On Wed, 11 Aug 2010 16:51:07 +0100 Gordon Allott <gord.all...@canonical.com> wrote:
> Hi all, > > So I'm moving house and taking a look at the broadband speeds in the > local area shows something... suspicious. > http://www.broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk/broadband_speed_in_my_area_v2.aspx?postcode=cw26jn > > namely that in the area I'm moving to there is a paltry less than 1mbit > and often around 0.33mbit. whereas just up the road 4/5mbit is fairly > common. > > I'm wondering if its a problem with the local lines, and if so, who I > would call about it? is it worth asking the engineer that connecting my > line next week to take a look? I'm not really looking for a miracle, but > I know that I used to live in the same area and got around 3mbit, until > it dropped to 2mbit. eventually suddenly shifting to 1mbit one day. > I do have my doubts about the speeds shown on this site. It shows my street at less than 1Mb, despite the fact had an upgrade three months ago and now get 3-3.5 Mb. My friends village shows speeds only available with fibre-optic, which it doesn’t have. It even shows suppliers that are not available to them! -- Steve Cook (Yorvyk) http://lubuntu.net -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
