Speed throttling?
My usual excessive speeds of 0.5mb along the internet superhighway have been curtailed today. I had to boot the old lady into life this morning, something which is happening more and more frequently over the last month.
I used to be connected all the time. I recently moved from aBroadbrand Premier Option 1 to BBYW. I can't remember if the disconnections started before or after that. It's possible they started at the same time.
It takes me lots of tries to get reconnected. This morning I spent about 15 minutes trying to get online. When I finally connect there's a distinct slowdown and sio I head off for a speed test.
It shows that I'm connected at less than 250kbps
I shudder to think what it would be like to come down to that sort of rate after having 3Mbps or something.
I tried to find out if I had overstepped the mark on usage this month but I spent half an hour on that and gave up researching it.
I thought I would post here and ask if anyone could help me understand what was going on.
But after thinking about it and putting it in perspective (8mb-250kb v 500kb - 250kb) I realised that I was spending time on something quite insignificant.
I'm going off to enjoy the rural splendour outside my house and ponder the marvels of technology that allow me to connect to the world at all from out here in the sticks.
I'm 40 years old and I'm turning hippy.
I used to be connected all the time. I recently moved from aBroadbrand Premier Option 1 to BBYW. I can't remember if the disconnections started before or after that. It's possible they started at the same time.
It takes me lots of tries to get reconnected. This morning I spent about 15 minutes trying to get online. When I finally connect there's a distinct slowdown and sio I head off for a speed test.
It shows that I'm connected at less than 250kbps
I shudder to think what it would be like to come down to that sort of rate after having 3Mbps or something.
I tried to find out if I had overstepped the mark on usage this month but I spent half an hour on that and gave up researching it.
I thought I would post here and ask if anyone could help me understand what was going on.
But after thinking about it and putting it in perspective (8mb-250kb v 500kb - 250kb) I realised that I was spending time on something quite insignificant.
I'm going off to enjoy the rural splendour outside my house and ponder the marvels of technology that allow me to connect to the world at all from out here in the sticks.I'm 40 years old and I'm turning hippy.
Thank you for looking into it James
I appreciate that I've probably posted this in the wrong part of the forums and it really belongs in some general chat area because I'm not too worried about my connection speed now. I started off typing the post as a request for help and then changed my mind as realisation struck home that I'm lucky to have broadband of any speed.
I reckon my filter is ok because it's in the BT box on the wall and I can't remove it to change it.
The modem (or router? The flashy lights box anyway) may be the culprit but I would need to borrow my neighbour's one to check because he has my spare.
It's probably my PC that's at fault. It's two years old now and is showing signs of age.
But thank you for confirming that there's no throttling due to usage. That was my real concern originally, having recently changed package. I couldn't remember what my allowances were and I had difficulty in finding out what was what on the ISP portal.
I appreciate that I've probably posted this in the wrong part of the forums and it really belongs in some general chat area because I'm not too worried about my connection speed now. I started off typing the post as a request for help and then changed my mind as realisation struck home that I'm lucky to have broadband of any speed.
I reckon my filter is ok because it's in the BT box on the wall and I can't remove it to change it.
The modem (or router? The flashy lights box anyway) may be the culprit but I would need to borrow my neighbour's one to check because he has my spare.
It's probably my PC that's at fault. It's two years old now and is showing signs of age.
But thank you for confirming that there's no throttling due to usage. That was my real concern originally, having recently changed package. I couldn't remember what my allowances were and I had difficulty in finding out what was what on the ISP portal.
The master socket does have a BT faceplate with the twin sockets for phone and modem.
I didn't know about the free router offer. When you mentioned it, I checked my own flashy box to make sure it wasn't the same model. Mine is a Binatone Broadband ADSL 500, bought from free-online when I upgraded to broadband.
That got me wondering if that's why I have never been able to get speeds over 500kbps.
I think I'll have to ask my neighbours what speeds they can achieve and then decide if it's worth my time to look into upgrading any of my equipment.
Thanks again, James.
I didn't know about the free router offer. When you mentioned it, I checked my own flashy box to make sure it wasn't the same model. Mine is a Binatone Broadband ADSL 500, bought from free-online when I upgraded to broadband.
That got me wondering if that's why I have never been able to get speeds over 500kbps.
I think I'll have to ask my neighbours what speeds they can achieve and then decide if it's worth my time to look into upgrading any of my equipment.
Thanks again, James.
