[OSX-Users] Re: BT Broadband?

[Marcus Cobden]

On 12 Nov 2009, at 11:46, m.c. schraefel wrote:

> it is to laugh. so amusing what folks are able to claim "speeds up to..."
> i wonder if anyone actually gets those speeds.

I am reliably informed by one of my luckier friends that you do get this speed if you live close enough to see the exchange from your front room :P

> 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.

You're probably correct there, afaik all cables from the exchange to your house are the province of some BT department.
Most ISPs have their own equipment in popular exchanges these days, the following website will tell you more than you could ever want to know about your exchange.

http://www.samknows.com/broadband/search.php?page=availability-exchange-search

Marcus

>> 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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