Broadband speeds

[mr_e]

If it's any consolation, John, your results are still probably better than my parents get. Although they are in a rural area.

[Mike]

An update!

[johnriley1uk]

Pretty good!

[Mike]

Now that O2 have actually admitted putting me on the wrong tarrif and it has been changed back to the full speed I am happy. Here is a BDP update for the fun of it.

[stimpsonslostson]

I just tested the Uni again (I'm in a new building). At 1400- peak usage time... I got
27.36 down and 7.26 up.
Not too shabby. If I can ever be bothered to get in early I'll test it on a quiet day.

[BarcelonAl]

Hmm...this is the flat, not exactly setting the internet on fire!

[stimpsonslostson]

At home we get around 6.5mb down and 1 up. Again, this is OK. Especially as we're on the same ISP as Al.

[Mike]

Not particulary good figures but to be honest you really don't notice the slowness of the internet until you are used to a faster connection. It is weird that works network is faster but because the browser renders the pages much slower than Safari it feels like the internet is faster at home.

[Mike]

Rutland Telecom is a new privatly funded company that was created by local residents in Rutland who were fed up of the slow broadband speeds provided by BT. They purchased an unbundled fibre optic cable from BT and now supply 40mb broadband to the area and serve 50 customers. Obviously it will take more than a little time to recoup the £37,500 it cost to supply the cable but I suppose that a modest fee per month from 50 customers will starts to earn dividends in a few years (although at £15 per month it would take just over 4 years to recoup the investment).

I love this story, it just goes to show you should not just sit back and accept it when a company such as BT says it is not economically viable to provide an area with high speed broadband. Rutland has now been asked to supply broadband to other rural areas.

[BarcelonAl]

I got a call last night asking if I want to sign up to BT Infinity, their super-high fast fibre network...not for £24 a month I don't!

I really don't need the speed to be honest. Nothing I do on the web (iPlayer, YouTube, etc.) is slow and painful enough to warrant the extra £288 a year!

[Mike]

It does not seem too expensive until you put it in the extra per year figure!

[johnriley1uk]

Would you believe I just got an e-mail alert for a post on page 1 of this thread?

Is that a record for the slowest, snail-pace e-mail ever?

[nila]

Fine!!
Like the same way , i check my internet speed everyday..........both downloading & uploading speed through this site www.scanmyspeed.com
My speed test results are,
upload speed:0.52 kbps
download speed:1.96 kbps
It has the best & accurate results for my internet speed test!!!!

[johnriley1uk]

Here's how we're doing speed-wise:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1984779942.png
The download speed is OK, but the upload speed is actually slower than my Mobile Boradband!

[johnriley1uk]

Internet is storming this afternoon: http://www.speedtest.net/result/2643257548.png

The only pity is that the upload speed is still slow. My 3G upload speed is double my landline....