[ Date Index ] [ Thread Index ] [ <= Previous by date / thread ] [ Next by date / thread => ]
Neil Williams wrote: > On Mon, 30 Jul 2007 00:10:47 +0100 > Julian Hall <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > >> Neil Stone wrote: >> >>> what's wrong with Virgin out of interest ? >>> > > I've just had a promo from Sky - free broadband with Sky TV. Now the > faster speeds involve a monthly charge but 2Mb is, apparently, free and > as that is all I can get from the cowboys called BT and because > TeleWest/Eurobell/VirginMedia/whoever they are this week consider my > locality of Plymouth to be beyond-the-pale, I already have SkyTV and I > can't go cable. BT line rental is still payable but I'd still be saving > what I currently pay Eclipse each month. > > So, if Sky claim to offer a seamless transfer to free broadband, is it > too good to be true? I mean, it's not as if I'm getting 2Mb now - the > most I appear to be able to get is something a bit better than the old > ISDN. Sustained apt downloads never exceed 60kB/s and my router > currently claims DSL Speed: 448/2400kbps - I should be able to get > something over 200kB/s but I'd say my average is closer to 40. Besides, > a lot of my work involves uploading, so download speeds aren't > particularly helpful. > > http://www.testmy.net/speedtest/dual_load.php > :.. testmy.net test results ..::: > Download Connection is:: 602 Kbps about 0.6 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) > Download Speed is:: 73 kB/s > Upload Connection is:: 320 Kbps about 0.3 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) > Upload Speed is:: 39 kB/s > Tested From:: http://testmy.net (Main) > Test Time:: 2007/07/29 - 6:42pm > D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-PZ4UD2FQR > U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-2PIMRKV43 > User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en; rv:1.8.1.5) Gecko/20070712 > (Debian-1.8.1.5-1) Epiphany/2.18 [!] > > :::.. testmy.net test results ..::: Download Connection is:: 815 Kbps about 0.82 Mbps (tested with 748 kB) Download Speed is:: 99 kB/s Upload Connection is:: 360 Kbps about 0.4 Mbps (tested with 579 kB) Upload Speed is:: 44 kB/s Tested From:: http://testmy.net (Main) Test Time:: 2007/07/30 - 2:11am D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-ON97J251E U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-MVPFI3J1Q User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-GB; rv:1.8.1.5) Gecko/20070713 Firefox/2.0.0.5 [!] -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html