Broadband speed test results,do you get a faster speed near telephone exchange?

Question

(Currently getting 2.2MB,2,265 metres from exchange.)what speed and distance are you getting?
http://www.broadbandgenie.co.uk/broadband_speed_test.html

Answer 1

The maximum speed which can be achieved with a standard DSL connection in the exchange is almost totally dependent on how far you are located from it and the quality of the cable connecting you to it.

Essentially, when you connect to the exchange, your modem and the equipment at the other end finds out how fast data can be reliably sent down the line by trying an ever increasing number of progressively higher frequency signals in parallel with each other until the desired total speed is reached. As the frequency of the signal rises, the quality of it over any distance of phone-line decreases meaning there is a limit to the maximum frequency, and therefore the maximum bandwidth which can be sent over a particular distance.

How far you can get a given speed depends as much on the quality and isolation from interference of the cables and connections, as it does on the actual difference travelled. Poor quality cables will result in much shorter high-bandwidth distances, whereas well-maintained cables could see 8mbit being achieved at significant distances from the exchange.

One thing you can do to improve your speed (other than moan at BT about the quality of their cables, which they won't do anything about so long as they still work at all) is to ensure you have as few phones plugged into sockets in your home as possible, and ideally only have the DSL modem plugged into a socket with as short a cable as possible from the socket to the modem as any USB or ethernet cable from the modem to your computer will not affect the maximum speed.

Answer 2

The further from the exchange you are the more noise or interference you receive compared to the signal, which also degrades with distance, when 2 M was the standard one of my clients had 6 M as their office was directly opposite the exchange. I have some clients far from exchanges who can only get 2 M now although the standard for the same service is 8 M.

Answer 3

From any company with a long history of providing decent telephone service, there are often problems due to not only the distance, but the number of joints between you and the exchange. Each connection reduces the signal. For newer companies without pre-existing cabling there is often a fibre link at least part way, and even without this there are far less joins where subscribers have been disconnected and re-connected at intervals. Most sensible providers now have a test facility which they are meant to run on your line when you apply, most of them will tell you fairly accurately what your line will handle.

Answer 4

Yes that's about what I get at similar distance. It depends on the length and quality of the wires, and on the condition of the telephone cabling in your home. That bit you can do something about if it's suspect.

Answer 5

Sky upto 8meg, exchanhe down the road and got it tested at 5.5meg.

Answer 6

it doesn't matter so long as you are connected to it. if you are experiencing low speeds, it is probably because of internet traffic, but not because of any other distance cause. don't worry.

Answer 7

2.4MB and 304 metres from exchange

Answer 8

Yes, the nearer the better, I'm getting 8mb which is as good as it gets.

Answer 9

yes