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Title: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Rik on March 11, 2010, 16:54

Want to find out how others in your area are doing for speed? Then try:

http://www.top10-broadband.co.uk/speedtest/

It will test your speed, then show you the speeds achieved by others around you. Quite fascinating...

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Clive on March 11, 2010, 17:54

Very useful! 

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Rik on March 11, 2010, 17:56

Very irritating, there's someone down the road getting 21Mb, compared to my 3.7. I'm trying to work out how...

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: chorleydave on March 11, 2010, 18:19

Hmm, not too bad.  I am on Tiscai, or TalkTalk as it is now.  Download speed of 5.6mb/s.  Second only to Virgin at the Chorley Exchange.

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Rik on March 11, 2010, 18:24

You should move to Milton Keynes.  :devil:

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: chorleydave on March 11, 2010, 18:34

No thanks, Rik.  I'd rather eat cow sh1t than live in Milton Keynes, even though I would probably break all my teeth on the Concrete.   ;D 

Mind you, I could easily live in Stoney Stratford.  :)

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Rik on March 11, 2010, 18:44

Only five minutes away. :)

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Baz on March 11, 2010, 20:46

theres some near me getting 9.6with BT and another getting 20.1 with O2.

talk talk getting 7.5 and some poor soul getting 0.7 with tiscali

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Baz on March 11, 2010, 20:50

 :o :o :o :o  looked about 5 miles up the road different exchange and theres a 51.6Mb with BT

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Rik on March 12, 2010, 10:33

FTTC...

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Simon on March 12, 2010, 11:03

Mine was the slowest in the area, but the others were all LLU.

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Rik on March 12, 2010, 11:07

Don't feel deprived, one day you'll have FTTC.  :o:

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Simon on March 12, 2010, 11:21

I'm on the list.  :)

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Rik on March 12, 2010, 11:22

So am I, but then again this is BT we are talking about... :(

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Simon on March 12, 2010, 11:24

True.  :sigh:  I guess I could go LLU.  ;)

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Rik on March 12, 2010, 11:36

I suspect that, one day, we may be faced with that decision, though that still leaves the final mile.

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Clive on March 12, 2010, 14:02

Yesterday I had a mere 104kbs, today it's a staggering 6.3Mb.  I've got into the habit of turning my router off overnight to ensure I still have a connection the following morning.   :D 

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Simon on March 12, 2010, 14:24

Very strange, Clive.  At least, if you resync in the mornings, you have a better chance of a higher speed.

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Clive on March 12, 2010, 15:22

Last week there was no connection until around 9 am but then I started turning the router off each night as an experiment and the connection stayed live, albeit painfully slow.  This morning around midday it resynched so I shall watch to see what happens.   :)

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Rik on March 12, 2010, 15:42

It sounds like DLM may have kicked in, Clive, what's your profile?

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Simon on March 12, 2010, 16:19

(https://www.pc-pals.com/smf/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.idnetters.co.uk%2Fforums%2FSmileys%2Fcustom%2Fdejavu.gif&hash=20cfa0f84a4dd560c71a269c7bfb8850a2a1d5dc)  ;)

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Rik on March 12, 2010, 16:20

Clive suffers from that? ;D

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Simon on March 12, 2010, 16:35

His line seems to.  It keeps going wrong.  ;)

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Rik on March 12, 2010, 16:36

I blame the sheep... :o:

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Simon on March 12, 2010, 16:39

Not many get away...

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Rik on March 12, 2010, 16:44

You wouldn't think they could make RFI noise would you? ;)

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Simon on March 12, 2010, 16:58

 ;D

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Rik on March 12, 2010, 17:00

Of course, not having met Clive, I don't know the effect he has in person...  :o:

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Clive on March 12, 2010, 17:51

 
ADSL Link Downstream Upstream
Connection Speed 7456 kbps 448 kbps
Line Attenuation 40 db 12.5 db
Noise Margin 4 db 23 db

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Rik on March 12, 2010, 17:58

You need to do a BT test to establish your profile, though, Clive.

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Clive on March 12, 2010, 18:24

It has never worked since I switched providers.   :dunno:

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Rik on March 12, 2010, 18:25

It's been given a facelift lately, Clive, give it a whirl.

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Clive on March 12, 2010, 22:07

It says "checking user details" and decides it doesn't like me!   :laugh:

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Rik on March 13, 2010, 10:32

At what point, after you've entered the phone number, or on the second screen?

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Clive on March 13, 2010, 10:36

It won't go past checking user details. 

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Rik on March 13, 2010, 10:37

So just the phone number? Are you putting a space in?

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Clive on March 13, 2010, 10:38

No

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Rik on March 13, 2010, 10:41

Have a word with support, maybe there's an incorrect entry for you in the BT database.

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Clive on March 13, 2010, 13:53

I already did but it wasn't very helpful because they didn't know.  But I can't use it on my Plusnet account either.   :dunno:

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Rik on March 13, 2010, 15:59

You're not entering a service ID are you, Clive?

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Clive on March 13, 2010, 16:37

Noooooo!   ;D  I've used the site thousands of times in the past.   ::)  I'm beginning to suspect it may be something to do with a Java update since it claims I need to run an older version.  Let me try again using Plusnet. 

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Rik on March 13, 2010, 16:45

I'm running the latest Java, Clive, which browser are you currently using?

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Simon on March 13, 2010, 16:52

Clive uses the wonderful Avant!  ;)

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Rik on March 13, 2010, 16:55

Still!  :o Clive, that's not an approved browser for the site, try IE or Firefox.

Title: Re: A different slant on a speedtester
Post by: Clive on March 13, 2010, 17:57

No, down the flat I use Firefox.  I wasn't able to try the speedtest again because we had a visitor and I'm now back home for the evening.   :laugh: