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BT Broadband Speeds

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  • 06-10-2006 4:58pm
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    gnolan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,486 ✭✭✭


    Hi. Hoping people can tell me what kind of download speeds they get from their BT broadband. I have a 2Mb connection and tend to get a maximum of 60kbps. I was really hoping for a lot more.


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    malcoolm
    Closed Accounts Posts: 14 ✭malcoolm


    did u check www.numion.com . there u can test ur int speed


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    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭CuLT


    or www.speedtest.ie


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    gnolan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,486 ✭✭✭gnolan


    when i check my speed on numion, i get a DL speed of 63.36 kilobyte/sec. Is there anything i can do to increase my DL speed, which i assume should be around 220k.

    Thanks


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    CuLT
    Subscribers Posts: 9,716 ✭✭✭CuLT


    Nothing you can do, I'd imagine BT could verify for you what the craic is, what your line's prequalification speed is, etc, and maybe get it fixed.


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    gnolan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,486 ✭✭✭gnolan


    Thanks. I think BT have said I'm in an "orange area", as regards connection quality


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    philologos
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    thats the reason then, 220KB can only be expected at high line quality (excluding the overheads) it should be 200KB if the line was perfect.


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    Foxwood
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,491 ✭✭✭Foxwood


    gnolan wrote:
    Thanks. I think BT have said I'm in an "orange area", as regards connection quality
    On your Zyxel Modem, you can check your line by clicking on the Maintenance menu, and then selecting Disgnostics, and then DSL line. This will tell you about the quality of the signal that your modem is receiving.

    The Diagnostic screen will show you the Line attenuation (low is good - numbers over 50 are bad) and SNR (high is good - numbers under 10 are bad).


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