Shovels Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 lol... i think so Its BT internet and the telephone exchange is just around the corner i think:search: How do i increase the connection speed? anybody know? You need to look at what speed you are connecting to the exchange at. If you have a router you can log in and it will tell you - modem should tell you as you connect. This sync speed will limit your download rates. Generally the further you are from the exchange the lower your sync speed will be. Test what it is now, then remove the face of your BT master socket (if you have one) There will be a test point in the back. Try to see what speed you connect at from there. If the sync speed jumps up then you've got poor lines inside your house. If it makes no difference the problem is line quality outside your property. You also need to try a different filter, and if possible another router or modem. One problem can be is that when you first have broadband BT run a series of tests (usually lasts around 10 days) during this period they test for the fastest stable speed. I had a crap filter on during this test, which meant I had similar speed results to you. I contacted my ISP and 'pursuaded' them to do something about the performance - it looks as though BT re-ran their tests as I now get 5000-6000 kbps (instead of 300-400kbs) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shovels Posted March 13, 2008 Share Posted March 13, 2008 ohh forgot to mention. Try this: http://st.tstools.co.uk It's pretty good and maps your stats over a period Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 supposed to be a 10mb connection and im only 5miles from the exchange? anything i can do to speed it up? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 http://www.speedtest.net/result/279303049.png supposed to be a 10mb connection and im only 5miles from the exchange? anything i can do to speed it up? 5 miles is a long way from the exchange, I suspect we're around 6 miles and are lucky to get 2Mb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamesmark Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 http://www.speedtest.net/result/279303049.png supposed to be a 10mb connection and im only 5miles from the exchange? anything i can do to speed it up? As thorin said that is quite good for 5 miles away. Your 10mb connection is that what you are gauranteed to get or is upto 10mb? As never heard of a BB to gaurantee speeds. I am on BT 8mb and get ave 2mb but they do advertise upto 8mb. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 5 miles is a long way from the exchange, I suspect we're around 6 miles and are lucky to get 2Mb. I take it 1000kb is a mb? i just looked and my contract says upto 8mb (dont know where i got 10 from) download speeds, i take mine is about right then for the distance from the exchange? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieP Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 As thorin said that is quite good for 5 miles away. Your 10mb connection is that what you are gauranteed to get or is upto 10mb? As never heard of a BB to gaurantee speeds. I am on BT 8mb and get ave 2mb but they do advertise upto 8mb. Ok thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tbourner Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 1975 kb/s from speedtest.net on a 2M broadband. That about right then I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 I rarely had 10 mbit (around 700k a sec downloads) when I was in Bedfordshire, upgraded this weekend in Reading to 20 mbit, and now get 1.2 meg a sec, did that test last night too and that was hitting 18000kbps. So still not 20mbit but damn near. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 I take it 1000kb is a mb? i just looked and my contract says upto 8mb (dont know where i got 10 from) download speeds, i take mine is about right then for the distance from the exchange? Almost right, 1024kb is 1mb. If your paying for 8mb then you should be seeing around 8000kb. As James said though, that almost never happens. Around 2000 is the norm from 8mb lines. I'm with Virgin and i almost always get the top speed, cept when they are throttling. I have 20mb and i get around 20000kb/s. The best i have seen is just under 22000kb/s. For real money you need to divide your figure by 8 though. 1024kb/s = 128KB/s which is 0.125MB/s. My 20000kb/s is 2500KB/s which is 2.44MB/s. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 was hitting 18000kbps. So still not 20mbit but damn near. I have 20mb and i get around 20000kb/s. The best i have seen is just under 22000kb/s. I hate you both. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 You're getting confused, your download speeds are measured in megabits, not megabytes, so 1 mbit = 1024kbps not 1024 kb (kilobytes) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 http://www.speedtest.net/result/279303049.png supposed to be a 10mb connection and im only 5miles from the exchange? anything i can do to speed it up? http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=135432 I posted on hotukdeals website....quite a few got some good speed benefits. Although your distance is quite far. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 You're getting confused, your download speeds are measured in megabits, not megabytes, so 1 mbit = 1024kbps not 1024 kb (kilobytes) Your really going to confuse him with that lol. To differentiate between bits and bytes you need to use a capital B Kilobits = Kb Kilobytes = KB Megabits = Mb Megabytes = MB I posted that already though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 I hate you both. Are you not in a cable area? A few people i know have went with virgin just for the broadband. Allegedly its to become 50Mb late this month. Will wait and see though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Are you not in a cable area? A few people i know have went with virgin just for the broadband. Allegedly its to become 50Mb late this month. Will wait and see though. Nope. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 Nope. I have the full 8mb....I just wanted to let you know that Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gaz6002 Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 I still can't get over 512k. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorin Posted June 3, 2008 Share Posted June 3, 2008 I have the full 8mb....I just wanted to let you know that I hate you too, not quite so much, but then you knew that already Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivan Posted July 6, 2008 Share Posted July 6, 2008 Woohoo I've been upgraded to 10Meg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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