Broadband Speeds

Redmikee

Hi,
When I do an availability check for Broadband they say my line can support 2Mb/s. I am 2km from the exchange. Is this figure obtained from the distance to the exchange or is it because this is the stable speed i am on at the moment.
Does the 2MB/s and 2km sound right to everyone? I did a check for my Dads house which is 1km from the exchange and it said he could have 5Mb/s.
Any Thoughts?

Mike

vultura

Distance from exchange is the main factor....

Try running checks based on phone number and postcode, see if you get much variance.

http://www.samknows.com/broadband/checker2.php

yellowlawn

Don't forget Line Contention, most providers offer 50:1 that means upto 50 people can share your one connection from the Exchange to your area.

Phantom_Flan_Flinger

It's not just distance you have to worry about.

Line quality is also a major factor. A poor line near the exchange would also effect the speeds you would get.

Quasar

Redmikee wrote:

Hi,
When I do an availability check for Broadband they say my line can support 2Mb/s. I am 2km from the exchange. Is this figure obtained from the distance to the exchange or is it because this is the stable speed i am on at the moment.
Does the 2MB/s and 2km sound right to everyone? I did a check for my Dads house which is 1km from the exchange and it said he could have 5Mb/s.
Any Thoughts?

Mike

Just checked mine again on my old lappy:

downstream 2,450.8 Kbps
upstream 235.2 kbps

My new lappy is around 3 downstream (don't remember upstream)

My ISP supports 8MB.

So I'd say your value sounds ok, but then I'm not that techie, so...