BT Speedtest results

.Griff. · Dec 22, 2010, 20:27:43

Can the resident IDNet FTTC customers please run a BT speedtest and post the results (Screenshot would be ideal)

I just want to check something I've noticed during my travels today.

alexwright · Dec 22, 2010, 21:03:18

Mine attached.

joe · Dec 23, 2010, 08:24:45

Mine attached. Haven't done one for a while. I note that the speed is continuing to drop from the halcyon days when it first started at 35Mb!!

Anton · Dec 24, 2010, 20:05:33

And mine...

joe · Dec 25, 2010, 08:45:02

And continuing to drop!

BrianM · Dec 25, 2010, 13:54:14

My speed's dropped drastically today, everybody and their mothers must be on line today, shopping probably.

pctech · Dec 25, 2010, 13:58:10

I know that a lot of the shops have started online sales today.

Its quite depressing that the consumer society doesn't stop for at least one day.

Rik · Dec 25, 2010, 14:10:39

Or even a heartbeat.

Anton · Dec 25, 2010, 17:37:27

That said my youngest has been hammering LuckyVoice Karaoke today ;-)

http://home.luckyvoice.com/

So it's not all been shopping - and the network has been performing a treat!

Roll on his bedtime so I can get "Livin' on a Prayer" in place of bloomin Lady Gaga!

Merry Christmas!

Gary · Dec 25, 2010, 23:26:44

Like browsing through treacle tonight

Anton · Dec 27, 2010, 19:08:55

Actually, after reaching my endurance limit for Christmas TV, I decided to browse a little and by chance ended up on the BT support forums.

http://community.bt.com/t5/BB-in-Home/INFINITY-Netwrok-wide-Issues-IMPORTANT/td-p/81365

42, yes 42, Pages of angst that I think put matters into perspective!

I can't begin to imagine how I'd be feeling right now if I had moved to Infinity when I signed up for VDSL.

--
Anton

pctech · Dec 27, 2010, 19:34:35

Who is in their right mind would use BT as their ISP.

Rik · Dec 28, 2010, 13:36:31

Ian Livingstone?

pctech · Dec 28, 2010, 14:03:47

He will of course get priority service from a named individual no doubt.

Wasn't there uproar when he moved into a village that didn't have ADSL but BT spent thousands on Broadband Enabling Technology (BET) to install it for him exclusively.

And I bet the Chief Exec of British Gas has no problem getting someone out when his heating breaks down.

Rik · Dec 28, 2010, 15:20:51

You've got it, Mitch.

sof2er · Jan 31, 2011, 19:10:09

BT Speedtester doesn't really work for me lately, seems like an on/off situation.

Rik · Jan 31, 2011, 19:11:53

I think the BT speedtester is at the bottom of a long list of priorities. Last time I tried, it gave me my profile the stuck. However, because it had got that far, it decided it was a successful test.

pctech · Jan 31, 2011, 19:18:25

Hope they fix it and do something about the speed it operates at although as its having to look up using a database of x million lines I doubt it's going to be a quick process.

Rik · Jan 31, 2011, 19:28:42

Why they can't detect the line information from their radius servers puzzles me, Mitch.

pctech · Jan 31, 2011, 20:05:12

I doubt very much that the testing server can 'see' the BRAS and Radius servers as it would be a tempting target for hackers.

It probably queries a server which contains a copy of the database.

Rik · Feb 01, 2011, 10:47:04

Albeit a crotchety server and a knackered database.

pctech · Feb 01, 2011, 14:24:51

Yep its probably running on a Pentium Pro.

Rik · Feb 01, 2011, 15:47:39

I was thinking more a 486, Mitch.

pctech · Feb 01, 2011, 15:57:17

Probably right there Rik.

Rik · Feb 01, 2011, 16:01:36

About 512k or RAM.

Lance · Feb 01, 2011, 22:48:36

486 is a bit generous Rik? Probably a generation older and a 386.

Rik · Feb 02, 2011, 09:46:36

SX?

Ray · Feb 02, 2011, 09:49:31

I can provide one of those, Rik, I've got a 386SX in my loft somewhere.

Rik · Feb 02, 2011, 09:50:21

Another hoarder...

Ray · Feb 02, 2011, 09:51:27

Yes,

pctech · Feb 02, 2011, 13:33:13

Remember when the 486 was cutting edge

Rik · Feb 02, 2011, 13:48:19

I remember when the 286 was cutting edge, Mitch.

pctech · Feb 02, 2011, 13:53:33

They don't market CPUs they way they used to which is a shame as Intel produced some cracking ads IMO.

Polchraine · Feb 06, 2011, 21:15:36

Quote from: Rik on Feb 02, 2011, 13:48:19
I remember when the 286 was cutting edge, Mitch.

With or without the 287?

I cut my design teeth on the 8080 and 8086 ...

Rik · Feb 07, 2011, 09:57:33

With.

Polchraine · Feb 07, 2011, 10:39:17

Quote from: Rik on Feb 07, 2011, 09:57:33
With.

To be totally correct they were the 80286 and 80287

And what about the 80186 and 80187

Never used in PCs as far as I can remember.

Rik · Feb 07, 2011, 10:40:38

I certainly never saw one. I knew they existed, but where was never answered.

Polchraine · Feb 07, 2011, 11:09:50

Quote from: Rik on Feb 07, 2011, 10:40:38
I certainly never saw one. I knew they existed, but where was never answered.

Some of the systems we designed them into are still in service and the 80186 went out of production only recently. The 187 was, I believe, an 8087 with some minor modifications to get 80186 compatibility and never available on the wider market

Steve · Feb 07, 2011, 12:05:08

Space invaders ?

Rik · Feb 07, 2011, 12:05:55

Very possible, Steve.

Polchraine · Feb 07, 2011, 15:27:13

Not quite ...

Something to detect invaders - but from the East.

Rik · Feb 07, 2011, 16:26:01

Ah, a DTI imports licence system.