On 01/10/12 16:39, Phil Thompson wrote:
I would say estimate is off - are you using postcode or tel number with
them ?
Both.
Check a few tel numbers around you to see what they get - BT's number
checker uses data from actual connection speeds
www.btwholesale.com/includes/adsl/main.html
Results from the BT check:
"Your exchange is ADSL enabled, and our initial test on your line indicates
that your line should be able to have an ADSL broadband service that provides
a fixed line speed up to 1Mbps. However due to the length of your line the
1Mbps service may require an engineer visit who will, where possible, supply
the broadband service.
"Our test also indicates that your line currently supports an estimated ADSL
Max broadband line speed of 3.5Mbps; typically the line speed would range
between 2.5Mbps and 6.5Mbps.
"Our test also indicates that your line currently supports an estimated ADSL2+
broadband line speed of 6.5Mbps; typically the line speed would range between
5.5Mbps and 7.5Mbps. Our test also indicates that your line could support an
estimated ADSL 2+ Annex-M broadband upstream line speed of 500Kbps and
downstream line speed of 6.5Mbps; typically the downstream speed would range
between 5.5Mbps and 7.5Mbps."
The 6.5Mpbs doesn't seem unreasonable.
I've bitten the bullet and ordered PlusNet on the second line on the basis
that the Draytek can load balance. That will give me a comparison, for the
sake of about £100 over the course of a year in cost. I'm also trying to get
BT out to look at the cable around the building; it's cable-clipped around the
outside of the building and lots of the clips have perished and the cable is
drooping (quite badly in some places); I wouldn't be surprised if that cable
is at least part of the problem.
Thanks for the advice.
Mark
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