Broadband pay to receive ratio
Poll: Broadband pay to receive ratio
Total Members Polled: 130
Discussion
james_tigerwoods said:
Cerberus90 said:
You do realise that the speed that your getting on Speedtest is higher than the 'offical rating' given to you.
Yes, but I pay for 8 which is my pointTake a look at http://maps.thinkbroadband.com and see what your neighbours are achieving.
rottie102 said:
For those who complaint about low speeds, try to connect directly to a router, through a cable, not using wireless.
That's what I get wirelessly (both laptop and router have N rating, the signal is "Excellent" in my taskbar
However when plugged in directly I get :
Your upload is faster through wireless?That's what I get wirelessly (both laptop and router have N rating, the signal is "Excellent" in my taskbar
However when plugged in directly I get :
Broadband? We should be so lucky. Apparently we are too far from the exchage to get broadband, though the man who lives half a mile down the road can get it, I wonder is it because he works for Eircom, Irelands answer to BT.
We also cant get the local Metro broadband as it loses signal coming across the bay.
We also cant get the local Metro broadband as it loses signal coming across the bay.
Thom987 said:
Broadband? We should be so lucky.
Sorry, I couldn't resist 
Edited by rottie102 on Sunday 27th March 02:12
We pay the equivalent of 42 of your British pounds per month for a 1Mb connection that we are lucky to get half of. Government-owned duopoly.
Although I am told that the full-monty 30Mb connection is coming soon (within a couple of years, anyway) but that costs about 140 quid a month......
Most of the decent stuff is blocked as well
Although I am told that the full-monty 30Mb connection is coming soon (within a couple of years, anyway) but that costs about 140 quid a month......
Most of the decent stuff is blocked as well
Accelebrate said:
james_tigerwoods said:
Cerberus90 said:
You do realise that the speed that your getting on Speedtest is higher than the 'offical rating' given to you.
Yes, but I pay for 8 which is my pointTake a look at http://maps.thinkbroadband.com and see what your neighbours are achieving.
Looking at local speed tests on those maps I should think myself lucky to get 2Mb where I am.
Happy now!
sharpfocus said:
Silver Smudger said:
The BT engineer was amazed how good our connection was when he came to look into a fault last week (turned out to be my fault)
Out of interest, did they try and charge you their huge fixed fee as a result?My connection went slow automatically, due to a wiring problem in the house (my side of Master socket) which I found and rectified in the 5 days waiting for the BT engineer appt. I thought I'd still let him come anyway and make sure everything was OK and he confirmed it was. He took screen prints from the test graphs he got from the line as they were near-perfect and he had never seen them that good in a customer's house.
I get near to the maximum possible on the type of line I pay for. Like I said - Happy customer here (BT has to have one, don't they - Law of averages!)
Whenever I've had to call out a BT engineer they've told me in advance that if the problem was on my side of the master socket I'd have to pay a call out fee (various amounts, but I remember £167 about 10 years ago, I did call them out last year but forget what the fee was, I don't think significantly more).
I've heard a lot of people mention this and say that it's not often followed through on, but for me the problem has always been on their side so I've never had to argue anything.
I've heard a lot of people mention this and say that it's not often followed through on, but for me the problem has always been on their side so I've never had to argue anything.
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