Broadband Speeds

espresso

Cat695 wrote: »

At last you finally pull out a decent comment!!!

However if the exchange is old then it will make very little difference

More rubbish, there is no old ADSL equipment!

Many broadband users have found that when they move to a good quality ISP i.e. not big name price led products, their speeds improves dramatically but you just believe what you want to.

:rolleyes:

Cat695

espresso wrote: »

More rubbish, there is no old ADSL equipment!

Many broadband users have found that when they move to a good quality ISP i.e. not big name price led products, their speeds improves dramatically but you just believe what you want to.

:rolleyes:

Is that because they have less users....ooooh yeah exactly what i said....

espresso

Cat695 wrote: »

Is that because they have less users....ooooh yeah exactly what i said....

No what you actually said was:

Cat695 wrote: »

Just because you change ISP doesn't change anything as its still going through the same exchange and if that exchange is OLD then again nothing can be done.


So YOU are talking rubbish.....

I rest my case!

Cat695

Cat695 wrote: »

Yes it will taking into the factor the distance to the exchange and the amount of people using that exchange....distance and ratio of users.


But what I also said was.........try giving the whole story eh!

aliEnRIK

Iconic wrote: »

I have checked my exchange on Samknows and the best speed I can get is 1Mbps. Most of the time I get .9Mbps but sometimes it goes down to .1Mbps.

I use virgins cable so dont have speed issues as such. However, once ive downloaded a ton they do limit my speed (up AND down)
So if your UPLOADING something :rolleyes:, it may be that you need to throttle THAT back to allow the download speed to work more efficiently if this is indeed the case.

Iconic

Many thanks for the replies.

BT and BT wholesale differ in what they say about what speed I can get.

Can AOL offer me ADSL Max?

I rang AOL up and they said they could offer me 'up to 8.0 Mbps' for £17.99 per month. When I quoted the results below they still said I could get 8.0 Mbps. Who do I believe?

As suggested by one poster I would move to another supplier but which one will tell me the truth?

http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumerProducts/displayTopic.do?topicId=16738

We've just tested your line and can confirm your line supports the UK's most complete broadband package, BT Total Broadband. We estimate your maximum download speed to be 1.0 Mbps (Megabits per second).

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/btavailability.html


Your exchange is ADSL enabled, and our initial test on your line indicates that your line should be able to have an ADSL broadband service that provides a line rate up to 1Mbps. However due to the length of your line the 1Mbps service may require an engineer visit who will, where possible, supply the broadband service.


Our test also indicates that your line currently supports a potential ADSL Max broadband line rate of 1Mbps or greater.

aliEnRIK

Well I dont believe AOL at all there. Sounds like your in a really 'bad area' im afraid

Cat695

Iconic wrote: »

Many thanks for the replies.

BT and BT wholesale differ in what they say about what speed I can get.

Can AOL offer me ADSL Max?

I rang AOL up and they said they could offer me 'up to 8.0 Mbps' for £17.99 per month. When I quoted the results below they still said I could get 8.0 Mbps. Who do I believe?

As suggested by one poster I would move to another supplier but which one will tell me the truth?

http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumerProducts/displayTopic.do?topicId=16738

We've just tested your line and can confirm your line supports the UK's most complete broadband package, BT Total Broadband. We estimate your maximum download speed to be 1.0 Mbps (Megabits per second).

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/btavailability.html


Your exchange is ADSL enabled, and our initial test on your line indicates that your line should be able to have an ADSL broadband service that provides a line rate up to 1Mbps. However due to the length of your line the 1Mbps service may require an engineer visit who will, where possible, supply the broadband service.


Our test also indicates that your line currently supports a potential ADSL Max broadband line rate of 1Mbps or greater.

Your being suckered into this upto 8MB AOL will defo not able to give you that.....your stuck with 1MB I'm afraid.....It really is just down to where you live

DatabaseError

aol are telling the truth, "I rang AOL up and they said they could offer me 'up to 8.0 Mbps' for £17.99 per month."

up to means just that, anything from (i think) 256kbs - 8mbs

espresso

Iconic wrote: »

Many thanks for the replies.

BT and BT wholesale differ in what they say about what speed I can get.

Can AOL offer me ADSL Max?

You can get a fairly good idea what you may get on your line if you look at your modem/router stats. see here The distance from your exchange and even the metal used for your line all affect your broadband speed. How far away is your exchange? see samknows.

I rang AOL up and they said they could offer me 'up to 8.0 Mbps' for £17.99 per month. When I quoted the results below they still said I could get 8.0 Mbps. Who do I believe?

You have not told us what broadband package you have now!

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