(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.
Donald Trump needs kicking out of a helicopter
Offset "(Emp) - a little heavy on the hyperbole."
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So now isn't the time to post these then? (I've got a load-balancing router and these 2 connections...) <smug smiley>
Did you, 30 years ago, go around saying, Look how good my conversation is?
Blea.
Offset "(Emp) - a little heavy on the hyperbole."
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)
Owdo Manic.
Ringleader of the Cambridge cartel, pedal champ and king of the dirt boxes (down to 21)
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.
:CRY
http://www.speedtest.net/result/2889506725.png
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!
Seriously: If you value it, take/fetch it yourself