[OSX-Users] Re: BT Broadband?

[m.c. schraefel]

This is a common occurence for me with BT
by all means complain and they'll check your line and tell you 
there's no problem.

If you want to give yourself a kick, do the check for the ultra high 
speed 20mb lines coming in and they'll tell you how much of that you 
can actually expect.

it is to laugh. so amusing what folks are able to claim "speeds up to..."

i wonder if anyone actually gets those speeds.

too bad instead of isp's being charged to go after port usage ofcom 
actually said that isp's had to post actual performance figures and 
standard deviations from the norm.

sorry. bt and high speed just seem to be at best ironic
if anyone else has better experience with their isp (likely using 
bt's cables) i'd be happy to know.

mc

>Not until you've checked your kids aren't using bittorrent (or your 
>neighbours)
>
>Leslie Carr wrote:
>>Any BT Broadband users, err, sufferers out there?
>>
>>When I go home after work, my bandwidth is regularly down to less 
>>that 0.5Mbits/second (according to www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk 
>>). At other times it gets to 5Mb/s (my practical maximum, 
>>apparently).
>>
>>I expect to suffer some kind of degradation at peak times, but <10% 
>>of normal capacity seems a bit steep. Should I complain?
>>--
>>Les
>
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