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MSE slowest broadband contest

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  • hubert_cumberdale
    hubert_cumberdale Posts: 828 Forumite
    i want this

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  • googler
    googler Posts: 16,103 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    Me too.

    ..........
  • Rotor
    Rotor Posts: 1,049 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
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    0.24Mb/s - plusnet sometimes goes over 1 , not for long though
  • Rabbir1
    Rabbir1 Posts: 82 Forumite
    How about this.

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    This is with Kaspersky running.......


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    Sadly this is with Kaspersky disabled....more realistic..
  • jonathon
    jonathon Posts: 760 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts
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  • onetreehillgrrl
    onetreehillgrrl Posts: 3,200 Forumite
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    Another nail in the coffin for Virgin. Richard, a word please :)
    Never put tables and chairs in the same room.
    If they congregate together for any length of time, they will inevitably hatch plots against you and your pets.
    Rohan Candappa
  • Jenna_Appleseed
    Jenna_Appleseed Posts: 6,530 Forumite
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    Here's mine -meant to be 7.5mb
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    "And suddenly I find myself listening to a man I've never known before,
    Telling me about the sea..."
  • Iconic
    Iconic Posts: 1,021 Forumite
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    The maximum I can get is 3.0mb.

    The average is 1.7mb but during peak times it can drop to .5mb

    My exchange is non LLU but BT have just offered me £5 per month with weekend calls included for an 18 month contract. I am currently paying AOL £12.99 pm which includes all calls.

    I suppose no ISP can guarantee 3.0mb but could I do better with another ISP without paying a fortune for it? From what I have read most people would not touch BT with a bargepole!
  • DatabaseError
    DatabaseError Posts: 4,161 Forumite
    Iconic - the 3mb/sec isn't too bad (location/physics can't be avoided), but the peak time drop to .5 is dire :(
    I have no idea how good/bad bt are nowadays, I use ADSL24 (murphx connection) which seems quite stable, but does impose strict bandwidth limits (30Gb @ peak times) and is £20/month on a monthly rolling contract (my last ISP was O2 access...much cheaper - but I was glad when the contract ended!)

    I'm looking forward to [21CN WBC status: RFS date set : 31/03/2011] :)
    Utinam logica falsa tuam philosophiam totam suffodiant.
  • kwikbreaks
    kwikbreaks Posts: 9,187 Forumite
    onetreehillgrrl wrote: »
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    Another nail in the coffin for Virgin. Richard, a word please :)
    If that's cable call it in as a fault. If it's ADSL it could be your line length but Virgin National is not the best ADSL service.
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