guest 2]

Nope still can't fibre optic in my area, just normal adsl.

The 300mbps isn't mine, it's my works ISP.