I doubt it because the speeds are fine(ish) a lot of the time.
Home broadband: O2 vs Virgin vs Be. What's been your experience?
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I doubt it because the speeds are fine(ish) a lot of the time.
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hiraethified
Plugged straight in. It's right next to the desktop.
http://www.samknows.com/broadband/search.php?page=availability-exchange-search
This site will tell you (roughly) how far you are from the local exchange.
If you use that along with any line stats from your current router, you can get an estimate of your potential speed with ADSL2+ using this graph.
This site will tell you (roughly) how far you are from the local exchange.
If you use that along with any line stats from your current router, you can get an estimate of your potential speed with ADSL2+ using this graph.
dogmatique
merde alors
That's the main limitation with ADSL2+ - line quality as well as distance from the exchange - if you're very close and have a "clean" line, you should get close to the theoretical maximum. I'm about a mile from the exchange and must have a pretty good line as I get 21.5 meg, which I'm more than happy with.
Do you know anyone in your building with Be* Ed? You'd get a pretty good indication if you did...
Do you know anyone in your building with Be* Ed? You'd get a pretty good indication if you did...
Lazy Llama
Suburban robots that monitor reality
We're with O2, but it's not their unbundled service, it's them reselling BT.
The phone lines around here are awful, hence the terrible speeds.
The phone lines around here are awful, hence the terrible speeds.
tendril
Coming up blastin' like Yosemite Sam
How far from the exchange are you? I'm with Be, but we are 4.5km from trhe exchange (ffs... in London!!!) and can only get max 2megish.
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hiraethified
BT were having a fucking laugh. Hello O2.My connection seems to be all over the place, It was slug-slow earlier (3.5MB/s) but now it's reached the (comparatively) giddy heights of:
No cable here, so O2 is looking good...
skyscraper101
0891 50 50 50
BT were having a fucking laugh. Hello O2.
What the...?
I'm on Be and I never get any more than 4meg
*sulks*
zenie
>^^<
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hiraethified
Less than BT!how much are you paying a month for that?!
First three months on the 12 month contract are free, and then it's £22/month with a free wi-fi router lobbed in. I've tested it again and it's reporting 'just' 17MBs now, but that's still miles better than cranky old BT.
skyscraper101
0891 50 50 50
How on earth do you get that fast though?
I thought that the limit for ADSL 2 was 24Mb and that was only a theoretical maximum in prime conditions?
I thought that the limit for ADSL 2 was 24Mb and that was only a theoretical maximum in prime conditions?
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hiraethified
It's seems to fluctuate between 17MB/s (which is what I'd expect) and way faster speeds - like this last test:
And here's another test:
zenie
>^^<
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Jesus! Ed you sitting on top the local exchange or something!? We're under half a mile from our local one in Greenwich and we only get 6-10mbs...
For the lolz:
I like O2.
Brilliant. Impossible but brilliant.
tbf thinking about it you are within spitting distance of the exchange. Lucky guy.
Kid_Eternity
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
grit
an ugly force for good
If you are only getting 2, that distance from the exchange its not the distance thats messing with the speed. I'd imagine the copper is quite old.
skyscraper101
0891 50 50 50
I dont get it though.
I thought only Cable internet is physically possible of those speeds? ADSL just isn't that fast. Surely? Even Be advertise their speeds as upto 24Meg.
How come Ed is getting an impossible 49meg?!?!?!?!
I thought only Cable internet is physically possible of those speeds? ADSL just isn't that fast. Surely? Even Be advertise their speeds as upto 24Meg.
How come Ed is getting an impossible 49meg?!?!?!?!
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hiraethified
It seems quite consistently high:
I'll download some stuff later and see what speeds I'm actually getting.
Jackobi
swallows anything
It seems quite consistently high:
I'll download some stuff later and see what speeds I'm actually getting.
I wouldn't trust those results, it is unlikely that you will get more than 20Mb.
Try this one, I think it is more accurate, although your line could be giving misreadings.
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest.html
Bare in mind the first couple of weeks they "train" your line for the optimal snr levels. So you may get times when it will grind to a halt somewhat during this period. The thing I love about O2/be* is they are completely transparent with all of this if you phone their support or check their forums.
I would have thought, because of the very short distance you are from the exchange, you can request a certain type of connection that gives you a lil bit extra speed. I forget what it's called now, but they done it for us before when we were practically living next door to the exchange.
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