sand-eel
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the speed quote that you think you have is an "up to speed" that is rarely acheived, there is going to be a new law that makes internet companies tell you the real speed where you are and not the "up to" speed.
[Edited on 20-10-2007 by sand-eel]
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Steve
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thanks for that sand-eel your a fountain of knowledge 
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sand-eel
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na more like a Niagara Falls of knowledge
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Nath
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3mb line
D/load - 1591 kb/s
Upload - 200 kb/s
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Lee Wilson
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You shouldnt be getting speeds as slow as that on a 8mb connection.
Put your number into here http://www.dslzoneuk.net/checker.php
http://www.dslzoneuk.net/checker.php
It should show you what speed you capable of recieving.
Might be worth trying the speedtest without wireless just to see if that makes a difference. Could have a faulty router/modem
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by Lee Wilson
You shouldnt be getting speeds as slow as that on a 8mb connection.
Put your number into here http://www.dslzoneuk.net/checker.php
http://www.dslzoneuk.net/checker.php
It should show you what speed you capable of recieving.
Might be worth trying the speedtest without wireless just to see if that makes a difference. Could have a faulty router/modem
line can handle 7.5mb. usually runs at about 6mb and has done for ages. and steve, no, its not becuase of that as i live under a mile away from the exchange as oddly there is one in my village.
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Nath
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I can get 8mb.
'You are around 2.88 kilometres from your exchange (as the crow flies).'
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Nic Barnes
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just rang my mate who is a bt engineer. line is 100% spot on, no faults. he told me to check what speed the router server says it can get, which is 8mb, so its down to demon internet then i assume. i shall ring them now and if i get a call centre i shall just scream there is a bomb in the building and hang up.
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sand-eel
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probably because it's so far from the server
Latvia 6502 kb/s 2472 kb/s
Romania 5851 kb/s 2890 kb/s
Bulgaria 5078 kb/s 2595 kb/s
how come their good? bloody japan at over 10000kb/s
[Edited on 20-10-2007 by sand-eel]
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Nic Barnes
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according to demon, the unlimited 8mb service is limited to 60gb. wonderful. fuck knows the 60gb worth of stuff thats been downloaded.
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Nic Barnes
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oh and top tip for the day, dont tell the bangladeshi call centre person your speaking to 'can you please speak english' followed by 'im sorry, i only speak english'
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sand-eel
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why? do they send you poison pakora?
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by sand-eel
why? do they send you poison pakora?
id not like to find out
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