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Kid_Eternity
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RaverDrew said:like I said, ayone who wants a refferal and a free month drop us a pm
Tempting! How close are you to your 24 referrals/free broadband!?
Divisive Cotton
Now I just have my toy soldiers
Kid_Eternity said:
When I signed up to BT they informed me that I could get 6.5mb... afterwards I found out it was less than 2.
Checking the Bulldog site though... they were at least honest enough to tell me the truth before I signed up... so try there for more genuine feedback.
sleaterkinney
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I'm just over a k from my exchange, it's new line I got in a couple of years ago, how fast would I be able to get?
ChrisFilter
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Is 21MB any better than 8MB though? Has anyone ever downloaded anything at more than 800kbps?
dogmatique
merde alors
Much better. On my 8meg connection in town, I max out at about 650-700 kbps on a well seeded file, at home on me 18meg connection, I max out at about 1.5meg. Big difference.
During the world cup, I could stream two matches at once at about 350kbps each, and have azureus open at the same time without a hitch.
During the world cup, I could stream two matches at once at about 350kbps each, and have azureus open at the same time without a hitch.
ChrisFilter
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dogmatique said:
I've never found a better torrent than 300kbps, from Oink.
Kid_Eternity
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ChrisFilter said:
Yup, once or twice come accross decent servers and had 1500-2000kbs. Was fucking cool!
Structaural
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Sunray said:
about 18-19Mbits (advertised as 20Mb)
I'm on Wanadoo which I'll no doubt come to regret (I already can't get my forwarded ports to actually work) but it's cheap as chips (around 17quid a month) and works at the advertised speed. I'm in Holland btw.
Structaural
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ChrisFilter said:
I've got stuff from Uknova at around 1.4meg
ChrisFilter
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BootyLove said:
Oink and Uknova are the fastest torrent sites I'm a member of, but rarely more then 300/400kbps.
Are there any good general torrents sites? demonoid is ok, but speeds never get very fast, 50kbps would be a treat from demonoid.
dogmatique
merde alors
Private trackers are much faster. I use www.torrentbytes.net for Hollywood movies, American TV and games. Torrents from there go like shit off a shovel. Full 4.7gig DVD in an hour and ten. Their invites are closed at the mo, but they cull inactive accounts daily, so keep trying to sign up.
ChrisFilter
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Cool, will keep my eyes peeled!
dogmatique
merde alors
Oh, and www.karagarga.net if you haven't got an account already. Got the whole of the second series of Heimat (10 gb) in just over three hours last friday.
ChrisFilter
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Applied.. seems a little up it's own arse, but like the idea!
dogmatique
merde alors
They're a nice bunch really...
Kid_Eternity
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oicur0t said:My Be connection is 1.15km from the exchange and it's running at 2mb
Ah bollox, that's the distance I am from my exchange too...this shit just gets more and more complicated.
jonnyd1978
Handsome lads are playing chess in your area
Kid_Eternity said:
It's not the distance that is a major factor over such a small distance as 1.15k. It's the line quality. That distance over good 0.5mm copper cable would support at least 8megs easily and probably more. There is probably some shitty old aluminium cable in the ground. 100's of metres of it perhaps and it can't support high broadband speed. The signal to noise ratio goes bolloxed to put it technically. It's not cost effective at the moment for Bt to upgrade this shit cable unfortunately. It would make my life a lot easier if they did!
Kid_Eternity
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jonnyd1978 said:
I see, is there anyway you can find out the line quality before moving to a new ISP and trying it!?
jonnyd1978
Handsome lads are playing chess in your area
Kid_Eternity said:
You can enquire through the isp i suppose...but the fact is, if you're getting braodband via the bt line...whoever the isp is...if the bt line is shit, you can't get the best braodband speed. Simple as that. Some isp's have set up equiptment in bt exchanges to maximise the service they can provide over the bt line but it is still very dependant on the acual quality of the physical pair of wires from the exchange to your house. If it's shit wire you have no chance.
Do you have cable in your area? It may be worth looking into cable broadband although I don't think as many isp's use them.
oicur0t said:My Be connection is 1.15km from the exchange and it's running at 2mb
try a different adsl2+ router plugged into the master socket
the first bebox they sent me gave really crap speeds - 1.9mb d/l 0.25mb u/l
I assumed it was down to a poor quality line until I tried a different box.
Kid_Eternity
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jonnyd1978 said:
Unfortunetly no.
Kid_Eternity said:
Ask the question over at www.adsguide.org.uk - they masturbate over lines stats all day long. Heck, they'll even coach you through your routers stats and tell you what you'll get to the nearest mbit.
RaverDrew said:
There isn't a master socket, three seperate cables come into the house to the three rooms where there's a socket from the lines to the telegraph pole (which looks in a right state!!!!) I am considering sabotaging it so they need to replace it!
Re, box....will do, box is a bit shitty, a speedtouch (shudder) jobby. I get DG834s for work so will test one of them.
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