Broadband Speed

Post by **Gayno** » Thu Mar 28, 2013 9:40 pm

Given 2 weeks ago I was only getting a sync speed of 2.5Mb/s with download of around 1.5Mb/s - I'd say I'm a happy man!!

Post by **Lude-dude** » Fri Mar 29, 2013 10:51 am

Ive changed from adsl to bt infinty 2

quite a difference to the 1.5mb I was getting

things dont buffer anymore, I can now download games on consoles and steam

Post by **Gayno** » Fri Mar 29, 2013 12:02 pm

'92 Si VTEC · Post by **jjmartin349571** » Fri Mar 29, 2013 12:14 pm

Here's what I get on Sky broadband using my iPhone on wireless

Not great considering the estate I live in is roughly 10 years old

My PC has a cabled connection to the router as wireless is pants for gaming, would be interesting to see the difference a cable makes with regards to speed.

I regularly stream iplayer etc. in HD through my tv and it doesn't lag, so my connection is fine for my usage I guess.

Just a thought as well, I just realised my xbox 360 is connected to the Internet, and my girlfriend is upstairs on her laptop which is on the wifi, so that could skew my results slightly

*Edit:

Just hopped onto my PC. Have left xbox connected/girlfriend on laptop to give a fairly comparable result.

Not a massive difference, although the ping is 25% better than over wireless

Bri · Post by **Bri** » Fri Mar 29, 2013 2:23 pm

jobby, guess we still have string and tin cans in wales

Post by **Ammo** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 6:00 pm

Woo best I've had

Bri · Post by **Bri** » Thu Apr 04, 2013 7:19 pm

wow I thought mine was jobby

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Tue May 21, 2013 10:51 am

wurlycorner wrote:I buy the cheapest, broadband only (no fone, no nuffin else) package from virgin and pay £23.65 for that.

Today's a slow day.

I think it's the 'up to 30 mbps' package, but this has got me thinking... They recently wrote to me to tell me my bill was going up to that price because they'd upgraded the area to 'up to 100 mbps' standard.

Now if I'm not on that service, why am I paying more for it???

Ok, well I had an e-mail asking me to rate their changes to my hardware (didn't know I'd had any?!) I went into the survey and it suggested my speeds had increased. So here's today's speed test;

So they have!

I notice the 'faster than' score has stayed the same, so it's just keeping pace by the looks...

Confused · Post by **Confused** » Tue May 21, 2013 10:58 am

Still can't stream 720p/1080p videos from YouTube once it reaches 6pm though.

89 UKDM BA4 4WS (resto job!) · Post by **wurlycorner** » Tue May 21, 2013 11:04 am

I hadn't noticed them increase the speeds, because it's always been more than adequate for what I use it: internet radio, catchuptv, iplayer, youtube and uploading photo's to photobucket being the heaviest things, i.e. not as demanding as what you're using it for.