Expected line speed

[#1]

Can Plusnet advise how they produce this information

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Phone exchange:     WIMBORNE Estimated line speed:     2.0 Mbps - Checked on 2009-01-23 03:08:22 Current line speed:     3000

When my log shows that from 19th Jan to the 24th Jan my line was stable at 3776kbps and hasn't dropped below 3584kbps since

[#2]

What does http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumerProducts/displayTopic.do?topicId=16738 tell you?

[#3]

We've just tested your line and can confirm your line supports the UK's most complete broadband package, BT Total Broadband. We estimate your maximum download speed to be 2.5 Mbps (Megabits per second).

[#4]

Oh poo! I was expecting it to match the Plusnet estimated speed.

[#5]

old jim being on same length line as you the bt one has allways estimated my line at 2.5mb.
dont know how they work it out as 2.5mb is my stable profile with interleaving off but with interleaving on i can just about hold on to a stable 3.5mb defo 3mb.
when i was on interleaving and holding a 3mb profile for weeks on end. the bt estimate never changed
edit. just checked

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What does http://www.productsandservices.bt.com/consumerProducts/displayTopic.do?topicId=16738 tell you?

and  bt now say 2mb i can only rember having a 2mb profile for 2days donkeys ago

[#6]

I think the terminolgy is confusing. In the context it's being used it seems to mean "Profile"