bungy 2 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I've been checking mine and only getting a very poor speed of between 4 and 4 1/2 meg download speed. There is only 5.3 available to my router and my speed is spot on for the average in my area. Thing is we are due an upgrade in the area and they've told us the speed will rise to 6 8-) . This wouldn't be too bad if it wasn't for the fact that the average in Latvia is 26 and Romania is above 23. WTF is going on? The UK is 30th by average for download speed. And there was me thinking we were right up there technologically. What speeds do you get and are they as poor? Link to post Share on other sites
legvw 0 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I'm not sure mate, how would i check? Link to post Share on other sites
thegoth 5 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 http://www.speedtest.net/ is the tester I use.on a good day, right time, I can get upto 5.5MB on an 8MB ADSL (phoneline) package from VirginBut right now it's down to under 1MB due to contention. Link to post Share on other sites
editionmatt 1 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 you can type in broadbad speed check on google and there are sites that measure your upload and download speeds Link to post Share on other sites
bungy 2 Posted January 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Click on the link and then click start to see your results.http://www.speedtest.net/ Link to post Share on other sites
legvw 0 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Link to post Share on other sites
editionmatt 1 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 and there was me thinking mine was reasonable at 3 meg!!! bad times Link to post Share on other sites
bungy 2 Posted January 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 That's pretty quick for normal useage Paul... Link to post Share on other sites
b19drg 0 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 1.5mb download .3mb upload Complete joke , Takes ages to do anything ! Link to post Share on other sites
legvw 0 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 That's pretty quick for normal useage Paul...I don't know if it makes any difference being opposite the bt sub station thingy? Link to post Share on other sites
bungy 2 Posted January 19, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 That's pretty quick for normal useage Paul...I don't know if it makes any difference being opposite the bt sub station thingy?Probably... Link to post Share on other sites
eastwood john 1 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 UK has some of the worst broadband speed around, its all to do with the wars, places that were utterly decimated, or places that UK helped rebuild after wars, ie japan, germany, have much newer technology cabling, aswell as investing in technologies at the right time ie korea investing millions 20 years ago in fibre optics (giving them virtually limitless broadband speed) that would cost billions today Link to post Share on other sites
Madrocker 0 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 I got 13Mb download and 0.8Mb upload Link to post Share on other sites
CALICO 130 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 i was advised to use this by Virgin Media shortly before leaving them now im on 512k good old bt but at least i dont keep loosing connection in the middle of games nowhttp://www.speed.io/index_en.html Link to post Share on other sites
Caddyslammed 16 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 pffffft Link to post Share on other sites
jasonoldy69 1 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 Lol thats not mine , but that's what I get at work, bloody piss take Link to post Share on other sites
CALICO 130 Posted January 19, 2011 Report Share Posted January 19, 2011 not good Link to post Share on other sites
craggsy 91 Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Im on Virgin 20mb service so about 0.7 upload is what im paying for.What I get tho is Link to post Share on other sites
ollie_ 0 Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Best I get at the moment is 40k/s.Yes I did type that right, 40k/s.BT need to sort their bloody act out! Link to post Share on other sites
thegoth 5 Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Best I get at the moment is 40k/s.Yes I did type that right' date=' 40k/s.BT need to sort their bloody act out![/quote']dial up was quicker :-ois that all the time, or have they throttled you back for excessive use? Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Nat 9 Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 i dunno if this is good or not?This is at my work... Link to post Share on other sites
thesurgeon 51 Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 Pole position? I use the internet for financial trading so a nice quick connection is vital. It says ISP is telewest but it's Virgin cable. Link to post Share on other sites
bungy 2 Posted January 20, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 I can't get cable in my area yet. Is anyone else fed up that so many under developed countries have better connections? Link to post Share on other sites
Lukey. 381 Posted January 20, 2011 Report Share Posted January 20, 2011 i had virgin cable 10mb and it was so rubbish it used to drop all the time and was really slow, switched to sky and i get a 2045kb connection at the router which means this in real termsBut sky is way faster than virgin ever was and hardly ever goes off, and if it does i drive down the road and see BT are playing with the lines in the back of their openworld van Link to post Share on other sites
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