Changes to BT’s Line Guestimator.

[slipd]

Hi guys,

I was checking the BT site the other day and I noticed that the BTw Guestimator (http://eco.btwholesale.com/broadband1/) has changed? Well for me it has anyway…

It now says that I can get a standard 2 MB connection, even though I wasn’t able to in the past? Before it used to say I could support 1 MB only – because of my line.

Have BT improved my line or something

I take it this is just an error at their end?

Any thoughts

SW.

 

[slipd]

I'm half tempted to give a 2 MB fixed connection a go?

2 years ago, when I was with Pipex, they put me on a 2 MB BRAS even though I could only get 1 MB, and I had constant disconnects - and a lot of resulting downtime...

It took them nearly three months to get their finger out and downgrade me

I really don't want all that hassle again!

After reading what you've said, it must be a mistake BT's end surely, saying that we can get 2 MB – in the old days they used to say you could have a 2 MB connection with anything less than 43dB snr, or something like that?

SW.

 

[slipd]

Btw at the site sam knows (http://www.samknows.com/broadband/checker2.php) try just using your postcode. Any bets that it will say somit different compared to when you use the phone number in the checker.

Mine did. Postcode only = 1mb and 3.5mb adslmax able, tel no = 2mb and 2.5mb adslmax able.

Yeah, your right

Just using the postcode says I 'may be able' to have 1 MB

Oh well.

SW.

 

[slipd]

@sam.wheale if its now saying you can get 2mb then you can, as as i said thats what it used to say to me that i could only get 1mb, and 2mb was a no no, but once id seen that it had all changed i checked with AOL to see if i could get 2mb now, and if i could then to put me on it, and they did a line check and said yup i can, so here i am on 2mb.

I would go onto max, but i just can't be arsed with the 10 days rubbish, and i don't need 8mb, the 2mb does me.

Thanks for the reply

Thing is, has anything actually changed on my line? Because as I said, the last time I was on standard ADSL I was on a 2 MB profile (even though they were only giving me 1 MB) and it just couldn't handle it...

I'm tempted to give it a go though - I miss the good old days of having a consistent connection

SW.