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3.5 down 0.25 up. Downloading forza 5 at over 40 gig took a while. I can live with it though, browsing is little different and no one else in the house downloads.
Poll: Does your broadband speed meet your needs?
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10 megabit is more than enough for my needs.
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Currently getting 1.5 mbps down/ 0.97 up. It goes up and down, max is 4.5. Last night it disappeared completely to be replaced by a message from BT Wholesale saying there was no connection to the reseller available. Oh joy.
At my mothers place. PC isn't up to much either. Cant' play any games without constant CTD's. Wish my PC were more portable and she had the room to house it.
At my mothers place. PC isn't up to much either. Cant' play any games without constant CTD's. Wish my PC were more portable and she had the room to house it.
I get 0.3 down and 0.1 up, its horrendous. First village out of Canterbury, we were supposed to get an exchange upgrade in 2014 according to BT rollout plans but it didnt happen. Can't stream anything more than 480p and if someone browses on a phone or the sky+ box kicks in it kills the connection 
It like internet from the 90s. No altertives available in the area either.
It like internet from the 90s. No altertives available in the area either.
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That's pretty much what I get, although real world DL speeds are 2mbs tops...
20mb Sky BB (formerly o2). Does the job, I guess.
76mb Plus Net fibre getting installed beginning of Jan thoughThe fastest I could find for my area (North/Central London) for some reason. Oh well, onwards and upwards.
Edit: Actually, no. This is what I get. But still, 2mbs in the real world on a good day :/
Woot! Just got the fibre installed and we've gone that^ to this
From what I remember of the UK broadband, the connection speed was far too high and it was mainly bandwidth and peering issues that where problematic. Certainly in my case, 150Mb from Virgin and unable to use iPlayer and Youtube.
Now my internet is crap. Fibre might hit here by 2016, but does it suit my needs? Yep. I barely use it!
Now my internet is crap. Fibre might hit here by 2016, but does it suit my needs? Yep. I barely use it!
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I think peering issues have improved on Virgin from what they used to be like, peak time does see some slow down on their network still. Over subscription in certain areas is definitely a problem for some. They have the mentally of let's get everyone down the street connected and we will worry about cabinet/bandwidth capacity later on if it exceeds a certain threshold and there are enough complaints.
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BT need to sort out more rural areas as they are really lagging behind now, fortunately I get 41Mb Down, 7Mb Up FFTC in a rural village so I shouldn't complain, but more would be nice. Bit of a stark contrast to a mile down the road where people can only get ADSL with a max of 6Mb Down.
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I'm on the 80mb/20mb infinity package and get a good steady 76mb
personally for me, it's not enough. We are a 21st century family of four so as you would expect view IPTV, online gaming, video chatting, streaming local media across the Internet (20mb upload soon gets eaten up) etc etc. It's ok if we 'make do' with bitrate levels and the like, but I don't want to 'make do'. Streaming the kids panto play to our family was a bit of a headache. Five simultaneous streams worked at average quality! Not really what you want when it was HD video to start with.
Last night I fancied downloading the timescapes 4k cinema file but ended up giving up on the idea.
Unfortunately it's the fastest we can get, and zero chance of having Virgin Media. That said, in our old house we never got the full speed from Virgin.
I've heard rumours from the BT engineer that it won't be too much longer before customers can start buying into the FTTH tier
personally for me, it's not enough. We are a 21st century family of four so as you would expect view IPTV, online gaming, video chatting, streaming local media across the Internet (20mb upload soon gets eaten up) etc etc. It's ok if we 'make do' with bitrate levels and the like, but I don't want to 'make do'. Streaming the kids panto play to our family was a bit of a headache. Five simultaneous streams worked at average quality! Not really what you want when it was HD video to start with.
Last night I fancied downloading the timescapes 4k cinema file but ended up giving up on the idea.
Unfortunately it's the fastest we can get, and zero chance of having Virgin Media. That said, in our old house we never got the full speed from Virgin.
I've heard rumours from the BT engineer that it won't be too much longer before customers can start buying into the FTTH tier
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I'm on BT Infinity (FTTC). I get about 45 Mbps down and 8 Mbps up.
So far it suits my needs, but I have noticed of late that download speeds have reduced considerably lower than they should be in some cases. Which points to traffic shaping or poor service from the point of download (or a mix of both I guess).
My one main gripe is that I get terrabad routing to Amsterdam. I run an EU Quake 3 server that I can only get 80 ping on most of the time. Likewise nearly all of the UK players on BT suffer the same, but our European counterparts have no issues. I also play Tribes Ascend, which now only has EU servers in Amsterdam and I get terrible routing. Sometimes I go from 40-120-75-90-50-80-100 all in the space of only a few seconds. Grrr!
But overall it is fit for purpose
So far it suits my needs, but I have noticed of late that download speeds have reduced considerably lower than they should be in some cases. Which points to traffic shaping or poor service from the point of download (or a mix of both I guess).
My one main gripe is that I get terrabad routing to Amsterdam. I run an EU Quake 3 server that I can only get 80 ping on most of the time. Likewise nearly all of the UK players on BT suffer the same, but our European counterparts have no issues. I also play Tribes Ascend, which now only has EU servers in Amsterdam and I get terrible routing. Sometimes I go from 40-120-75-90-50-80-100 all in the space of only a few seconds. Grrr!
But overall it is fit for purpose
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mate, I know how you feel!
I've been feeling like im locked inside someone elses body trying to escape.Stuck on ADSL1 "up-to-8Mb" so is pretty poor
I do live in the sticks though so not really surprised, no competition for BT here, having said that apparently Infinity is coming our way in March courtesy of the government/BT scheme for my area..
New cabs are in so they can't be telling fibs!
I do live in the sticks though so not really surprised, no competition for BT here, having said that apparently Infinity is coming our way in March courtesy of the government/BT scheme for my area..
New cabs are in so they can't be telling fibs!
Meet my needs - yes
Meet my desire - no
I'm "stuck" on ADSL with a download speed of around 14mb and upload at around 1mb - does everything I need it to do but as more and more content is delivered via the internet I'd imagine it's really going to start to buckle under the strain!
I've already noticed that I can't use the PS4 "Share Play" feature because my upload isn't fast enough!
The most annoying part is that every other house on my street is connected to a fibre-enabled cabinet but since my house was the last to be connected, I was shoved onto a different cabinet that will "never be financially viable to upgrade" due to how few homes are connected to it!
Meet my desire - no
I'm "stuck" on ADSL with a download speed of around 14mb and upload at around 1mb - does everything I need it to do but as more and more content is delivered via the internet I'd imagine it's really going to start to buckle under the strain!
I've already noticed that I can't use the PS4 "Share Play" feature because my upload isn't fast enough!
The most annoying part is that every other house on my street is connected to a fibre-enabled cabinet but since my house was the last to be connected, I was shoved onto a different cabinet that will "never be financially viable to upgrade" due to how few homes are connected to it!
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I'm on around 7Mb/s which is fine for online gaming and streaming music/video but modern games have to be left overnight to download which is annoying. Plus when I'm downloading a game through Steam I can't really use the Internet for anything else at the same time.
Nope 3.5Mbps up 0.3Mbps down. Its hell! Got 8 months left on my BT contract. Before i moved house i was getting 17Mbps on a copper line which I could live with. I can get infinity but not willing to pay twice the price that a new customer pays as obviously BT wont offer any good deals when you are mid contract. If money was not tight at the moment I would be paying the cancellation fees and moving to virgin.