minimum speeds

ankspon

Whe you're told you can get speeds upto ??MB this usually means you will be one of the very very few who will receive the top end,but should there or is there a minimum that you should receive.My upload and download speeds are 0.5 and are useless.

spike7451

The distance PLUS age & condition of your phoneline from the exchange equipment to your Master Socket dictate the speed you will get,When I was at Sky,a speed of as low as 128MBps (iirc) was considered to be broadband.The are other factors that can also affect the speed,but the ones above are the main ones.

System

spike7451 wrote: »

as low as 128MBps

I think you mean 128KBps.

I'd kill for 128MBps, beats the hell out of Virgin's best rate.

ktothema

When we signed up for sky and, more recently, plusnet they both gave us an estimated speed that were we're more likely to receive. Basically both times advertised speeds were up to 16mbps, but both estimated we'd receive around 5mbps. In both cases that is what we mainly recieved.

I think samknows.co.uk gives you this too.

ankspon

spike7451 wrote: »

The distance PLUS age & condition of your phoneline from the exchange equipment to your Master Socket dictate the speed you will get,When I was at Sky,a speed of as low as 128MBps (iirc) was considered to be broadband.The are other factors that can also affect the speed,but the ones above are the main ones.

The age of the line is 5 years old and the distance is just over a mile away

espresso

ankspon wrote: »

The age of the line is 5 years old and the distance is just over a mile away

Post your line stats. see here for more info. If you have any difficulties, post the make model of your modem/router and somebody will be able to help you.

ankspon

espresso wrote: »

Post your line stats. see here for more info. If you have any difficulties, post the make model of your modem/router and somebody will be able to help you.

It's not listed on the link page,it is a HUAWEI ECHOLIFE HG520b

steveE2

How to access the router stats:- Access the router via 192.168.1.1 and input the default username/password (admin/admin)
the first window is the router stats such as, synch speed, line attenuation, SNR

spike7451

!!!!!! wrote: »

I think you mean 128KBps.

I'd kill for 128MBps, beats the hell out of Virgin's best rate.

Aye...didn't have me specs on!:p

ioscorpio

My broadband speed has gone down since my phone line went dead a month ago. BT laid a new underground cable and master socket today, I am 1785 metres from the exchange, I have an Orange Livebox that I have had since 2007. Thinkbroadband Speedtest - Download speed 201.54 kbps Upload 368.38. Ithought my broadband speed would have gone back up after the new cable had been installed.

espresso

ioscorpio wrote: »

My broadband speed has gone down since my phone line went dead a month ago. BT laid a new underground cable and master socket today, I am 1785 metres from the exchange, I have an Orange Livebox that I have had since 2007. Thinkbroadband Speedtest - Download speed 201.54 kbps Upload 368.38. Ithought my broadband speed would have gone back up after the new cable had been installed.

The faulty cable most probably caused your broadband to be automatically slowed right down to try to cope with noise/interference on the line. Now that you have a new line installed, contact your ISP (Orange?) and tell them that your profile needs to be reset so that you achieve the maximum speed that your line can supply.