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BT Broadband

  • 11-05-2005 9:15am
    #1
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭


    When they upgraded all accounts, eg lower packages to 1mb, higher to 2mb, to what speed did the accounts actually go up to?

    I got my Esat BB months and months ago, was excited when the upgrades were announced - now I'm actually gettiing generally worse speeds the last 2/3 months since the apparent "upgrade"

    Whats the deal with this?

    As well as that, I am living close the an exhange so distance isn't an issue.

    Another problem is that about once every 2 nights, my connection drops for a few minutes before returning. Very annoying mid-download or mid-upload, and for online gaming.


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    whats your speed test at www.irishisptest.com coming in as?


  • #3
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Download - 428kps
    Upload - 64.6kbps


  • #4
    julius
    Closed Accounts Posts: 240 ✭✭julius


    MobileInfantry wrote:
    Download - 428kps
    Upload - 64.6kbps

    What!!!!

    Your download speed cant be 428kps.
    Use IE6.0 to do the speedtest as Opera/Firefox were not the intended browsers for the above test.


  • #5
    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    As in thats the speed of my modem.

    Not my actual download speeds. They are about 45kb/s

    I should be at minimum 512/128, and should be actually 1024/128 after the upgrade but have not received any upgrade.

    I am using IE6.0 btw


  • #6
    bk
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 22,873 Mod ✭✭✭✭bk


    MobileInfantry wrote:
    I should be at minimum 512/128, and should be actually 1024/128 after the upgrade but have not received any upgrade.

    Well do remember that it is Rate Adaptive DSL. That means 1024/128 is only a max possible, if your line isn't of a good enough quality, then it operates at a slower speed.

    Of course it would be worth your while to ring BT to check that they have upgraded you.


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  • #7
    jor el
    Closed Accounts Posts: 16,713 ✭✭✭✭jor el


    julius wrote:
    What!!!!

    Your download speed cant be 428kps.
    Use IE6.0 to do the speedtest as Opera/Firefox were not the intended browsers for the above test.
    Oh yes it can, last night my download was 208kbps and upload was 80kbps. Previously I had gotten over 1.5Mbps on the speed test. This is on BT's 2Mb download, so that's 10 times slower than it should be. Gaming was impossible as pings were 800ms+ and even surfing the web was near to impossible. I'm going to call tech support this evening if it's not improved, which it hadn't this morning.


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