SKY Broadband - Trade Descriptions Act?
12 October 2006, 06:14 PM
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SKY Broadband - Trade Descriptions Act?
I've subscribed to SKY Broadband Connect with the assurance that when the SKY network covers my area I'll get onto their better packages.
In the meantime, I'm on an (up to) 8 MB package.
I've been told that my BT line can only handle 1.5-2 MB due to location and distance from exchange.
I've just run a speed test and my "broadband" is working at an "awesome" 0.73 MB
FFS, even the very earliest broadband packages were 512kbps (0.5 MB) and I'm on a poxy 730kbps!
I can't even watch streaming movies such as youtube without the damn thing stop starting
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In the meantime, I'm on an (up to) 8 MB package.
I've been told that my BT line can only handle 1.5-2 MB due to location and distance from exchange.
I've just run a speed test and my "broadband" is working at an "awesome" 0.73 MB
FFS, even the very earliest broadband packages were 512kbps (0.5 MB) and I'm on a poxy 730kbps!
I can't even watch streaming movies such as youtube without the damn thing stop starting
Rant over
12 October 2006, 09:51 PM
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iv got a download speed on my routers homepage of 1152kbs and an upload of 288kbs.
a broadband test never shows more than 500k, supposed to be on a 2mb package. why is this so crap... what can i do to make things faster agh 
a broadband test never shows more than 500k, supposed to be on a 2mb package. why is this so crap...
what can i do to make things faster agh
12 October 2006, 10:12 PM
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what kind of crap results are these..
Speed Test Results
Downstream 174.4 Kbps ( = 0.2 Mbps )
Upstream 242.7 Kbps ( = 0.2 Mbps )
Think a fone call is required in the morning
ADSLguide: The UK's largest independent ADSL review site - Your guide to UK broadband Internet. if you want to try a speed test
Speed Test Results
Downstream 174.4 Kbps ( = 0.2 Mbps )
Upstream 242.7 Kbps ( = 0.2 Mbps )
Think a fone call is required in the morning
ADSLguide: The UK's largest independent ADSL review site - Your guide to UK broadband Internet. if you want to try a speed test
12 October 2006, 10:26 PM
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i dont know what spped test you tried but try this site m8 its got some interesting info on it and it explains how to do a true speed test.
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13 October 2006, 08:06 AM
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Originally Posted by talizman
730kbps
Im on NTL 10 Mega bit broadband and from certain servers can get 1.22 Mega Bytes per second, which is 9.76 Mega bits per second.
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13 October 2006, 11:49 AM
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All the MaxDSL packages are marketed as "Up to 8 Meg", so that's how they get round it.
The speed is constantly changed, but only a few people ever get up to 8mb.
The highest I've seen on mine is about 6.2 mbps, which is pretty good.
Sky, and the rest, have you over a barrel I'm afraid.
Geezer
P.S. I have seen mine as low as 203kbps since being upgraded to 8mb, so it does vary wildly!
The speed is constantly changed, but only a few people ever get up to 8mb.
The highest I've seen on mine is about 6.2 mbps, which is pretty good.
Sky, and the rest, have you over a barrel I'm afraid.
Geezer
P.S. I have seen mine as low as 203kbps since being upgraded to 8mb, so it does vary wildly!
13 October 2006, 11:54 AM
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Unfortunately there are no SLAs when it comes to broadband. BT are only obliged to provide a phone line of good enough quality to carry voice calls (a string and 2 yoghurt pots can do that! 
), ridiculous in this day in age, but that's the way it is.
), ridiculous in this day in age, but that's the way it is.
13 October 2006, 01:49 PM
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Originally Posted by NWMark
If that is your actual download speed i.e. 730 Kilo Bytes per second then that equates to around 6 Mega bit broadband.
In the old days it really mattered, 64kB BBC computer anyone 
Nowadays storage and speeds are so high that people don't really bother about a factor of 8 
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Originally Posted by speedking
lower case b = bits. So as quoted 730 kbps = 91kBps. Recently everyone has lost sight of the difference between b and B, which is really annoying to the pedants amongst us In the old days it really mattered, 64kB BBC computer anyone Nowadays storage and speeds are so high that people don't really bother about a factor of 8
In the old days it really mattered, 64kB BBC computer anyone Nowadays storage and speeds are so high that people don't really bother about a factor of 8 I was just asking incase the original poster had misused the case
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