Speed Survey By The Gadget Show

[#1]

the spedd tests I use show me as very slow - if you are using a wireless router does that alter the sort of speed you get? before I went wireless I used to have higher speeds.......

[#2]

Quote from: jmd

...if you are using a wireless router does that alter the sort of speed you get? before I went wireless I used to have higher speeds.......

It can do - depends on the speed of your wireless.
It's possible for wireless to run as slow as a claimed 1Mb/sec - although data rates will be even less than this, especially if you are getting errors and consequent retransmissions.

[#3]

Yeah, I've got a wireless dongle that only supports a maximum of 11Mbps but in reality it will rarely transfer speeds over about 5Mbps and most of the time it's around 2-4Mbps (and connects lower than 11Mbps) because of walls and ceilings. Always worth testing wired as well as wireless to compare.

[#4]

i have these homeplugs as mentioned before - i just uplug one move the laptop and then plug it in elsewhere - no problem

[#5]

Two tests from different places-
947 Down and 374 Up - MyBroadbandSpeed.co.uk
946 Down and 372 Up - Speedtest.net
...could be a lot better...

[#6]

Yeah, currently it seems to be accurately reporting speeds.  Will be interesting to see if that continues throughout the day.
MrZeno,
I've run a test on your line and BT have applied a 1250Kbps profile against your line.  I've bumped your profile a little at this end and you might be able to tweak a little bit extra out of your line by rebooting your modem or router.
The main problem you have is that you're a considerable way away from your exchange, which unfortunately I cannot do anything about

[#7]

Quote from: Jameseh

The main problem you have is that you're a considerable way away from your exchange, which unfortunately I cannot do anything about

You mean you'll not help me move house, some nice ones near the exchange and I'm after a four bedroom house 

[#8]

I have been trying to try the GS speedtest from about 05:30AM this morning, it seems down as it is just waiting for lon.speedtest.net to reply! I give up now.
SW.

[#9]

It worked for me a moment ago.

[#10]

Dont suppose thats too bad really! Still not as fast as my home connection, which is VM (not becuase i dont want PN, took over the house and still had a contract)!

[#11]

The Gadget Show speed test shows my download speed at 1630 kbps. and upload at 158 kbps. For an "Up to 8Mb" broadband service, should I be disappointed with this?

[#12]

Have you tried using a different speedtester? As eluded to in earlier replies The Gadget Show speedtester can give slow results.

[#13]

With the BT speedtester my IP profile is showing as 6500.  Can this be adjusted and what affect will this have on my download speed?

[#14]

Hi there,
I've amended your profile to 6500Kbps, but I suspect it won't make much difference.

[#15]

Quote from: Jameseh

Hi there, I've amended your profile to 6500Kbps, but I suspect it won't make much difference.

Sorry, James.  I didn't ask the question I meant to.  What I was asking is can my profile be adjusted higher?
What was it before you adjusted it?
Sorry for the confusion.
artmo.