airmyx
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I signed up for a "fixed" 2mb line in 2004. From day one I received around 1mb.
Sometime in 2006/2007 I was auto-migrated over to BT Total Broadband Option 3 "up to 8mb" but to this day STILL only receive 1mb.
BT's "line estimator" on their website says I should be able to receive up to 5mb on my line (BE say up to 7mb with their ADSL Max)... A couple of years ago, BT reported a capability of 3mb.
Speedtester.bt.com told me this just now:
Which seems pretty accurate. I get a constant 115KB/s when downloading from http.
Apart from P2P/Torrent use, I do not experience any traffic shaping, I get 1mb any time, day-or-night.
What is going on? I've heard about "stuck line profiles" but I've also heard that getting a call centre to understand or entertain the idea is like getting blood from a stone.
Things I have done so far which have had absolutely NO effect:
And if I were to simply change ISP, would it likely be any better with someone else?
Sometime in 2006/2007 I was auto-migrated over to BT Total Broadband Option 3 "up to 8mb" but to this day STILL only receive 1mb.
BT's "line estimator" on their website says I should be able to receive up to 5mb on my line (BE say up to 7mb with their ADSL Max)... A couple of years ago, BT reported a capability of 3mb.
Speedtester.bt.com told me this just now:
Test1 comprises of Best Effort Test:
-provides background information.
Your DSL connection rate: 1152 kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 288 kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP profile for your line is - 1000 kbps
Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 906 kbps
Which seems pretty accurate. I get a constant 115KB/s when downloading from http.
Apart from P2P/Torrent use, I do not experience any traffic shaping, I get 1mb any time, day-or-night.
What is going on? I've heard about "stuck line profiles" but I've also heard that getting a call centre to understand or entertain the idea is like getting blood from a stone.
Things I have done so far which have had absolutely NO effect:
- Used a Homehub and Netgear Router
- Switched all my Microfilters for new ones
- Plugged straight into my 'master' socket.
- Removed the "bell wire" from my 'master' socket.
And if I were to simply change ISP, would it likely be any better with someone else?
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