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« on: August 13, 2009, 05:18:25 PM » |
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I get tez internet speeds at the moment, 0.5Meg, this is through BT and i don't live in a virgin area, is there anyone i can switch too to get a faster connection?
The Line is the limiting factor i am assuming?
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« Reply #1 on: August 13, 2009, 05:40:33 PM » |
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depends on how far you are from your local exchange
You will get full speed upto 1 km away
Half speed up to 2 km away
degrades rapidly after that
anymore than 5 km and you can forget it
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« Reply #2 on: August 13, 2009, 05:41:40 PM » |
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I get tez internet speeds at the moment, 0.5Meg, this is through BT and i don't live in a virgin area, is there anyone i can switch too to get a faster connection?
The Line is the limiting factor i am assuming?
You must fucking live in The Democratic Republic of Congo to get those speeds? |
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AndrewT
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« Reply #3 on: August 13, 2009, 05:51:52 PM » |
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I get tez internet speeds at the moment, 0.5Meg, this is through BT and i don't live in a virgin area, is there anyone i can switch too to get a faster connection?
The Line is the limiting factor i am assuming?
You must fucking live in The Democratic Republic of Congo to get those speeds? I think Flushy lives at the top of a hill - the internet struggles to get up to his house. However, his upload speeds are amazing. www.bethere.co.uk |
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« Reply #5 on: August 13, 2009, 08:56:52 PM » |
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depends on how far you are from your local exchange
You will get full speed upto 1 km away
Half speed up to 2 km away
degrades rapidly after that
anymore than 5 km and you can forget it
I can get similar poor speeds in the evening. Having used the link above, I'm about 2.5km from the exchange. Apart from moving, is there no other option to get quicker broadband ? |
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Claw75
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« Reply #6 on: August 13, 2009, 09:05:20 PM » |
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similar story here, get crappy quality on my landline too, which I presume is also due to distance from the exchange.
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Longines
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« Reply #7 on: August 13, 2009, 09:16:29 PM » |
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Poor speed in the evening could be caused by a number of things:
a) your internal phone wiring is crap. Find the master socket and unscrew the front. Behind it you'll find something called the test socket. Plug your router in there. If your access speeds up via that, you have crap wiring.
b) you're with an ISP who throttle stuff in the evenings. Some claim to do it only to the top x% of heavy users, some claim they don't do it all.
c) You share your bit of the exchange with the world champion p0rn downloaders. Changing to an LLU provider who has their own kit in your exchange will probably help.
d) Between you and the exchange is something producing huge amounts of electrical interference in the evenings. Dodgy minicab offices are a good one.
e) You live miles from the exchange and, err, tough. This one is me.
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« Reply #10 on: August 13, 2009, 09:40:04 PM » |
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« Reply #12 on: August 13, 2009, 11:06:05 PM » |
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Sigh... that's even worse than mine!  |
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Royal Flush
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« Reply #13 on: August 13, 2009, 11:07:38 PM » |
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Royal Flush
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« Reply #14 on: August 13, 2009, 11:10:48 PM » |
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