Oh Happy Day !!!

Emp_Fab

(Whoaa happy daaaaay)...

I've just discovered that BT are installing ADSL2+ kit at my local exchange and that from the first week of next month, my line should support up to 17Mbps !!  Furthermore, the blokey at EE (Orange) told me that I will get the upgrade for free and my existing router will just start working at the higher rate.  They will email me soon to let me know when I can get whizzy with it.  I live close to the exchange and my existing 'up to 8Mb' line actually gives me a full 8Mb, so I'm hoping for a figure closer to the top end of what ADSL2+ can manage.

manicguitarist

So now isn't the time to post these then? (I've got a load-balancing router and these 2 connections...) <smug smiley>

ddlooping

Hey Manic, welcome to  theFB .

digitalscream

@manicguitarist, that Virgin connection of yours has shocking upstream. I'd hazard a guess that's barely enough to deal with the downstream at full chat...

Lixarto

I think it's terribly vulgar that people would post these pictures: Ooh, look how good my internet is!

Did you, 30 years ago, go around saying, Look how good my conversation is?

Blea.

Emp_Fab

Well, I was hoping Manic would come back.... and now that he has.....  I'm going to ban him.

>:)

manicguitarist

 

Re the VM upstream - they quoted me 50Mbps down and 5Mbps up - but I guess I am closer to the box than they thought. Also - not sure I understand the comment about "not enough to cope with downstream at full chat" ? Surely the upstream and downstream throttling shouldn't impact on each other? (If my understanding of the physics behind ADSL endcoding is right)

 

manicguitarist

Also - hello folks!

chrispy108

These threads make me want to cry

Silly me assuming that they'd have ran cable in a 15 year old new build

holnrew

I have the option of BT and Virgin "fibre" broadband, it's going to be a tough choice when I can afford to upgrade/my current contract runs out.

manicguitarist

Virgin is much cheaper.

mike_l

manicguitarist said:

Also - hello folks!

Owdo Manic.

TTony

manicguitarist said:

I have reported you for stealing my internet.

On a good day, I might manage 2mb/s down.  I put stuff in the post box if I want to upload it.

Myranda

BT just upgraded me...

According to the BT line speed check I'm getting more internet than I was promised... it hit 79mb even though they only promised 65mb.

Only upgraded so I'd get a new router... hoping that was the cause of interwebs not getting to all devices in the house properly. My flatmate has been getting virtually no internet while my mother and I have been able to stream movies happily... BT homehub 3 of course has no load balancing or QoS features at all... neither does the Homehub 4 they just sent me. Thanks BT.

If that doesn't work then plan B is to get a wired Cisco router and a WAP each for his room and mine (only places where the wifi's are used)... ebay has had a few very well priced bits of kit lately so will keep an eye out

TTony

Myranda said:

it hit 79mb even though they only promised 65mb.

Only upgraded so I'd get a new router...

:CRY

Myranda

That's only on BT.com's speed check... I doubt it's really that fast - will check it with speedtest.com tomorrow with a wired machine to get a better idea of speed

littlegreenman

I pay for 20Mb download from Virgin and generally get that or more. Sneaky bastards never mention the upload is atrocious!

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2889506725.png

thumpingrug

Im also with Virgin and pay for 20Mb.  I don't upload much so Im quite happy with it

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2889720976.png

Myranda

From the laptop (tested twice)

Myranda

And from my livingroom HTPC (currently housed in a full size tower so looks ridiculous)

Phil_aka_Pip

TTony said:

manicguitarist said:

I have reported you for stealing my internet.

On a good day, I might manage 2mb/s down.  I put stuff in the post box if I want to upload it.

I live 2 miles from him and I know what he means. Lucky if you get 350k going up

BTW there's an RFC document by 2 (Norwegian, I think) guys who wrote the hex of their IP packets out on bits of paper and transferred them by carrier pigeon. They took 3 weeks to establish a connection, but it worked. I think the title was Avian Transport Layer or similar. There may be something we could learn from it.

BTW Hi Tony!