Slow Internet speeds

[londonmidland]

Who has internet from BT and found that your internet speed has dropped all of a sudden? Well mine has . I contacted BT and they said that they need to disable my connection for 3 days to enable the speeds to get higher again:/.
I should be getting 4 - 6 Mb/s, I am getting 0.50mb/s...

 

[seagull]

I was with BT and was quite disappointed with the speed - my parents are with BT and have had no problems though, and seem to have quite a fast connection.

I'm now with ADSL24:

but it's my phone line itself which is letting things down (and is supplied and rented from BT!) - can't cope at all well with voice calls and broadband for some reason.

 

[Ivo]

Why am I only learning about this now? When I've been complaining for months about my poor connection? I *think* our connection is supposed to be an 8MB connection; even at this time of day, when it tends to run fairly quickly (will try again in the evening if I remember)...

 

[Geezertronic]

I am on VirginMedia

 

[CarterUSM]

I am on VirginMedia

Me too. I generally get around 8-9 Meg download speed also. Brilliant!

 

[SS4]

Why am I only learning about this now? When I've been complaining for months about my poor connection? I *think* our connection is supposed to be an 8MB connection; even at this time of day, when it tends to run fairly quickly (will try again in the evening if I remember)...

At half 2 I'd expect it to be almost as fast as overnight. Chokepoints are usually 7-9am and 5-7pm. It's part of the reason why I leave any hefty downloads (legal downloads, like linux disc images) I let it run overnight

 

[generalvegitable]

not too bad, AFAIK we are only paying for 5Mb/s broadband so we seem to be getting a bit of a bonus here

 

[chris89]

Heres mine. Not bad at 5 past 3. it does improve later at night when i play Online games with friends ping never goes above 50 what is good as well



From a B'ham Server what is closer to me in. But not my isp servers.

Chris

 

[SouthEastern-465]

 

[devon_metro]

The best internet of course is a University network, Speedtest reports about 90mb/s which is somewhat, fast.

 

[Geezertronic]

From one of the servers at work

 

[Railjet]

It's seems I'm quite lucky with a 20.35 down, 2.62 up (B+).

Doesn't seem that fast.

(Not as lucky as Geezertronic, clearly).

 

[SouthEastern-465]

It's seems I'm quite lucky with a 20.35 down, 2.62 up (B+).

Doesn't seem that fast.

(Not as lucky as Geezertronic, clearly).

I'm 2nd

 

[thefab444]

The joys of ancient overhead cabling.

 

[33056]

I am on VirginMedia

Is that on cable? I am on Virgin Media as well, but interested to see that my server is in Morecambe, yet yours was in Birmingham, which is much nearer to me than the former :?

 

[SS4]

I'm 2nd

I'm second last



I suspect this is due to poor line quality from the house to the exchange

 

[Peter Mugridge]

*ahem*

( Well, OK, I've cheated - this is not a BT line; it's a direct fibre optic link which is actually moderated down to a maximum of 100... )


Edit - could only post it as a .docx; I realise not everyone can open this ( I can't at home! ) - if one of the mods is able to extract the image and turn it into a directly posted picture, please feel free to go ahead and do so.

 

[Nick W]

The best internet of course is a University network, Speedtest reports about 90mb/s which is somewhat, fast.

Totally agree - I think I can download something off the internet quicker than I can access my hard drive - for real!

 

[starrymarkb]

What I love about BE is their fair usage - 300GB* in one month isn't a problem

*surprisingly legal content - was having issues and had to reinstall the PC a few times (turned out to be a dead MoBo) - Steam games are huge!

 

[Ivo]

Just tried it again, and, well...

 

[kentuckytony]

I guess I won't complain.

This is via my Cable provider - also have TV service through them, but not phone.

I paid for 10, the basic amount. For extra money I can get 20, 30, or 50.
Never needed that much as things are pretty fast as is.

 

[Ivo]

B****y Yank

Just a little point; your link doesn't work. You have inserted "http://" twice

Here's your result: http://www.speedtest.net/result/1269576090.png

EDIT:

 

[Lampshade]

The best internet of course is a University network, Speedtest reports about 90mb/s which is somewhat, fast.

Not when I was in my first year in halls, although teaching everyone how to get around the P2P block might have had something to do with it...

 

[seagull]

Just tried it again, and, well...

Ouch! Assuming you're not in a small hamlet miles from anywhere then that speed is very poor indeed.

Have you got neighbours with broadband and if so what's their speed like? Might be time for a change of provider or a swift kick up their collective wotsits to sort out what must be a problem.

 

[WestCoast]

Did the test:



Never had any problems with it.

 

[Ivo]

Ouch! Assuming you're not in a small hamlet miles from anywhere then that speed is very poor indeed.

Have you got neighbours with broadband and if so what's their speed like? Might be time for a change of provider or a swift kick up their collective wotsits to sort out what must be a problem.

2km due south of Bath city centre and roughly the same again from the city perimeter. I have repeatedly told my housemate (the contract is in her name courtesy of her phone :roll to get it sorted, but there's little point now - it's up in two months.

 

[HST Power]

Did the test.

7.03mbps Download Speed

0.82mbps Upload Speed

26ms Ping

 

[flymo]

Just for a comparison: at home


and connecting to the UK:

 

[SS4]

I'm second last



I suspect this is due to poor line quality from the house to the exchange

Update (1:30am)



Pretty much the same

edit: although I've dropped into 3rd last thanks to Ivo's appalling speed

 

[N Levers]

My Broadband is annoyingly sporadic.

One month it is 9Mbps, the next it is less than 0.5Mbps.