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On 30/07/07 08:13:13, Neil Stone wrote: > 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 [!] > Grotty ol' BT :::.. testmy.net test results ..::: Download Connection is:: 1022 Kbps about 1.02 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB) Download Speed is:: 125 kB/s Upload Connection is:: 682 Kbps about 0.7 Mbps (tested with 1496 kB) Upload Speed is:: 83 kB/s Tested From:: http://testmy.net (Main) Test Time:: 2007/07/30 - 2:20am D-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-407LGJTH2 U-Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-EO8HUB4N7 User Agent:: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.0.10) Gecko/20070510 Fedora/1.5.0.10-6.fc6 Firefox/1.5.0.10 [!] -- 'ooroo stinga...(:)-) --------------------------------------------------- Email: stinga@xxxxxxxxxxxxx o You need only two tools. o ///// A hammer and duct tape. If it /@ `\ /) ~ doesn't move and it should, > (O) X< ~ Fish!! use the hammer. If it moves and `\___/' \) ~ shouldn't, use the tape. \\\ --------------------------------------------------- -- 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