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On Sat, 7 Jan 2012, tom wrote:
I've been running slow for a while and so ran some tests and got download speeds of 0.49 meg despite the modem saying 2M. Tried running the BT line checker several times and couldn’t get passed the 'checking user details' Tried again this morning and the test finally ran and line speed went up to 1.7M.Ho Hum
You need to ask your ISP for the BRAS profile speed on your line. This will be slower thant the line sync rate and may be much lower if the BT kit decides that (a) your line is dodgy or (b) BT are being shits. And see my earler post... Over their wholesale network (assuming you're not an an LLU line), then BT guarantees a minimum of 2Mb/sec for 90% of the peak-time... (I think - can't find the reference right now, but it's not far from that if it's not that)So - you ought to get 2Mb/sec most of the time. (or realistically 1.7Mb/sec which will be the max. BRAS profile speed for your line)
Best way to speedtest is to wget a file off a server... Maybe someone could put a couple of 5MB file on the dcglug server to wget...
Gordon
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