Broadband speeds

delankster · October 07, 2009, 06:33:23 PM

Quote from: TeaLeaf;291882That news is so good that....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4pXfHLUlZf4

:roflmao:

Jabbs · October 10, 2009, 08:52:15 AM

Ordered 50Mb BB through Virgin Media Woohoo! :yahoo:

Should have my new modem a week today

sulky_uk · October 10, 2009, 10:29:12 AM

mines pooh supposed to be 8 meg

Carr0t · October 12, 2009, 10:14:17 AM

Quote from: sulky_uk;292329mines pooh supposed to be 8 meg

The phrase is 'up to' 8 meg

The actual speed you get depends on your distance from the exchange and how good quality the phone cables to you are. I'm about 2.5-3 miles from our local exchange, on pretty bad old cabling, and am lucky to get 4mbps. Normally it syncs at about 3.5-3.7. Same goes with ADSL 2+. 'Up to' 25 meg, but we tested some of the ADSL 2+ kit out there and it wouldn't even link at 25 meg over a 2m length of cat5e (That was some cheap naff modems though). I'd expect that in real world conditions if you're more than 0.5 miles from the exchange you'd not get the full whack.

delanvital · October 12, 2009, 01:58:46 PM

Well, I am 2004 meters for my server and have a 2MBit - but get 0.8-1.4 during evenings and other peak hours... :ranting2:

Gandalf · October 12, 2009, 02:14:34 PM

Quote from: Carr0t;292494The phrase is 'up to' 8 meg The actual speed you get depends on your distance from the exchange and how good quality the phone cables to you are. I'm about 2.5-3 miles from our local exchange, on pretty bad old cabling, and am lucky to get 4mbps. Normally it syncs at about 3.5-3.7. Same goes with ADSL 2+. 'Up to' 25 meg, but we tested some of the ADSL 2+ kit out there and it wouldn't even link at 25 meg over a 2m length of cat5e (That was some cheap naff modems though). I'd expect that in real world conditions if you're more than 0.5 miles from the exchange you'd not get the full whack.

I have 2 miles of cable between me and the exchange and I get the full 8 meg. The main reason for this however is that in my town, all the phone cables are underground and of very high quality.

Distance isn't everything as you say, the cable quality also plays a part.

sulky_uk · October 12, 2009, 05:10:55 PM

i can see the exchange from my window... let me count 1,2,3.. about 100m from me:sideways:

Carr0t · October 12, 2009, 10:11:52 PM

Quote from: Gandalf;292536I have 2 miles of cable between me and the exchange and I get the full 8 meg. The main reason for this however is that in my town, all the phone cables are underground and of very high quality.

Just to clarify, I was talking about 25 meg on ADSL 2+, not 8 meg on ADSL 1, when I said 0.5 miles from the exchange

I know ADSL 1 doesn't drop off as fast. I think i've got some aluminium somewhere along my route

Carr0t · October 12, 2009, 10:12:34 PM

Quote from: sulky_uk;292561i can see the exchange from my window... let me count 1,2,3.. about 100m from me:sideways:

Methinks your phone line is made of wet string :narnar:

Gandalf · October 13, 2009, 07:26:06 AM

Quote from: Carr0t;292602Just to clarify, I was talking about 25 meg on ADSL 2+, not 8 meg on ADSL 1, when I said 0.5 miles from the exchange I know ADSL 1 doesn't drop off as fast. I think i've got some aluminium somewhere along my route

Ahh right, yeah. If I was on adsl2 then I'd expect between 16-18 meg with the quality of my line.

However, if you have aluminium in your line somewhere then that is a problem. Not so much the cable, but the joints that turn to white powder!

Jabbs · October 18, 2009, 09:34:06 AM

speedtest.net doesn't seem to 'see' that I'm now on a new connection? (upload yes, but not download). In fact speedtest.net is slower now (50Mb) than it was a few weeks ago! (20Mb)

speed.io however does

Zootoxin · October 18, 2009, 11:26:56 AM

After leaving AOL and being told by them there is no point leaving unless you are going to cable!!
I am testing O2 for 30 days

Looks good especially for 5.51 per month