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[UncleUB]

As most of you know I'm on a very long,but stable line with BT.I get about 1mb downstream and about 380kbps upstream.My question is,could I change to another ISP and get a faster upload speed even though I only get 1mb downstream. Would it make uploading photo's faster.

[roseway]

No, moving to another BT-based ISP would make no difference at all. You could in principle get a higher upload speed from an LLU provider if any of these are installed in your local exchange, but I rather doubt that any of them would be interested in such a long line.

[UncleUB]

Eric,what do you mean by 'I rather doubt any of them would be interested in such along line'


Edit, I see O2 and Be are LLu enabled at my exchange (Attercliffe)

[roseway]

That was just an off-the-cuff opinion. I've no personal experience of LLU, but I'm guessing that if you applied to O2 or Be for a service their response would be that they don't support such long lines. I may be wrong, so perhaps someone who does know will pop up shortly and enlighten us.

[UncleUB]

Thanks Eric,just to add when I first went over to broadband (March 2007) I was with TalkTalk.After 2 months of continually re-synching and getting nowhere with there tech support I went over to BT.

[guest]

Be won't want to know about your line and will in fact decline your order. O2 might accept it - if they do then you may get a slightly higher upstream, but I doubt it as I'm not even sure you'd achieve an ADSL2 connection with your line.

UKO will (AFAIK) accept your order but with a long line I'd be willing to bet they leave you on IPStream rather than move you to their own kit.

[UncleUB]

Thanks guys,its nice to know your wanted.

[kitz]

aww poor UB

Seriously though... whilst adsl2+ can improve speeds on a lot of lines.. the general consensus is that for the longer lines it can sometimes make things worse.

Therefore some of the more "cautious" ISPs will reject the order rather than putting you on something where you may end up an unhappy bunny. Hence also, why the likes of UKO will accept orders but leave you on the same IPStream product.

IMHO this is far better than the dubious tactic of promising speeds that arent really available due to the physical condition of the line.  There is perhaps one ISP that I can think of whose LLU service may benefit you, due to their lack of the BTw IPprofile system..  but Im not sure if I rate their actual service and speeds. 

[UncleUB]

And The ISP being.....................................?

[kitz]

.....  said with very much trepidation...   

... Tiscali LLU.... and it would have to be their LLU service.

Can you run your phone no and postcode through the exchange checker and tell me which ISPs are listed on the right hand side?

http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/adslchecker.php

[UncleUB]

Thanks Kitz.
AOL
Be
C&W/Bulldog
O2
Orange
Sky
TalkTalk
Tiscali
UK Online

[roseway]

So Tiscali is available to you, and might benefit you as Kitz said. Personally I wouldn't touch them with a bargepole.

[kitz]

My sentiments too eric...  hence why I didnt really want to mention the name. 

I think due to the fact the line is stable with IPStream as it is - particularly in view of the line length I'd rather risk the IPprofile than tiscali as an ISP.

[UncleUB]

Thanks guys,I must admit a lot of those ISP's I've listed fill me with fear.I think no matter who I went with my speed would not increase enough to notice.I am quite happy with BT,my line is very stable for along line and I don't do any big downloads.I do find it a bit slow when uploading photo's.
The bottom line is,I need an exchange at the bottom of my garden. 

[Yorkie]

Slightly off at a tanget, but what format are you using, I noticed photobucket took longer than usual to upload a screen shot and then realized I had saved it as a bmp and photobucket converted it to a jpeg so obviously taking longer than usual.