Sam
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We have 2Mb broadband by BT here, I did the speed test on ADSLguide and it recorded the line speed test results as:
Downstream 1,861.1 Kbps ( = 1.8 Mbps )
Upstream 242.8 Kbps ( = 0.2 Mbps )
Is this good or bad?
Looking to upgrade to a better speed/provider soon, apparently we can get up to 6Mb here.
[Edited on 13-09-2006 by Sam]
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Cosmo
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Im on 8mb with UKOnline and get
Downstream 6,565.1 Kbps ( = 6.4 Mbps )
Upstream 636.3 Kbps ( = 0.6 Mbps )
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Dan B
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quote:
Originally posted by Sam
We have 2Mb broadband by BT here, I did the speed test on ADSLguide and it recorded the line speed test results as:
Downstream 1,861.1 Kbps ( = 1.8 Mbps )
Upstream 242.8 Kbps ( = 0.2 Mbps )
Is this good or bad?
Looking to upgrade to a better speed/provider soon, apparently we can get up to 6Mb here.
[Edited on 13-09-2006 by Sam]
For a 2Mbps line, yes, that's decent enough...
What are your line-stats from your router? Should be able to get a rough idea what sort of speed your line will support up to, with those...
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Sam
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Downstream: 2272 kbps
Upstream: 288 kbps
Line Attenuation (downstream): 25 db
Line Attenuation (upstream): 6 db
Noise Margin (downstream): 22 db
Noise Margin (upstream): 29 db
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GTS-T Rob
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i tried the link on yours but it dont load for me, try
http://specials.zdnet.co.uk/misc/band-test/speedtest500.html
mine is supposed to be 2mb also but i get....
421kbps??
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Cosmo
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quote:
Originally posted by Cruising Corsa
i tried the link on yours but it dont load for me, try
http://specials.zdnet.co.uk/misc/band-test/speedtest500.html
I get
5651 Kbps
692.5 K bytes/sec
with that one, bit diff to the first one Sam posted!
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drax
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mines shite, ive got over 69db of attenuation
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Dan B
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quote:
Originally posted by Sam
Downstream: 2272 kbps
Upstream: 288 kbps
Line Attenuation (downstream): 25 db
Line Attenuation (upstream): 6 db
Noise Margin (downstream): 22 db
Noise Margin (upstream): 29 db
Decent enough line, should be able to cope with anything up to 8Mbps on that......downstream noise-margin has started to drop with the 2Mbps connection (standard is about 30-31 db), but shouldn't be a massive problem. The line will only start getting unreliable once it drops to single figures (although MaxDSL seems to cope down to 6 db on the noise-margins).
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Sam
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quote:
Originally posted by Cruising Corsa
i tried the link on yours but it dont load for me, try
http://specials.zdnet.co.uk/misc/band-test/speedtest500.html
mine is supposed to be 2mb also but i get....
421kbps??
Sounds like you are on 512Kb... 
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Sam
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quote:
Originally posted by Dan B
quote:
Originally posted by Sam
Downstream: 2272 kbps
Upstream: 288 kbps
Line Attenuation (downstream): 25 db
Line Attenuation (upstream): 6 db
Noise Margin (downstream): 22 db
Noise Margin (upstream): 29 db
Decent enough line, should be able to cope with anything up to 8Mbps on that......downstream noise-margin has started to drop with the 2Mbps connection (standard is about 30-31 db), but shouldn't be a massive problem. The line will only start getting unreliable once it drops to single figures (although MaxDSL seems to cope down to 6 db on the noise-margins).
Yeah I just checked on BT's web site again, and it seems I can now get up to 8Mb (as opposed to 6Mb like it said before).
With regards to the down stream noise margin, is it a case of the higher the attenuation the better? I'm not really too clued up on telecoms...
[Edited on 14-09-2006 by Sam]
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PaulW
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woooooo
quote:
Your line speed:
Your line speed:
131612.9 Kbps
16129 K bytes/sec
Raw Data:
If you're just dying to see the raw data used to calculate your download speed, here it is:
download start time: 1158224197406
download end time: 1158224197437
download time: 0.031
download size in thousands of bytes: 500
estimated line speed (K bits per second): 131612.9
estimated line speed (K bytes per second): 16129
not bad 
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Sam
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Bit slow TBH.
