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Broadband Related => ISPs => Topic started by: Weaver on August 03, 2016, 01:54:18 PM
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See
http://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2016/08/aaisp-cut-80mbps-fttc-home-broadband-price-make-standard.html
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Thanks for the heads-up, I hadn't noticed this. A very welcome piece of news indeed.
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Do you have to request the upgrade or is it done automatically.I'm on Home 1 FTTC at present on a 40/10 connection.
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If I read the page right it's a one off fee of £15 to order the upgrade, though no new contract.
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If I read the page right it's a one off fee of £15 to order the upgrade, though no new contract.
Thats correct,I phoned them this afternoon to check and then proceeded to do the regrade online.
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A bit better than my old ADSL days of getting 2.5mb down and 0.6mb up :-X
(https://forum.kitz.co.uk/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.speedtest.net%2Fresult%2F5537072186.png&hash=643f28b078f7e6834732d0d09f290fd5e1a1cf75) (http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/5537072186)
* Test done wireless on my MacBook.
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That's a respectable result! :)
I see your connection is categorised as "Faster than 93% of GB".
When I check my circuit (operating in G.992.3 mode, a.k.a. ADSL2 mode) I am told that my connection is "faster download than 20% on DSL in the UK" with a result of 4.65/0.81 Mbps. ;)
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My speed check says I'm 'slower than 82% of the uk' :'( 3.17/0.63 16ms
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Mine says faster than 98% of GB
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My speed check says I'm 'slower than 82% of the uk' :'( 3.17/0.63 16ms
Which equates to approximately "faster download than 18% on DSL in the UK". So you and I are within 2% of each other. :)
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Mine is also rather pessimistic, even though it is good for an ADSL2+ line. Slower than 57% of the UK. Better ping than many on FTTC though which I am pleased by, even over wi-fi.
(https://forum.kitz.co.uk/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.speedtest.net%2Fresult%2F5538339162.png&hash=c5ff0ed7b931ff54353df3493b5de2c38da981b3)
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See
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/i/1736126558
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See
http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/i/1736126558
Knowing your location and the infrastructure involved in bringing xDSL signals to you, that is also a respectable result! :)
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At the start of 2016 I used to get a downstream speedtest result from speedof.me of >7.7 Mbps, and until fairly recently my combined upload speed was > 1.0 Mbps.
The upload speed loss is a complete mystery, in that the DSL numbers don't seem to have changed. Neither can one tester be blamed as all show a decrease, even though they don't agree with one another. I haven't examined the history of Firebrick software upgrades to see if there's a possibility of the Firebrick's upload aggregation having become less optimal.
The download speed is due to sync speed reductions of a few hundred k across all three lines, and the noise margins have grown less be around 1 dB. It's possible that the attenuation has worsened slightly, I'd have to recheck this.