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Checking Speed Of Your Line

Skidfingers · 2013-01-20 00:48:04

What the title says really. Thinking of getting Sky Broadband and don't want to pay than what I can get on my line. So is there any webstite or anywhere I can check the speed of the line? Apologies if this should be in another thread, just link me to it and this delete this thread. I was advised to create this thread.…

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#32 24-01-2013 11:48am

positron

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I am with BT/Vodafone since 2005, and now waiting to be switched over to Sky.

My house is some 5 kms away from the old exchange (not the nearest, but eircom won't rewire us to the nearest exchange), and even though I was paying for 8 mbps connection with BT/Vodafone, connection was dropping every 20 minutes. Eventually, after much trial and error, I requested to Vodafone to set the speed to 3 mbps, and I was finally able to get a stable connection with speeds around 2.4 mbps.

So when Sky did the speedtest with my UAN number, I was not surprised when the rep said 3 mbps. I guess SKy's speedtest is bouncing back the limit that Vodafone had set for me. Initial sky documentation also mentions this 3 mbps. I am wondering if I inadvertently tied myself into a 3 mbps limt with sky for the year? Because, eircom has installed FTTC outside the estate, and if/when that goes live, I was hoping to be able to get at least 8 mbps, if not more...! I wonder..!

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