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Dan B
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quote:
Originally posted by Sam
Yeah I just checked on BT's web site again, and it seems I can now get up to 8Mb (as opposed to 6Mb like it said before).
With regards to the down stream noise margin, is it a case of the higher the attenuation the better? I'm not really too clued up on telecoms...
[Edited on 14-09-2006 by Sam]
To put it simply, attenuation is the level of noise on the line; lower is better, as it shows a good quality line with low noise-levels (ie. interference). Noise margin is the ratio of good signal to bad noise; higher is better, as it shows a better quality signal on your line, leaving less chance of interference.
Your line's quite similar to mine, looking at the stats:
ADSL Link . . . . . . . . . . Downstream . . . . Upstream
Connection Speed . . . . 2272 kbps . . . . . 288 kbps
Line Attenuation . . . . . . 21 db . . . . . . . . . . 5 db
Noise Margin . . . . . . . . . 31 db . . . . . . . . . 30 db
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Ojc
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Downstream at home according to my router is 448kbps on a 8mb line 
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Dan B
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quote:
Originally posted by Ojc
Downstream at home according to my router is 448kbps on a 8mb line
That's either an absolutely abysmal-quality line, or your router is confusing upstream & downstream......448kbps would be a normal upstream-syncspeed on an 8Mbps MaxDSL line.
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GTS-T Rob
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im getting confused
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Sam
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So is Oliver! 
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Dan B
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Liam
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Downstream 2,488.4 Kbps ( = 2.4 Mbps )
Upstream 371.3 Kbps ( = 0.4 Mbps )
[Edited on 14-09-2006 by LiamD]
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Carl
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i'm with telewest, hooked to the street by cable, paying 25 a month and i got;
Downstream 3,846.8 Kbps ( = 3.8 Mbps )
Upstream 356.7 Kbps ( = 0.3 Mbps )
is that about right for the money? been a customer for years so if i phone up could i possibly get it quicker for the same coin?
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Nismo
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quote:
Originally posted by Sam
We have 2Mb broadband by BT here, I did the speed test on ADSLguide and it recorded the line speed test results as:
Downstream 1,861.1 Kbps ( = 1.8 Mbps )
Upstream 242.8 Kbps ( = 0.2 Mbps )
Is this good or bad?
Looking to upgrade to a better speed/provider soon, apparently we can get up to 6Mb here.
[Edited on 13-09-2006 by Sam]
looks good Sam , you have to remember overheads which means you loose the top end on 2mb anyway so anything around 1800 is good.
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chris_uk
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Downstream 93.1 Kbps ( = 0.1 Mbps )
Upstream 690.8 Kbps ( = 0.7 Mbps )
and this is on a 8mb line.. i dont know what swrong with it.
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drax
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plug it into the mains socket and test
quote:
Originally posted by chris_uk
Downstream 93.1 Kbps ( = 0.1 Mbps )
Upstream 690.8 Kbps ( = 0.7 Mbps )
and this is on a 8mb line.. i dont know what swrong with it.
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Dan B
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quote:
Originally posted by chris_uk
Downstream 93.1 Kbps ( = 0.1 Mbps )
Upstream 690.8 Kbps ( = 0.7 Mbps )
and this is on a 8mb line.. i dont know what swrong with it.
I think it's quite safe to say "it's fucked"
As above, unplug ALL phones, Sky boxes, and anything else that plugs into a phone-socket, then test the connection from the master socket (or, even better, the test-socket if you're on a new-style master-socket - very carefully remove the face-plate from your master-socket, and you should see a socket inside, that's your test-socket).
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Sam
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quote:
Originally posted by chris_uk
Downstream 93.1 Kbps ( = 0.1 Mbps )
Upstream 690.8 Kbps ( = 0.7 Mbps )
and this is on a 8mb line.. i dont know what swrong with it.
Are you sure you are on broadband? Seems like dialup on speed (excuse the pun)!
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