Internet Speeds - The Bear and Badger

Elmlea

Cosby wrote:

Don't seem to notice the difference in speed when downloading games and such on the 360 though which is a bit annoying. I'm guessing it might be because the Xbox only connects to the 2ghz band though?

Dunno, even 2.4GHz N-band stuff should have a theoretical throughput of something like 300Mb/s. It really is more likely that the source's ability to provide the file has more effect than how you shift it around your house when it gets there.

I've just had Virgin connected and I could cry with how good the connection is:

Mod74

Apparently BT Infinity and Beyond is coming "Between December 2013 and May 2014". So we've got a date, well, half year window. Amazing to think that's the most accurate a company can be. I'd like to say I'll deliver sites sometime between December and May.

I_R

davyK wrote:

My home connection with daughters and wifey (and their data demands) out - wifi connection from Macbook to Virgin wireless hub. I'm supposed to have a 20Mb service.

I thought everyone on the Virgin 20Mb moved to 30 as long as they had the newer modem/router.

Moot_Geeza

Wireless, downstairs. Will try the wired connection later.

RamSteelwood

Mod74 wrote:

Apparently BT Infinity and Beyond is coming "Between December 2013 and May 2014". So we've got a date, well, half year window. Amazing to think that's the most accurate a company can be. I'd like to say I'll deliver sites sometime between December and May.

that's probably just the exchange too...they don't seem to tell anyone which local cabinets and when they'll be upgraded!

however, i've got it, so ner!
http://www.speedtest.net/result/3092442078.png

Paul the sparky

Happy enough with this really, although I don't get anywhere near that wireless on my iPod, more like 10Mb/s.

Paul the sparky

Moot_Geeza wrote:

Wireless, downstairs. Will try the wired connection later.

That is mental ping. Do you live on top of the server?

Moot_Geeza

I've always assumed BT hate me, because I've complained loads over the years, and I'm still waiting for a working BT Sport pin code after they claimed I had three accounts. I take it 10ms good? Last time I did a wired speed test it destroyed those stats above, will do one when I get in.

Mod74

RamSteelwood wrote:

Mod74 wrote:

Apparently BT Infinity and Beyond is coming "Between December 2013 and May 2014". So we've got a date, well, half year window. Amazing to think that's the most accurate a company can be. I'd like to say I'll deliver sites sometime between December and May.

that's probably just the exchange too...they don't seem to tell anyone which local cabinets and when they'll be upgraded!

I've seen BT Broadband van at the cabinet on the end of the street. But they could have been there for anything. Do they do prep work on the cabinets before the exchange or is it always after?

davyK

I_R wrote:

davyK wrote:

My home connection with daughters and wifey (and their data demands) out - wifi connection from Macbook to Virgin wireless hub. I'm supposed to have a 20Mb service.

I thought everyone on the Virgin 20Mb moved to 30 as long as they had the newer modem/router.

Not sure - thought I was told 20Mb - but as I'm used to getting overpriced, 2nd class services from UK companies in N.Ireland even though I am part of the UK (I am paying £24.95 a month for this by the way and I have been a customer for 15 years or so) it comes as a surprise.

btw there is frightful difference in performance on my plodding Vista PC upstairs - getting 6 or 7Mb down and 1Mb up - shocking. Can't imagine the location of the router being to blame for that....perhaps a combo of aging hardware and the fact that Vista is a bloated sack of shit.

Escape

BT.

The Government need to tell Ofcom to tell BT they have a grace period of two years to provide fibre. Upon failure, they should be forced to offer their ducts and poles at trade prices to independents. Use it or lose it.

beano

Have they (BT) managed to shut down the remaining homeowners who were trying to do their own FTTH rollouts in Oxfordshire and other places?

Also...

edit: that'll drop like a lead weight when the students come in.

Escape

beano wrote:

Have they (BT) managed to shut down the remaining homeowners who were trying to do their own FTTH rollouts in Oxfordshire and other places?

