Comments on: How good is ADSL2+?

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 22:03:38 +0000

So far i have seen no change in line speed on ADSL +2 Its still the same old rubbish 1.5Mbps which is generally no good for anything, if you think 1.5Mbps is good enough then you obviously don't use the internet properly and just probably check your emails and look at text websites. Apparently i live just a few more meters over the maximum distance from the exchange to get anything more than 1.5Mbps Surely there must be something i can do or someone i can contact to sort this problem out!! Can i not contact BT Directly and get them to sort my line out "Im willing to pay money to receive a better service" Put a new Line in Put better hardware in the exchange? Anything ? I guess for now i will have to look into Mobile broadband as clearly BT can't manage much.

By: M McDOugall

M McDOugall — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 20:01:37 +0000

I don't know about ADSL2+, I would be happy with download speeds greater than 8kbps... Yes just 8kbps, not he 4000 kbps that I should be getting with Plusnet. Bet Neil Armstrong wouldn't tolerate such a rubbish service would he!

By: Phil

Phil — Wed, 13 May 2009 20:52:21 +0000

Connection rates 5M before 8M after - Upload speed has doubled to 834k

By: mak

mak — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 13:15:26 +0000

b.t are just to slow. my speed is so poor, and the customer service is a joke say away from them, there money mad, 21cn belive it when i see it, b.t have made the u.k broadband slow and poor, virgin all the way for me

By: barry

barry — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:38:21 +0000

sorry meant to say I live in Aberdeen....kincorth exchange

By: barry

barry — Tue, 24 Mar 2009 00:36:28 +0000

i have a draytek vigor 2800g
recently left aol for O2
Oh Boy!!1 do i regret this.....now i get between 315 kbs and 760 kbs download
Today i asked for my mac....
question ? where do i go now, any help please

By: Russell Jones

Russell Jones — Mon, 23 Mar 2009 19:01:09 +0000

It's up to BT and Virgin Media, I guess.

http://www.broadband-finder.co.uk/blog/2009/03/04/bts-next-gen-broadband-given-regulatory-go-ahead/

http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/cable/a95732/analogue-axe-could-lead-to-100mbps-net.html

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By: Neil Armstrong

Neil Armstrong — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 17:33:23 +0000

@ Chris Hyslop, I used http://www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk you can check your distance from the exchange on http://www.samknows.co.uk

@Alistair Walker, I live 1.08km according to SamKnows but that's a straight line distance

@Paul, ADSL2+ coverage is planned to cover 40% of the population by April 09 and then goes up to 90% over the next 12 months I think. I live in Sheffield and am just over 1km from the exchange

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 02 Feb 2009 17:27:08 +0000

Vety unimpressed!
Still looks like 99.9% of us will not benifit as:.
1. do not live in the south or near to where any the directors of the major telecoms live
2. we live more than 2.2meteres fom the exchange

When is real bradband comming? you know 100mbps min. Like S.Korea.