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Nice people thread part 6 - thrice by twice as nice :)

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  • Doozergirl
    Doozergirl Posts: 34,075 Forumite
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    They've got my doors on DIY SOS
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  • silvercar
    silvercar Posts: 49,554 Ambassador
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    Sam knows a lot:
    The following services are available in your location:
    BT Wholesale ADSL
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  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    edited 30 May 2012 at 8:58PM
    Doozergirl wrote: »
    They've got my doors on DIY SOS

    Switched over to see doors, have not seen them, but they have a bling tastic turquoise and gold wall paper which might work in dh's study when its done....now i have to find out what the wall paper is.....


    Found it, osbourne and little
  • sss555s
    sss555s Posts: 3,175 Forumite
    lostinrates wrote: »
    Ok, down load is 0.45 first time, 0.44 second
    Upload is 0.33 then 0.07
    Ping, 64 then 60

    I would contact Plusnet about that. It looks way slow and there may be a problem.

    Best to use this number as I'm sure it's free: 0800 4320 200
  • lostinrates
    lostinrates Posts: 55,283 Forumite
    I've been Money Tipped!
    sss555s wrote: »
    I would contact Plusnet about that. It looks way slow and there may be a problem.

    Best to use this number as I'm sure it's free: 0800 4320 200

    Oh, wow. Ok, thank you sss. What you find out when you ask eh?:o
  • LydiaJ
    LydiaJ Posts: 8,083 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker Mortgage-free Glee!
    Here's mine:

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    I'm on BT. I haven't got round to thinking about whether or not I should upgrade to infinity. Somebody please advise me - I'm pretty much in the dark here. :o Oh, and while the knowledgeable nice people are about it, please could you tell me whether I should do the "tune up" thingy that the speedtest site is recommending? Thanks.
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  • PasturesNew
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    sss555s wrote: »

    You could also try a speed test just to see if your connection is performing as it should.

    http://www.speedtest.net/
    Tonight my connection's flying along compared to what I've had in the past week:

    http://www.speedtest.net/result/1980624851.png

    Says Grade F :)

    Slower than 86% of the UK.
  • zagubov
    zagubov Posts: 17,938 Forumite
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    Seems all right.
    The last few pages here are a revelation. I could have used that info when I was trying to find out why my dad's connection is so slow!

    Thanks sss Lydia and all the others!:beer:
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  • silvercar
    silvercar Posts: 49,554 Ambassador
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    WHy is my download speed decent but my ping rate so so low?

    Don't even know what ping does?

    I'm connecting through the wireless if that makes a difference.
    I'm a Forum Ambassador on the housing, mortgages & student money saving boards. I volunteer to help get your forum questions answered and keep the forum running smoothly. Forum Ambassadors are not moderators and don't read every post. If you spot an illegal or inappropriate post then please report it to forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com (it's not part of my role to deal with this). Any views are mine and not the official line of MoneySavingExpert.com.
  • michaels
    michaels Posts: 29,108 Forumite
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    I'm on a legacy O2, uncapped and no traffic shaping(most current packages reserve the right to slow speeds down during busy times if you are a big usser), speed is only 8 but price is only £4.75 per month. We watch 80% of our tv online so probably do 1tb/month. Would like a high speed product but not only do they cost much more but also you are then forced to take an uncompetitive phone package and unwanted tv package.

    If your phone does hspda you can get up to 7.2 given a good signal, something like the 80pa package I linked earlier on three might suit you LIR with a cheap (ebay) wifi tethering handset to do the mifi bit? Topcashback are doing £100 cashback on these contracts starting soon if anyone wants a referral.
    I think....
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