Geo Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 Hi all, Iv got a problem with my Broadband speed at the Moment. Im only getting 2.2mb Max speed. But i shud be getting at least 6.5mb acording to the Pipex.com website and every other website iv checked. I raised this problem with pipex and they sent a BT engineer out to check the Line sure enough there was a problem with it, the actual cable coming into the House was nearly halfed in 2, as it had been rubbing on something, So the guy fixed it and said this will cure your problem. It didnt. But today when i was on the mkivsupra.net as you do on a friday and every other day i was getting a crazy speed of 8.1mb. Then for some strange reason, it went back down to 2.2mb. Any idea's of what going on?? Im using a Netgear DG834 Router, which is hard wired into my pc. Not using wireless!! Cheers. Geo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbleapple Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 I can't help you, but I too ahev noticed my BT internet has been very slow of late. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted March 28, 2008 Share Posted March 28, 2008 You can measure the actual speed of download by running one of the many speed tests out there, e.g. http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest.html I say this because, if you're on normal ADSL, I'd be surprised if you ever get 8.1mb download speed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian W Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Normal ADSL yes, speedtest confirmed 2meg downloads. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boxst Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 You will also be asked to plug the modem straight into the master socket to eliminate any wiring in the house. If you are getting intermittent slow speeds then it is probably your ISP over subscribed on the exchange. Steve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marbleapple Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 You will also be asked to plug the modem straight into the master socket to eliminate any wiring in the house. If you are getting intermittent slow speeds then it is probably your ISP over subscribed on the exchange. Steve Well my property is on a brand new estate (building a new village) so there certainly isn't many people around me at the moment... very odd Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Well my property is on a brand new estate (building a new village) so there certainly isn't many people around me at the moment... very odd Unless the new village has its own telephone exchange, you'll still be sharing the trunk pipe with potentially lots of other broadband users, and that will cause slow-down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
far Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 I have sky broadband and have just done the test above and I am getting DL of 0.5 mbps! thats is p1ss poor Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 I have sky broadband and have just done the test above and I am getting DL of 0.5 mbps! thats is p1ss poor Do you want to buy a dial-up modem from me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
far Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Do you want to buy a dial-up modem from me? oi! its not funny My 3g usb dongle is faster! ...any ideas on how to repair the connection? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 ...any ideas on how to repair the connection? Not sure. With sky broadband, does the broadband come down a standard land-line? If so, as steve said try plugging your router directly into the BT master socket. If it's still slow, I'd phone up sky and/or BT and ask why it's slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_b Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 Of course, your slow d/l speed might simply be due to just running the test at a busy time. If you tried it again, say, on a weekday morning before going to work then you'd probably find it's a lot faster. Then at least you'd know it was down to contention issues rather than a wiring fault. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
far Posted March 29, 2008 Share Posted March 29, 2008 ....just tried it again and im getting the same, the router it plugged into the main socket via a micro filter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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