BT Infinity & FTTx Discussion
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Nothing too wrong with those results.
As far as Speedtest.net is concerned some servers/locations give me truly crap results while others (Maidenhead, Coventry, Milton Keynes) seem fairly reliable.
Of course real world throughput is where it counts however. I can't say I've noticed any changes in the last few weeks. Can you give an example of a download that been slow for you?
As far as Speedtest.net is concerned some servers/locations give me truly crap results while others (Maidenhead, Coventry, Milton Keynes) seem fairly reliable.
Of course real world throughput is where it counts however. I can't say I've noticed any changes in the last few weeks. Can you give an example of a download that been slow for you?
Yeah it's pretty weird to be honest.
Haven't tested any files except for general YouTube buffering, or torrents from private trackers. Let's just say for example a 3 minute 1080p YouTube video takes about 5+ minutes to buffer whereas before it was almost instant.
I remember one time there was a linux file on a server somewhere that people would use to test their download speed, do you perhaps have a link to that one to try it out?
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Have any of you guys had any experience with Sky Fibre, with it being the pretty much same as BT Infinity (as to my knowledge, it's run on the same line?)
I'm currently at University and back at home, I advised my mother to switch because we were currently on some crappy sky service which only had us on 2.5mb dl speeds, which is terrible, BT Infinity became available and what not, 73/20 speeds were offered, so I told her to get that booked as soon as possible, she went and did so, but now she's asking me that she can get the same speeds on Sky, so obviously they have called her up, and they're trying to persuade her that way? :s
But I did a check and Sky fibre only offers us 40mb in our area, that's not enough as our house hold has 6 people, 3 - 4 of which are xbox gamers, a lot of PC/Internet use and there's me who is the heavy user. (Download central, new games, uploads the works), so obviously I told my mother that they are trying to keep her on as a customer as they don't want to lose a customer to BT or whatever, even though they're part of the same company I'm assuming.
All in all, tl;dr - Advised my mother to switch to BT with 73/20 speeds, Sky trying to keep us on with lower speeds, the mother would like to keep sky (because of the channels, BT offers no real comparison to Sky Television) - what are my options here. I have advised her against this.
I'm currently at University and back at home, I advised my mother to switch because we were currently on some crappy sky service which only had us on 2.5mb dl speeds, which is terrible, BT Infinity became available and what not, 73/20 speeds were offered, so I told her to get that booked as soon as possible, she went and did so, but now she's asking me that she can get the same speeds on Sky, so obviously they have called her up, and they're trying to persuade her that way? :s
But I did a check and Sky fibre only offers us 40mb in our area, that's not enough as our house hold has 6 people, 3 - 4 of which are xbox gamers, a lot of PC/Internet use and there's me who is the heavy user. (Download central, new games, uploads the works), so obviously I told my mother that they are trying to keep her on as a customer as they don't want to lose a customer to BT or whatever, even though they're part of the same company I'm assuming.
All in all, tl;dr - Advised my mother to switch to BT with 73/20 speeds, Sky trying to keep us on with lower speeds, the mother would like to keep sky (because of the channels, BT offers no real comparison to Sky Television) - what are my options here. I have advised her against this.
Sky do offer an 80mbps package but they don't advertise it, you have to ask for the pro package. It may be that you know this and they don't offer it for your cabinet, but you don't mention it 
Probably more expensive than BT though - only reason I've stuck with sky and their 40/10 is I don't *need* 80 and they did me a deal. Otherwise I'd have gone to plusnet.
Probably more expensive than BT though - only reason I've stuck with sky and their 40/10 is I don't *need* 80 and they did me a deal. Otherwise I'd have gone to plusnet.
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Sky do offer an 80mbps package but they don't advertise it, you have to ask for the pro package. It may be that you know this and they don't offer it for your cabinet, but you don't mention it
Ahh I see, I mean me personally, I don't want to keep our sky connection, it's been pretty mediocre for the past 3 years and yes, it may slightly improve with a 40/10 connection as you pointed out, but I'd rather have the BT Infinity option, I'm just the advisor really, as well I'm the techy in our household, doing a computing degree and have got qualifications in it, I'm the the one who most people at home come to for this sort of advice, but it's not me paying for it so.
Sky do offer an 80mbps package but they don't advertise it, you have to ask for the pro package. It may be that you know this and they don't offer it for your cabinet, but you don't mention it
Yes they do. Sky Fibre Unlimited Pro is listed on the Sky Fibre Unlimited web page with a phone number to call to check availability and speed.
Sky Fibre is a completely different product to Sky ADSL. If you are already with them then it makes no sense to change to BT.
I'm looking at a new place to move and it only shows 35 down / 8 up on the checker. I tried a property on the nest road along and it shows 45 down / 8 up.
This is the exchange:
http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/SSGLR
I presume it just means the house is far away from the cab?
This is the exchange:
http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/SSGLR
I presume it just means the house is far away from the cab?
Pretty much yeah
If some of you are experiencing slow uploads in Windows 7 then I might have a possible solution which I have posted here.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=23904180#post23904180
Windows default for most OS's is 8192 for the "DefaultSendWindow" which it is omitted in Windows 7 and auto tune is used instead. So entering this into the registry and increasing the buffer size greater than 8192 increases the upload speed. Really only applies to those on 80/20 or above though, and those mainly on a wired connection.
Also with Asus motherboards if you have AI suite installed disable or un-install Network Icontrol feature as this could prevent slow uploads.
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?p=23904180#post23904180
Windows default for most OS's is 8192 for the "DefaultSendWindow" which it is omitted in Windows 7 and auto tune is used instead. So entering this into the registry and increasing the buffer size greater than 8192 increases the upload speed. Really only applies to those on 80/20 or above though, and those mainly on a wired connection.
Also with Asus motherboards if you have AI suite installed disable or un-install Network Icontrol feature as this could prevent slow uploads.
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Currently on VM am thinking of switching, I'm sick of the constant buffering on Youtube and the lag on games. Whilst playing BF3 today, ended up getting the hump due to the amount of lag and rubberbanding.
I am guessing the lag is due to the high amount of Jitter, not entirely sure whether or not FTTC suffers from the same issues as VM's set up with high utilisation.
Checked the BT wholesale site which estimates I'll receive 23.3mbps down and 5.6 up how accurate are these figures, also anyone else on the Sidcup exchange have any issues with their connection on infinity?
I am guessing the lag is due to the high amount of Jitter, not entirely sure whether or not FTTC suffers from the same issues as VM's set up with high utilisation.
Checked the BT wholesale site which estimates I'll receive 23.3mbps down and 5.6 up how accurate are these figures, also anyone else on the Sidcup exchange have any issues with their connection on infinity?
@ JoeBoi Ouch that looks bad I wouldn't want to play with that also.
Looking at Virgin broadband at the moment a lot suffering utilization problems like you have. BT Infinity may not have the same problems locally as probably less take up subscriber wise and locally capacity at most exchanges. Its internally on the back haul where slow down if any might occur.
Your estimate is lowish perhaps you are a long way from the cabinet.
I am please with what I have got so far from BT. Hate the call centre though.
Looking at Virgin broadband at the moment a lot suffering utilization problems like you have. BT Infinity may not have the same problems locally as probably less take up subscriber wise and locally capacity at most exchanges. Its internally on the back haul where slow down if any might occur.
Your estimate is lowish perhaps you are a long way from the cabinet.
I am please with what I have got so far from BT. Hate the call centre though.