MaxFusion Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 remember you're quite far away from the exchange in Mossbank(it's at Sella Ness if I mind right...)I only managed 512Kb(dl) up there(on Orange) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TeeAyBee Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Hi, Have you been to http://www.speedtester.bt.com and followed the screens? That will tell you what your IP Profile is which is what the BT system reckons your max stable speed will be for the connection. You're probably seeing an IP Profile of 500 or 250 which is still within the parameters of service that BT quote in their docs. Admittedly they're in tiny letters and well concealed. What kind of service are your neighbours getting? If their ADSL throughput is significantly better then there are a few possibilities to consider: (1) - Your line is noisy - check your phone, are there any crackles on the line? (2) - Your internal house wiring might be causing problems - plug it into the test socket (if fitted) inside the casing of your BT master socket. (3) - Your router/modem might be one with a chipset that is susceptible to line noise. can you get stats from your router? What does it think it is connecting at and what are the line attenuation and noise ratio readouts? (4) - Are you certain that your ADSL filters are working correctly and are not somehow affecting performance? (5) - Do you know what your contention ratio is? If there are a lot of people using an ADSL connection in your exchange you will find that performance isn't exactly blisteringly hot. Bear in mind that ADSL Max will 'train' over a period of three days to a week or so initially while it works out how fast you can go you will get odd and unsustainable connectivity. Down here in the Peoples Republic I'm getting around a megabit and a half on a good day dropping to a megabit when the lines are at peak. We are 3 miles from the exchange though so we're on the edge of getting a minimal service. A month ago my connection speed dropped and I ended up with a 250Kbps service which is no real use to me. I worked through PlusNet's diagnostic procedures and during the process my phone line dropped off. Two days later it returned and my ADSL service reconnected at a much higher speed so I suspect that my issue was down to a faulty BT line. In addition, I replaced my router with one less sensitive to noise problems and the line hasn't dropped below a megabit since - except for this morning when the power was off for three hours GRRRR! Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxFusion Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 I still doubt whether you'll get much more than a 512 in mossbank....you're about 4 miles or more from the exchange maybe Koy or snow can tell you what they get these days? edit:typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandRover S2a Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 I'm in Firth and have just run the test and got a result of 660KbpsBetter than I was expecting anyway Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr_brain Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Download Speed Upload Speed 1215 kbps (152kB/s) 376 kbps (47kB/s) clicky Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siffy Posted February 5, 2009 Report Share Posted February 5, 2009 Download Speed Upload Speed 6266 kbps (783kB/s) 226 kbps (28.3kB/s) Download is great, but my upload is supposed to be double that, no wonder my ping has been high lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibber Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 I wonder if there has been a general improvement to broadband networks. Over the past week my 3 mobile broadband has rocketed up from a hit and miss average of about 500Kbps to a constant 1500Kbps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ArabiaTerra Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 My quoted speed (in Lerwick) was 2.2 Mbps/sec until Dec 01 last year.Then TalkTalk did something to my line and the quoted speed now is 7.4Mbps/sec Actual speed test (this morning)2432kbps download (304kBps)372kbps upload (46.5kBps) I don't know what my speed tested at before the upgrade but it's a damn sight faster now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Para Handy Posted February 6, 2009 Report Share Posted February 6, 2009 I'm in Firth at my sisters for a few days and have just run the test and got this result Your DSL connection rate: 1984 kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 kbps(UP-STREAM) IP profile for your line is - 1500 kbps Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 1406 kbps Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gibber Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 http://engineblockers.googlepages.com/speedtest.jpg/speedtest-full.jpg This is the fastest I've seen my work connection for a while too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ertieiddabanks Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 ^^^ that is fast! http://www.speedtest.net/result/408777653.png this is about average for me, we changed phoneline and isp recently after total incompetence from pipex regarding the phoneline. Isp was zen who i had no problems with but we've gone with postoffice bb and i'm well chuffed with the service. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roachmill Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 My quoted speed (in Lerwick) was 2.2 Mbps/sec until Dec 01 last year.Then TalkTalk did something to my line and the quoted speed now is 7.4Mbps/sec Actual speed test (this morning)2432kbps download (304kBps)372kbps upload (46.5kBps) I don't know what my speed tested at before the upgrade but it's a damn sight faster now.Is this with a Windows machine? In particular a pre Vista Windows machine? If so then I'd suggest trying the same test with a Vista / Windows 7 machine and seeing if it gets closer to your quoted 7.4 speed. They have automatic network tuning whereas older versions of Windows don't. This can easily mean your not getting the full speed available from your ISP. Assuming a Vista+ machine gets nearer the quoted speeds you could then use a freeware app called TCP Optimizer to adjust your pre Vista machines network settings. It's not for the faint of heart - just make sure you use the program to store a backup of your default settings (IIRC, it does this anyway) before you ask it to make an changes. It's worked a treat on two XP and one 2000 machines at home. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khitajrah Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 I did the same test Ertie did just after he made his post and it was around 3800 kbps download speed. After 6 pm though, our internet can be useless - and I just did it again - 1300 kbps, which is still better than it can be sometimes. My son, not long ago, was wanting to watch a cartoon on the BBC iPlayer and it was downloading at 1.8 kbps - said it was going to take about 140 hours or something for a 20 minute cartoon. My fella has phoned BT over and over again and they say nothing is wrong - the line is tested and comes back at 8 mbps, but we've never ever been anywhere near that. What's with the 6pm cap though? Does anyone else have this problem? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
khitajrah Posted February 11, 2009 Report Share Posted February 11, 2009 Update: After call #3 it has been determined that it's got to do with BTs Fair Usage policy - a fluctuating number that they won't let you know about what the limit of your "unlimited broadband" actually is. Anyone have any suggestions for a decent ISP? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JordanKZ Posted February 12, 2009 Report Share Posted February 12, 2009 o2 are probably one of the better ISP's. £17.50 if you're with o2 on Pay as you go or contract, or £20 otherwise. No caps, a very fair "fair usage" policy, day time and night time internet speeds are good and at peak are usually around 4mbit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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