Just had an email from Richard Branson.

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Apparently he's whacking me up to 10Meg for no extra cost and he's going to let me back all my files up online for nowt as well.</p>

That's nice of him isn't it?</p>

 

maximum bandwidth you can get in the Barnsley area is 6.3MG. And thats if no one on your street has broadband from the same exchange. Just that.

 

hahahahaha and my dads bigger than your dad

 

It's a ruse

He just wants all your files so that he can steal your business ideas

 

That's funny, I'm on 10mb as we speak.

I think you're referring to the BT Network mate. Distance from exchange and all that ********.

 

Have you tested your download speed?

no, have you?

 

yep 10 mb, try this

http://speedtest.net/

 

I have and i'm getting 9.6Mb regularly.

 

are you BT or Cable

if cable then there are no worries at all, but if BT then its restrictive.

 

I got one yesterday

I thought it was nice of him but now I find he's going round sending same to everyone else, I no longer feel special!

 

www.speedtest.net
www.thinkbroadband.com
www.dslzoneuk.net

Work for an ISP mate, your referring to the network capacity on the BT network. F.ck all to do with Virgin.

 

Virgin's fibre optic mate.

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We'll be able to get 50Mb soon.</p>

 

Im refering to the response I got when I spoke to Virgin about moving from BT.

 

but i get 7.4 and im using a BT line....

 

They may have been talking about the ADSL service they provide, not the fibre optic one mate.

10mbps + is definately possible round here.

 

Am I wrong in saying then

if your neighbour(s) are browsing via same medium that it affects your download rate? Cos when I search for providers lately, Im getting 2 pages and more...

 

It can, there is a network capacity within the exchange & if everyone who's connected to that is online at the same time through the same network it can cause slow speeds. That's why the majority of ISPs now 'cap' heavy downloaders which lowers their speed in peak hours so it doesn't have adverse effects on other customers.

Virgin is a little different though I believe. No such reliance on the exchange & the distance from it.

 

Dyson, can you advise

I've had BT and Talk Talk in my new house and neither of them can get broadband working - not that they tried very hard. In the end I've given up but one day I was talking to an engineer and he said sometimes, especially on new estates, BT will do something with lines so that you are effectively sharing part of the line with your neighbourgh meaning that if they have broadband it will never ever work for the second house no matter what you do?

 

I think you're referring to something called DACS (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Access_Carrier_System). This is where there is actually only one BT line but 'splits' before it gets to the house so effectively you're sharing the signal.

The only problem is then it's highly unlikely you'll get broadband provisioned from a standard ADSL provider (like BT & Talk Talk).

The only way the rectify it is for BT to do some maintenance. Call them & ask if this is what's happening. If you can get Virgin in your area go with them, easiest way round it (only the fibre optic service mind).

 

I've not had a bloody email. Are you on M size broadband at minute?