Broadband Truth Campaign - Page 4

mini_dez · 9th December 2007, 5:57pm

Virgin Media up to 2 meg. So I'm happy with my result.

Veil Of Tears · 9th December 2007, 7:12pm

See, I vary from 1900kb to about 300kb on a 2meg connection. Thats a result of tiscali traffic shaping though. they throttle it back at the same time every day. Outwith that, speed is fine. Its annoying though spending money for 2M when between 4pm and 11pm I only get 300k. THATS what the complaint is. They should sell that speed as a 1mb connection really.

Tiscali are shit though.

adrenalize · 9th December 2007, 9:54pm

Up to 8 Meg, Im very happy with this

Largest of Als · 9th December 2007, 10:02pm

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Originally Posted by Veil Of Tears

Tiscali are shit though.

Strangely enough.. they won the JD Power survey for best Broadband Supplier this year... go figure..

Al

Fallenblackrose · 9th December 2007, 10:13pm

up to 4mb...very good indeed!

GoddamnElectric · 11th December 2007, 12:04pm

I'm going to take back what I said previously about my connection -

Holy freaking shit....

triggerhappy · 14th April 2008, 8:37pm

Mine seems to have gotten better

Pantgirl · 14th April 2008, 8:41pm

I dont know what is good and what isn't

madvoice · 14th April 2008, 8:41pm

o2's working out ok foryou then

triggerhappy · 14th April 2008, 8:44pm

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Originally Posted by madvoice

o2's working out ok foryou then

Tis indeed! Absolutely beasting!

madvoice · 14th April 2008, 8:47pm

I cant wait to get mine switched to o2, the speeds I'm getting from BT are crap for what I can get. Damn me taking out BT for another 12months before starting at o2!

L@ur@ · 14th April 2008, 9:35pm

mobile broadband from 3

the gadget show says mines it a lot slower than that tho

xxx

crusher · 14th April 2008, 10:10pm

I am going to move from virgin broadband to BT business connections for my home network as these isp's treat domestic customers like shit but they cant get away with that at business rates and terms

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most people that are using wireless are not right beside the router. with distance you geat a speed decrease.

How wrong can someone be?

When the speed of broadband is measured, it is measured from the isp to the router or modem. It is not measured from the isp to your computer.

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tiscali

A byword for incredible incompetence and criminal advertising services it cant live up to

karbon14 · 14th April 2008, 10:33pm

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Originally Posted by crusher

How wrong can someone be?

When the speed of broadband is measured, it is measured from the isp to the router or modem. It is not measured from the isp to your computer.

errr.... sorry what?

speedtest.net downloads and uploads an mp3 file(cant really compress it more so cant save time on compressing it, sending it and extracting it at the far end) and times it. so aye, server > computer.

adrenalize · 14th April 2008, 11:24pm

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Originally Posted by crusher

How wrong can someone be?

When the speed of broadband is measured, it is measured from the isp to the router or modem. It is not measured from the isp to your computer.

What on god's green earth are you talking about? The only way you can get the Sync speed from an ISP>Router is by the Stats that the router shows. Anything else is just going to show you what speed your PC is getting out of that most speed checker's download amd upload a small file, and even that might not show what your attainable rate is if your ISP is in the business of capping at certain times, or if they use traffic management of any type.

Oh, and Pro-tip for those using wireless, If your noticing much slower speeds when wireless, try changing the wireless channel on your router, works a treat sometimes.