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When I put my landline number into the BT checker it tells me I will get estimated 32mb DOWN and 6.7MB UP. So this is fine of course. Now having BT Infinity installed months ago the technician who did it concured with these estimations, still very fast so happy days. Although when running speed tests on Speedtest.net I rarely get results over 28mb DOWNLOAD and 5mb UP. Again this is fine still quick enough. One thing that is confusing though is when I use Rapidshare (which I do a lot) I usually always get a download speed of; to be exact, 4.67mbps. Looking at this I would imagine that really my download connection is closer to 50mb rather than the estimated 32mb or even the (apparently) maximum 40mb that I should achieve with FTTC on the 8c. I do live close to both the cabinet and the exchange and have always been front of the upgrade line for the faster speeds.
So my question is am I misunderstanding these speeds or is it crappy speed test servers giving me inaccurate results? And if I unlocked my BT kit would there be a way to view the downstream to see exactly what’s going on?
So my question is am I misunderstanding these speeds or is it crappy speed test servers giving me inaccurate results? And if I unlocked my BT kit would there be a way to view the downstream to see exactly what’s going on?
