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Post by brillbilly on Nov 16, 2010 1:16:55 GMT 10
 hi techno geeks, i pay for up to 8 gig broadband speed yet youtube vids take agess to load,always have! but a ping test showed im getting 0.50 download speed aaaaarrrgggg! I phoned BT and they said im getting 4 gig To be honist i take what BT said from india with a pinch of salt ;D from what i've been told ,its to do with how far away from exchange i am,is this correct!  even if i payed for up to 20 gig,its the up to that bugs me
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Post by Wes on Nov 16, 2010 1:38:59 GMT 10
Is this all the time or just recently Brill? Lots of posts on the you tube forum about recent low down load speed. If this is so Google are doing somethink with their severs.
If the problem persists might have to look at your browser setting. Temp files could be full and that can cut into your Ram. Go empty unwanted files from Temp file. And even maybe some files from your cookies file.
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Post by Crickinneck on Nov 16, 2010 1:55:26 GMT 10
hi techno geeks, i pay for up to 8 gig broadband speed yet youtube vids take agess to load,always have! but a ping test showed im getting 0.50 download speed aaaaarrrgggg! I phoned BT and they said im getting 4 gig To be honist i take what BT said from india with a pinch of salt ;D from what i've been told ,its to do with how far away from exchange i am,is this correct! even if i payed for up to 20 gig,its the up to that bugs me Pedal faster brill.  |
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Post by Wes Gear on Nov 16, 2010 3:01:12 GMT 10
brill you are confusing two different measurements. you are paying for 8gigs of traffic.............not 8gigs download speed. go here and see what your true speed is. www.speedtest.net/ |
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Post by concrete on Nov 16, 2010 3:12:34 GMT 10
Brills. To add.
You're paying for 'up to' speeds. As I am.
I once lived right next to an exchange and still only got about 2Mps (I would be dubious if you were sold a Gig deal) Thats fiber optic stuff.
Anyway. It does depend on the distance from the exchange and also the quality, and amount of traffic on the line from the exchange to your area/house.
Plus BT. Are arses. I've had similar problems. It depends on what you're downloading and what contract you're on.
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Post by concrete on Nov 16, 2010 3:13:54 GMT 10
Oh, best advice.
If you wanna download anything. Do it really late, or really early. While traffic on the BT lines are lower.
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Post by brillbilly on Nov 16, 2010 3:49:10 GMT 10
brill you are confusing two different measurements. you are paying for 8gigs of traffic.............not 8gigs download speed. go here and see what your true speed is. www.speedtest.net/lol,thats the speed test i got its says download speed 0.26mb ping 57 server 50 mile distance i have new hub 64 dual core pc thats fully up to date,all defraged,cooky cleaned,diver loaded and plenty of ram n gigs it plays all games without a hitch but any down load is real slow MP3=3mins vid=19mins movie=439min lol |
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Post by brillbilly on Nov 16, 2010 3:50:41 GMT 10
wez its all the time with downloads,some days are even worse
thats why a mate that said do a ping test
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Post by brillbilly on Nov 16, 2010 3:53:11 GMT 10
Brills. To add. You're paying for 'up to' speeds. As I am. I once lived right next to an exchange and still only got about 2Mps (I would be dubious if you were sold a Gig deal) Thats fiber optic stuff. Anyway. It does depend on the distance from the exchange and also the quality, and amount of traffic on the line from the exchange to your area/house. Plus BT. Are arses. I've had similar problems. It depends on what you're downloading and what contract you're on. thanks crete,i have unlimited broadband and im 50 miles from server according to ping test lol and its the UP TO 8 that im not up to lol 0.50 lmao |
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Post by Wes Gear on Nov 16, 2010 3:54:52 GMT 10
that's pretty slow brill. i just did a test and it was slower than usual but it's almost noon so lots of traffic.  |
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hi techno geeks,
