Your internet speed

PostRe: Your internet speed by **blackoutHERO** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 11:38 pm

Johnny Ryall wrote:
Johnny Ryall wrote:

Not quite fibre levels, but moved over to ADSL 2 this weekend. Seems to be doubled across the board.

HOW DO YOU HAVE THAT UP THERE?!?!?!?!?1

PostRe: Your internet speed by **Johnny Ryall** » Fri Jan 25, 2013 11:56 pm

We may be further away. But we're more civilised.

And gex - ADSL 2 speeds will vary. It might go back down again. Depends on how clean your line fancies feeling.

It got faster since then too. 8-)

PostRe: Your internet speed by **Andrew Mills** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 1:58 pm

This is bizarre. The Openreach engineer (sound bloke btw) tested the new FTTC we just had installed today from PlusNet and he tested it to the modem at 40Meg down and 10Meg up. When using my laptop to the router (which has to be connected to the Openreach modem) I actually get 43Meg down via Usenet. Speedtest.net says my max speed varies between 20 and 30Meg.

To make matters worse, I use wired TP-Link 200Mbps Ethernet plugs to get the internet in my office upstairs. The max THAT gets on Usenet is 16Megs (or 13 Megs on Speedtest). If I switch to my N-range USB wireless adaptor, it drops to 5Megs! :fp:

Also, thanks to an open convo with the engineer, it turns out PlusNet provisioned me wrong and I should actually be on their 80Meg Down and 20Meg up speeds

Which, clearly, my electrical wiring in this house can't handle. So to take advantage of the full speed they're changing me to, do I constantly sit beside the router with a laptop and USB stick plugged in (to move the files up to my main PC), or has anyone got any better ideas?

Via Electrical Ethernet Plugs

PostRe: Your internet speed by **Zellery** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 2:21 pm

Mine seems to have increased since the last time I checked. :shock:

Was about 25MB download before I think.

PostRe: Your internet speed by **Andrew Mills** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 2:41 pm

Currently manually altering the Wireless channels and it's making a monumental difference. I'm currently up from 5Meg up to 30Meg down (and 9Meg upstream)! :shock:

Will try every channel and hopefully I can get it to max out so I'll then see the benefits of going to 80. :datass:

PostRe: Your internet speed by **blackoutHERO** » Wed Jan 30, 2013 3:10 pm

Getting a 'line upgrade' tomorrow but no promise of updated speeds. They just said it may get faster.

Please get faster.

PostRe: Your internet speed by **Grumpy David** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 3:01 pm

Is anyone living in an area where they can get Hyperoptic broadband? They offer an unlimited 1000mb package for £50 a month! You can register your interest in bringing it your area and the more people who do so, the sooner they roll out to that area, so just like how Google are running Google Fiber.

Hyperoptics are the same guys behind BE unlimited broadband which I had for many years and were awesome at the time but due to no FTTC option I decided to leave.

PostRe: Your internet speed by **blackoutHERO** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 3:04 pm

blackoutHERO wrote:Getting a 'line upgrade' tomorrow but no promise of updated speeds. They just said it may get faster.

Please get faster.

Decent.

PostRe: Your internet speed by **Johnny Ryall** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 3:04 pm

blackoutHERO wrote:Getting a 'line upgrade' tomorrow but no promise of updated speeds. They just said it may get faster.

Please get faster.

If that's what you're starting with you probably won't see any difference. Soz m8.

PostRe: Your internet speed by **blackoutHERO** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 3:21 pm

Used to get 100KB/sec when downloading and now I get 240KB/sec so I'm happy.

PostRe: Your internet speed by **Qikz** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 3:46 pm

StayDead 2010 wrote:

Holy gooseberry fool. Fastest it's been in weeks.

It went up to 5MB recently, but who the hell cares as I finally have fibre installed.

PostRe: Your internet speed by **Moggy** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 3:51 pm

My broadband is down and I am using an O2 3G dongle.

PostRe: Your internet speed by **1cmanny1** » Sat Feb 02, 2013 9:00 pm

Still faster than me :datass:

PostRe: Your internet speed by **Andrew Mills** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:48 pm

Bought a new dual antenna USB wireless adapter and strawberry float me has it made a difference! :shock:

Can't wait for the correct speed of 80/20 :nod:

PostRe: Your internet speed by **Johnny Ryall** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 7:52 pm

If you want working wireless get a PCI card. USB is pish.

PostRe: Your internet speed by **Oh Teh Noes** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 8:26 pm

BT Infinity in the new house

PostRe: Your internet speed by **Andrew Mills** » Mon Feb 04, 2013 9:22 pm

Johnny Ryall wrote:If you want working wireless get a PCI card. USB is pish.

The GFX card fans would be millimeters from the PCI wireless card, causing it to get too hot, so the USB WiFi option it is (and it's giving me full speed, so I fail to see the problem). :simper:

PostRe: Your internet speed by **Goker** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 1:51 am

Why do most of you have these awful upload speeds? :dread:

Paying 65 liras for this. That's 23 GBP.

PostRe: Your internet speed by **Green Gecko** » Sat Feb 09, 2013 4:33 am

Andrew Mills wrote:
Johnny Ryall wrote:If you want working wireless get a PCI card. USB is pish.

The GFX card fans would be millimeters from the PCI wireless card, causing it to get too hot, so the USB WiFi option it is (and it's giving me full speed, so I fail to see the problem).

That's an intake fan so shouldn't be a problem, in fact that's why it's like that.

PostRe: Your internet speed by **Andrew Mills** » Fri Feb 15, 2013 1:58 pm

Plusnet finally upped my speed to the correct level. Sadly, Speedtest.net doesn't seem to like it, so here's a usenet file download speed instead:

Full 80 down and 20 up. :datass:

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