Gben 20 Posted July 21, 2012 Just moved house and discovered to my horror that no cable internet or ADSL2+ is available. My ISP informed me if I requested a pair-gains-removal I had a 70% chance of getting better connection but it could take up to three months for the process to complete. So I'm stuck on a pre-paid wireless service (Vodafone) while they try the removal, that is comparatively expensive and that has a really low reception in my area to boot. Yes I'm having fun. So that's where I have been the last couple of weeks - trying to sort that out. So to make me feel better, what's your speedtest results? Share this post Link to post
Plok 319 Posted July 21, 2012 The download is TEN TIMES larger than the maximum I've ever achieved! Share this post Link to post
Inferno 22 Posted July 21, 2012 Weird... I'm supposed to have at least 50Mbps.... Share this post Link to post
Saracen 16 Posted July 21, 2012 Meh... The next door neighbours are getting 5-7 times this speed with Mr R. Branson's expensive fibre-optic Virgin Broadband... Bastards! Share this post Link to post
Gben 20 Posted July 22, 2012 Case in point, here is the connection in the 'computer room' - which is a converted garage... Sigh. At least I'm on a laptop, so I can move to different parts of the house to get a better connection, it's bit like watching the cricket in the 80's and tuning the rabbit aerials to get better reception from the tv channel. But what a hassle... Share this post Link to post
Luk3us 63 Posted July 22, 2012 Go buy an antenna booster thingey. Or make one yourself there are lots of videos on youtube. Share this post Link to post
PurpleGaga27 37 Posted July 22, 2012 As for me, I am still using a 768kps DSL connection. Not much for me to test there to make it faster. Share this post Link to post
Doctor Destiny 40 Posted July 24, 2012 How do I have one of the fastest connections on this site? I live in the US. We're not exactly swimming in a lot of really high-speed broadband. Share this post Link to post
Plok 319 Posted July 24, 2012 How do I have a ten times faster download than I ever knew? Share this post Link to post
Doctor Destiny 40 Posted July 25, 2012 It's probably not ten times faster. Remember, these are measured in megabits, not megabytes. Share this post Link to post