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.