New FTTC Packages

[Clive]

Thanks Glenn, that works very well and gives almost identical results. 

[JohnH]

I've tried that. I've always wondered though why there is such a large disparity in speed results between the BT test and the Speedtest one. BT always seems to be much lower. 

[Den]

Hi Clive, From reading your post are you using your lap top as wifi and not plugging into your router as this would account for your speeds have been so low. 

If this is the case buy a range extender with a Ethernet port and then use a Ethernet cable and you will see a dramatic increase in both upload and download. 

[Clive]

That woulds be a retrograde step Den.  I can't see Mrs Clive putting up with more cables unless it's around my neck.   

[Den]

You will never get your full speed without it though however good your router is. I use the BT Smarthub and its great but there is bound to be a fall off. 

[Glenn]

I'm sat about 8 feet from my router which connects at 73/20, wired from it I get around 68/18 mb, on WIFI it drops to 45/17

[colirv]

Mine must barely drop off at all. I'm upstairs from a downstairs router, connection speed 40/10 so IP profile 38.68/9.67. The result in my sig is via wifi!

[Den]

I bought a Kindle Fire HD 10" and set in my study (the same room as my router) I achieved the same speed as my computer on WiFi. I will try it in other rooms later and report back. 

[Gary]

I get the same speeds all over my bungalkow as I do on wired using my R7800, I do have have all 802.11ac clients now, though. My router covers about £3,500 square feet, but you can dial back the transmission to just cover your home. Quaclcomm chipsets in my view are at this time better than Broadcom, and they don't get so hot and use less energy too.

[J!ll]

All up and running  Many thanks to IDNet! I just had a dud router, so the old one will be posted back to them Monday morning. Will do speed test later on.