Effectively, yes. B4RN made a go of it because they had enough fed-up locals to rally, and they dug their own ditches and bought their own cabling. The likes of Gigaclear would like to advertise in rural notspots to gauge demand, but BT's costs are too prohibitive for even the most lucrative of not-to-be-served exchanges.

And the kicker is that it's nearly impossible for indies to campaign, because the majority of rural users are either not bothered about FTTC/H, or - via BT's ongoing FUD tactics - are unaware of the scarcity of future hope for its arrival. I think a lot of people believe that if FTTC's so good, BT'll bring it to them.

If it's not available then it's obviously not in great demand, so it must be overrated.

Escape

Government needs to rummage around for some balls and enforce a shit-or-bust policy.

Too many higher-ups in the corpo reach-around, but.

beano

It's a complete fuck up, FTTC is all BT are bringing. There was a firm/private enterprise looking to lay the majority of cables booms alongside disused rail tracks, to save on digging. I thought that was quite clever/sensible. I'm unsure how BT are pulling this off, has it got something to do with government money not getting allocated to the competition?

Escape

Absolutely.

Local authorities are working with the one provider accredited for rolling out the technology, BT.

Fujitsu and Gigaclear (and others) wanted/want to provide GB FTTH. It's so frustrating for people like me who'd be willing to pay a grand for a connection, or £50 per month. The BDUK money was supposed to serve the final third - i.e. the areas beyond financial viability for would-be providers. BT now have the entire contract, and... they're targetting prime areas.

They've also launched BT Sport in t'midst of this, and yet there's no available breakdown of money-in, fibre-out.

Greater London, accepting orders:

Somerset:

UE == Under Evaluation = never

beano

Ah, DCMS. Once had great respect for that department but I don't expect them to administer jack , no more. A young stable, of Siths.

fullspectrum

Got 4.8mbs at home yesterday, was a good day. At work it's in the 60s.

Luckily I've signed up for fibre optic which is finally available in my area.

fullspectrum

oh jeez work has gone nuts, that upload is fucking mental

Escape

beano wrote:

Ah, DCMS. Once had great respect for that department but I don't expect them to administer jack , no more. A young stable, of Siths.

Same as the Government, they've become an isolated group of self-interested short-termers.

If I won the Lottery, I'd plough the majority of it into GB connections for as many in my region as possible. You'd have a long wait to make it back, but you'd enjoy a comfortable wage, and - so long as your ISP was always keenly-priced - you'd monopolise some areas due to the warm reception of your endeavour. You'd be something of a local hero to a minority around here; which'd be nice.

(B4RN customers will be loyal for the lifetime of GB connections. Which, in this country, will probably cover the rest of my working life.)

Atos; HS2; lax banking and tax-avoidance laws; five-year terms in office (make it three); myopic Internet infrastructure at a time when the financial thrust of our country comes from engaging online markets; continued Child Benefit for those on high incomes, alongside those with three-plus kids who don't work (can't remove it retroactively, just announce an incoming change with a one-year warning); NHS mismanagement under overbooked, underqualified idiots; the failure to hold a per-county or national referendum on the legalisation of drugs (albeit knee-jerk risky)...

Cameron, Osbourne and IDS; to the workhouses with the lot of 'em.

I_R

Escape

Piss off. That's my policy.

Escape

The words, Brooks, they abandon.

beano

I think if I had to face this coalition government and have to put up with low grade internet I'd shit a brick. Today I have stable internet, wifi that works through walls and phone signal for the first time since nearly a week ago.

davyK

I'm only supposed to have 20Mb....perhaps Virgin have upgraded me? This is consistent since the last test i made only this time daughters are in the house.

Dark Soldier

Don't be jelly now.

adored

Laptop over wifi, no idea how much / if a wired connection would improve it.

Mobile via wi-fi

Mobile data signal

Paul the sparky

Escape wrote:

The words, Brooks, they abandon.

He's saying "I don't take sides".

beano

Did you work that out?

Paul the sparky

Random guess of randomness. He's not is he? I was hoping others would chip in with what they think he's saying, for the lols.

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