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Faster ADSL
Public Group active 3 months, 2 weeks ago agoImproving your 1st generation broadband connection while you’re waiting for something better. On-topic information exchange focussed on the here and now, please !
Discussion of ISPs, products, devices and techniques that may help. Coordination of local help services or training if you need assistance.
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Anne Nichols posted an update in the group Faster ADSL 3 months, 2 weeks ago
I was interested to see that our ISP Zen are trialling FTTH in some areas: http://www.zen.co.uk//latest-news.aspx?page=11148 - expensive but interesting.
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Anne Nichols joined the group Faster ADSL 3 months, 2 weeks ago
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Phil Thompson posted an update in the group Faster ADSL: 8 months ago
OFCOM have announced price controls on specific elements of BT’s “IPStream Connect” 8M service. This will result in the price of those elements falling by 12% below inflation (say 8% per year) equivalent to a cost saving to a retail ISP of about 50p/month per year.
IPStream connect is used by BT Retail, Sky, Virgin, Orange, Talk Talk and…[Read more]
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Phil Thompson posted an update in the group Faster ADSL: 1 year, 1 month ago
Hardware / software solution to combine throughput of two ADSL lines into one virtual connection.
http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop/ShopDetail.asp?ProductID=9537
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Phil Thompson posted an update in the group Faster ADSL: 1 year, 1 month ago
iPlayer diagnostics tester http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/diagnostics more than one type of speed test
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Phil Thompson posted an update in the group Faster ADSL: 1 year, 1 month ago
Finally got the link for upgrading to higher upstream speed and higher traffic prioirty if a Plusnet customer :-
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Stefan Kosciuszko joined the group Faster ADSL 1 year, 1 month ago
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Phil Thompson posted an update in the group Faster ADSL: 1 year, 1 month ago
Video on how to fit an iPlate to a master socket of the right type. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/videos/iplate-installation.html
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Ali Turnbull joined the group Faster ADSL 1 year, 1 month ago
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Charles Paxton joined the group Faster ADSL 1 year, 2 months ago
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Phil Thompson posted an update in the group Faster ADSL: 1 year, 2 months ago
Plusnet say £7.83 per month extra for the 832k upload and higher network priority of Max Premium on BT-only ADSL1 exchanges.
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Claire Raven posted an update in the group Faster ADSL: 1 year, 2 months ago
Just did the test: 0.94mbps download speed and 0.23mbps for upload. That’s pretty poor, yes???
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“it depends” - it would be good for a 1M fixed speed service, poor if you were on a variable rate service next to the exchange and brilliant if you were 8km away ! Where are you approx ?
here’s a link that shows other results, zoomed in a bit from previous -…[Read more]
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Hi Phil,
I am in Greysouthen, a village 3 miles outside of Cockermouth-
Hi Claire, Can you run the rest at speedtester.bt.com and cut&paste the results here (the text out of the box in the middle of the results page).
Sky and TalkTalk also have kit in your exchange, which ISP you with ?
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there’s one speedtest on the map for Greysouthen using BT as the ISP that reports at 0.45 down / 0.36 up. You did better downstream but not up.
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Claire Raven joined the group Faster ADSL 1 year, 2 months ago
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Phil Thompson posted an update in the group Faster ADSL: 1 year, 2 months ago
Thinkbroadband have a throughput speed tester at http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest.html where you can enter postcode with your result and see it and others on a map at http://maps.thinkbroadband.com/#!lat=54.57765757164841&lng=-2.6410030457031253&zoom=9&type=terrain (may need to zoom in !)
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Phil Thompson created the group Faster ADSL 1 year, 2 months ago
