MSE slowest broadband contest

Kite2010

JabT wrote: »

My first attempt at this so if it works it'll be a miracle!



woohoo it worked, I've learnt something new today!

And what is your speed meant to be?

GRM

This is the best ours ever gets :-/ 5km from the exchange, attenuation is 68dB.

JabT_2

And what is your speed meant to be?

No idea but according to BT broadband checker 1.0MB.
I'm about 3.5 miles from the exchange.

ChiefGrasscutter

Even if BT roll out fibre to the street box.....
In rural areas it often that last mile of cable to the house which is the real problem.
Ususally it will have been laid direct in the ground not in ducts - so everything has to be excavated, it will be 1950's vintage and best of all it may well be aluminum rather than copper cable - 'cos it was cheap then.

globalds

I don't know why I went and posted that .......I think just because I can

MrsE_2

ETA I'm miles & miles from Morecambe, isn't that in the west country?

And I pay well for it too, about £16 from AOL. I'm in that small % of areas that can't get cheap BB, I'm on the old exchange.

fermi

MrsE wrote: »

ETA I'm miles & miles from Morecambe, isn't that in the west country?

Lancashire isn't it?

MrsE_2

fermi wrote: »

Lancashire isn't it?

God you're right:o

But a long, long way from me.

fermi

globalds wrote: »

I don't know why I went and posted that .......I think just because I can

Show off!

ts_aly2000

It used to be faster, about 19Mb, and 1Mb upload. It's one of those new exchanges. BT on the same line you get 5Mb.