Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Technical - Help or Info - NON Motorcycle > Broadband Speed question, advise required again.

[IainMac]

Try http://www.alken.nl/speedtest/speedtest4.php
it accurately show the speed of my BBand link

[Totto]

Another one

http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speedtest.asp

[Redsps]

thanks guys, tried both, but they show widely varing bandwidth.
Fastest I seem to be getting is approx 1meg, way short of 4.5meg I should be getting.
I think a more indepth investigation is needed here.
cheers
r

[Totto]

I am on 2meg ,but during peak times i lose a bit , so test off peak for the ultimate fastest speed but you might not get that 24/7

What is your contention ratio ?

[Redsps]

I should be on 25:1
It looks like they have reduced me instead of upgrading me.

cheers
R

[phil_h]

Huh !
Those of us at the end of a 7km local loop are gratefull to get a sustained 500kbit/s

[Redsps]

I learn't yet another life lesson this morning, Never, never never, ever,ever belief anything that you are told from BT.
My supposed bandwidth uprade , which was active from yesterday(not), did not happen, suprise, surprise.
Not only did it not happen, some wombat in BT broadband never complete my order from two weeks ago, so it never got procceded.
What a total waste of time and effot to be honest.
This is the 3rd time this year they have total c***ed up my orders, some one in the orders dept needs a big foot up there a*** putting it midly.
So if you need broadband, don't go to BT, if you do, or are allready with them, make sure you get everything on paper from them, with dates , the names of people dealing with the order, and signed in blood.
end of ran't for half an hour, till I get back on the blower to them to give them another ear bending.
It's got to be done I afraid.

Cheers
R