Jake Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 this Sky Broadband, is it just Sky reselling regular BT ADSL? I mean, my current broadband is with Pipex but it's all just using the BT equipment really. Is Sky the same? The reason I'm asking is because BT reckon I can only get 1meg because I'm 100 meters too far from the exchange for 2 meg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 From the cable company here in NY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 i get 979 dl and 243 ul Is that any good, i think Im only on 1mb though Yep, that's pretty much bang on what you should be getting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Posted January 2, 2007 Share Posted January 2, 2007 lol - I would hazard a guess that my work COULD win this little work pipe war...after all we're hosting every Norwich Union Website....however, no one can run a test on it And the measly single pipe the employees use is soo throttled by Cable and Witless that we struggle to get sites up. Yet the pipe itself is huge (best to test at the weekend ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 There are issues at the moment with speed dropping all over the place. I first noticed it on the 28th Dec then moreso with this speedtest. I've been told by my provider that there is/was a BT problem which has now been fixed. I think I need to reboot my modem once a day for the next few days to get the speeds back up. The problem lies with BT's Maxdsl. A couple of disconnects and it assumes the line is unstable and cuts your service right back to maintain stability. This can take only an hour but it takes 2-3 days to correct itself. I've been looking at the forums for a number of providers and there are many people suffering this slowdown. Fingers crossed it'll be back to normal soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitesupraboy2 Posted January 3, 2007 Share Posted January 3, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Yay, got my connection back up to speed. Plusnet 2mb service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Cool banana... Did you have to do anything else in the end? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Cool banana... Did you have to do anything else in the end? Well, it turned out to be a BT fault which they rectified without having to visit. Since then I've been trying to synch everything together in order for the line speed to go up. It eventually did this morning. Turned the PC and router off for a minute, then powered up the router, let it settle and then powered the PC and voila! a nice download speed. Interestingly, I can't run this speedtest in Firefox, nor the BT test or any others. I'm assuming it's a FF issue though and I'm not worried about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrRalphMan Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 That's strange as I have run it in FF. Maybe a missing plugin of summthing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 This is why I hate NTL for the past 6 weeks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 There were times when this speed was 10 times faster than the fastest modem. Late 90s, not too far back, either... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobbeh Posted January 6, 2007 Share Posted January 6, 2007 Yup, I endured enough anguish when using that shite back then, I dont need it again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garetheves Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Sorry to bring this back up but my connection has been really slow recently so thought id run the test, i got a 2Mb Blueyonder line and its running at under a 1Mb at the moment. When i tested it the other week (ie when this was first linked) i was running at 2Mb. I have installed a router recently but im sure it was before i checked the first time. Could the router be slowing the connection down or is more likely to be a prob at Telewest's end. Not changed anything else on the computer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 I bet you a quid that your line has been capped by BT due to line issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rico2006 Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 lol - I would hazard a guess that my work COULD win this little work pipe war...after all we're hosting every Norwich Union Website....however, no one can run a test on it And the measly single pipe the employees use is soo throttled by Cable and Witless that we struggle to get sites up. Yet the pipe itself is huge (best to test at the weekend ) Bet you couldnt...... we have an STM-4 , i wont say how much bandwidth that gives for fear of causing penis envy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Todd Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Toucan 2MB line so spot on Still wouldn't recommend them to anyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pixelfill Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Pipex rip off 1000 connection £24 a month with no upgrades in sight !! Waiting for Sky Broadband to really arrive here Mike Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garetheves Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 I bet you a quid that your line has been capped by BT due to line issues. Its not a BT line though, its a Telewest Cable line, its Blueyonder broadband. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RedM Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Its not a BT line though, its a Telewest Cable line, its Blueyonder broadband. I owe you a quid then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jive Posted January 10, 2007 Share Posted January 10, 2007 Pipex rip off 1000 connection £24 a month with no upgrades in sight !! Mike On the same line here, just run the test and got 512 down and 245 upload, but I'm running this on my laptop so not sure if that's effecting it. Will try it again when I've got my main computer sorted! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loks Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 'Bout right for HK Netvigator Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
i-macca Posted January 11, 2007 Share Posted January 11, 2007 Seems there's a lot of people using our connection today or it's a bit upset, I usually see much much higher download speeds than this.. Getting 3Mb/sec downloads at the moment, which doesn't tie up with that speed test thing? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bakerboy Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crashoverride Posted February 1, 2007 Share Posted February 1, 2007 9854 down 366 up nice so telewest sorry virgin media 10meg is spot on yey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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