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So whats your Broadband speed at the moment?

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    d'@ved'@ve Posts: 45,530
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    Here's my bragging rights :mad:

    been uploading about a dozen images to my website for nearly two hours and got about half of them uploaded

    http://eventphotographer.smugmug.com/photos/i-M2kk5nz/0/M/i-M2kk5nz-M.jpg

    Crikey, where do you live? Isles of Scilly? You definitely need fibre, wherever you are.

    I uploaded 15 full size jpegs earlier (213MBytes) in 1m 45s, which is handy.
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    Party AnimalParty Animal Posts: 1,372
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    d'@ve wrote: »
    Crikey, where do you live? Isles of Scilly? You definitely need fibre, wherever you are.

    I uploaded 15 full size jpegs earlier (213MBytes) in 1m 45s, which is handy.

    where do I live - smack in the center of the UK 8 ,miles from Leeds city center
    according to the when is it coming to you website sometime in the future possibly 2013
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    wavy-davywavy-davy Posts: 7,122
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    My current speed on 3 mobile broadband using a TP-Link MR3220 3G router sat on the window ledge:

    http://www.speedtest.net/result/2367513454.png
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    -ajm--ajm- Posts: 5,879
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    9.24 down 1.12 up. Virgin media. Should go up by the end of this month.
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    neyney Posts: 12,516
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    I did a speed test a few mins ago and heres what I got.
    http://www.speedtest.net/result/2368609305.png

    Darren
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    Kolin KlingonKolin Klingon Posts: 4,296
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    Question: who does the best upload speed? And why are we still in the dark ages when it comes to upload speed? (Not everyone just wants to send keyboard clicks!)
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    Party AnimalParty Animal Posts: 1,372
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    Question: who does the best upload speed? And why are we still in the dark ages when it comes to upload speed? (Not everyone just wants to send keyboard clicks!)

    I am also keen to hear who does the best for uploading as I upload huge amounts of images and at the moment it is not happening with O2
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    Deacon1972Deacon1972 Posts: 8,171
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    Still in the 10day evaluation period, pleased with results so far....

    Sky Fibre - 51.66 down and 9.17up
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    d'@ved'@ve Posts: 45,530
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    Question: who does the best upload speed? And why are we still in the dark ages when it comes to upload speed? (Not everyone just wants to send keyboard clicks!)

    BT Infinity 2 does 16Mbps+ upload speed for many people e,g, just now, http://www.speedtest.net/result/2370351554.png

    That's faster than my previous Sky broadband downloads, and I'm fairly near an exchange.

    Think you have to go for the more expensive Sky Fibre Pro to get that with them, though.
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    Kolin KlingonKolin Klingon Posts: 4,296
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    16Mbps! Wow! I dream of upload speeds like that!

    I don't get that in download speed either with Sky unlimited. However I do get (Or did as I have just moved house) about 10mbps download and a poxy 1Mbps upload - Takes me ages to pay back torrents. But the truly unlimited bit is a godsend as I rack up the GBs in the 100s.

    Still I'm using a 3 mobile dongle on my desktop at the moment as Sky can't put a phone line in until the 16th January (Or to be correct, Mr Openreach can't). It has a 21Mbps download which is nice but an obvious limit on how much I can afford to download at their expensive prices.

    Still it gets me on here for the time being and it will be interesting to see what speed I get from Sky when they connect me up again. (I'm nearer the exchange)
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    d'@ved'@ve Posts: 45,530
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    16Mbps! Wow! I dream of upload speeds like that!

    I don't get that in download speed either with Sky unlimited. However I do get (Or did as I have just moved house) about 10mbps download and a poxy 1Mbps upload - Takes me ages to pay back torrents. But the truly unlimited bit is a godsend as I rack up the GBs in the 100s.

    With torrents, you do need Sky fibre then, as BT throttle them (but not anything else).
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    JulesandSandJulesandSand Posts: 6,012
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    d'@ve wrote: »
    With torrents, you do need Sky fibre then, as BT throttle them (but not anything else).

    You can get around that.
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    d'@ved'@ve Posts: 45,530
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    You can get around that.

    Don't over-comproxicate matters! :p
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    SJ_MentalSJ_Mental Posts: 16,138
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    5Mps Down 0.7 Up, I live over a mile from the exchange, I'm switching to fibre on Monday I live right next to the fttc box and have been told to expect 80Mps/20Mps.
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    bigbrotherwafabigbrotherwafa Posts: 522
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    Used to get very high speeds in the city, now I live in the middle of nowhere and only get about 1.5/2Mb down. :(
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    JB3JB3 Posts: 9,308
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    18.07 download and .98 upload.

    I have BT but cannot get infinity, my speeds improved when I moved the router 16 inches further away from my p.c.

    I am considering talk talk because they are cheap, undecided as yet tho.
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    2shy20072shy2007 Posts: 52,579
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    34.60 down.
    6.87 up. BT
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    Kolin KlingonKolin Klingon Posts: 4,296
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    d'@ve wrote: »
    With torrents, you do need Sky fibre then, as BT throttle them (but not anything else).

    Yes I'd like that. But as they have only just fibered my exchange by 31st December (or should be) it may take many months if not years to get it to all the streets.

    I'm a bit closer to the exchange now and 10Mbps wasn't that bad at all (with many people getting a lot less) and it was unlimited and cheap. Just the poxy 1Mbps upload that sucks.

    To have to wait and pay a lot more for fibre is not an option yet.
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    SJ_MentalSJ_Mental Posts: 16,138
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    DownStream Connection Speed 72496
    UpStream Connection Speed 20000
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    sumposumpo Posts: 3
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    Just upgraded to Sky Fibre Pro, very pleased with results so far (SPEEDTEST.NET) Download 75.42 Upload 16.94. :)


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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 6,900
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    We have had Sky Fibre Unlimited since 17th December and it hasn't wavered from 40/10 since installation. Prior to this we got 2/0.8 so I am more than happy!:)
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    noise747noise747 Posts: 30,857
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    Mine is still a steady 11.5Mb/s, still works good. Still happy with my broadband and certainly glad I did not wait for fibre.
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    cnbcwatchercnbcwatcher Posts: 56,681
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    Blackjack DavyBlackjack Davy Posts: 1,166
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    Currently on this location 2.66 down, 0.38 up

    Market 1 exchange so no fibre, cable or LLU available.

    Syncs around 6 meg, so somethings wrong somewhere, I've had 4 meg in the past which is more like it. Just been on the phone they could call out BT engineer but if the fault is my end it's a £150 call out charge... hmmm.
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    IntrakotaIntrakota Posts: 155
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    BT are responsible for the line as far as the 1st socket inside your property, (the master socket) from that first socket onwards its your problem.
    I would suggest plugging your modem into the master socket and test from that point, if its still crap then its there problem and you don't get charged.
    Mum had a wire off at the exchange, hardly her fault !
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