i'm paying for 8Mb/s broadband, my bt exchange supports 8Mb/s, so why when i do an online speed test am i only achieving 2.1Mb/s. im currently getting connections to my isp ay 7.2Mb/s, but can only download at about 1Mb/s. it doing my head in.
2006-10-07 21:27:32 · 10 answers · asked by techno mentalist 4 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet
Your problem is well know. Although your exchange is capable of 8Mb, what you are paying for is 8Mb MAX, if you can get it. The speed of your connection is dependent on how good you phone line is and how far from the exchange you are. If you are getting 7Mb from your ISP, I suspect that you have some sort of cache boosting your speed.
As far as downloads go, it is very rare that you get high download speed from one server. If you want better speed then you need to use a download app like bit torrent but I cannot condone illegal file sharing on this forum. But it is possible to get very high download speeds because you can have lots of people contributing a bit all at the same time.
Also, it is possible that your download speed is being throttled by your ISP under the 'fair use' clause. You don't say how much you download so it have no guidance for you here.
2006-10-07 21:53:46 · answer #1 · answered by INTIKAB 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Wrong. You are paying for 'up to' 8mb. No one says that you will actually ever get it.
You are sharing the broadband pipe with all your neighbours, so every additional user drops your speed down a bit further.
Your ISP are stating the maximum your line can support given your location, what you get on a daily basis is another thing altogether.
2006-10-08 04:42:35 · answer #2 · answered by 'Dr Greene' 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Speed tests are inaccurate.
Your connection speed to one server may be 2mbit, but 8mbit to another. It all depends where the server is located in relation to you, and what connection speed to their ISP they have as well.
7.2mbit seems like a fair level. You won't notice much difference if it went up to 8mbit. Just because your BT exchange can support it, doesn't mean you'll definately be able to get it. Your distance from the exchange DOES make a difference.
You have to remember that if you had a direct link to link connection, you would be downloading at your connection speed. Because you are going across the Internet, you don't get the same speed. It will be slower. I have a 5.5mbit connection, and I'm happy to download at 400-500kb/s.
2006-10-08 04:38:16 · answer #3 · answered by Mike 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Carefull with talk talk. Watchdog did a good ten minutes about them and their problems with broadband. Lots of people tried it and could not make it work. Also check out the small print as I think the free broadband may only last for a period
2006-10-08 04:35:39 · answer #4 · answered by Maid Angela 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The connection speed is depends on many factors.
It depends on the number of users, the number of seeds,whether the firewall of your pc is on or off......
Something you should bear in mind that you its not possible to get 8Mb/s even you paid the 8Mb/s plan.
2006-10-08 04:49:26 · answer #5 · answered by jn l 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ifyou change to talk talk it will be even slower trust me ring bt up find out also im sure in my account there is a test page to see exactly how fast it all is if not happy then complain dont be to hasty in moving it may be a case of out of the frying pan etc i know its frustrating but at least the helpline is free unlike talk talk and you will get help unlike talk talk was the biggest mistake i ever made moving to them my pages loaded faster with bt 1mb than talk talk 2mb cant wait to migrate back to bt
2006-10-08 04:40:46 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Only in my wildest dreams!
Think yourself lucky... I can't get Broadband coz of where i live and my connection speed is 24kbps... I download at just above 1 kb a second!!! How sh*t is that :(
2006-10-08 04:45:21 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
wow. 8 mb/s....thats packing speed.
Alot of servers on the internet won't even let you go at that speed. You should probably get a slower connection, because you're wasting your money. Me and My friend Erik are two handsome young males ages fourteen and fourteen.
2006-10-08 04:37:29 · answer #8 · answered by bow_to_da_maxter 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Which ISP are you with ?, if its talktalk then you will only get 2mbs max until they unbundle the exchange your connected to (Unbundle means for the isp to install their own equipment in your local telephone exchange)
2006-10-08 07:15:26 · answer #9 · answered by daza4427 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
swap from whatever internet you have now and go to talk talk it takes about 5 secs and you get free calls and its £20 a mounth
2006-10-08 04:31:19 · answer #10 · answered by Danny13 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