BT speed tester

Rik · Feb 06, 2008, 11:02:01

Precisely.

Broadback · Feb 06, 2008, 11:25:55

I have been trying to access the BT tester for several years, intermittently, admittedly, never made it yet. Gives me all sorts of excuses, sometimes (rarely) just sits there saying it is testing! Mind you I only try it from about 9.0am to 9.0pm, I sure ain't going to allow it to rule my like, O.K.

Rik · Feb 06, 2008, 11:29:11

Go on, be a devil, get up at 4am one day.

Broadback · Feb 06, 2008, 11:57:08

No way Rik, I need my beauty sleep. Mind you, to be honest, it has not stopped me from being ugly!

Rik · Feb 06, 2008, 11:58:15

Sleep has never worked miracles on me either.

MoHux · Feb 06, 2008, 13:30:19

Quote from: Broadback on Feb 06, 2008, 11:25:55
I have been trying to access the BT tester for several years ..............................

WOW!! That's gotta be a record! You'd think he would give up ...................

Rik · Feb 06, 2008, 14:09:03

Wonderful, Mo.

Malc · Feb 06, 2008, 14:12:43

Maybe he forgot to present his MAC and he's still on tiscalli $:-\$

Broadback · Feb 06, 2008, 15:50:16

I did not escape from Tiscali to here, so retract that slur immediately, or I'll,I'll, I nkow I will go to Tiscali, so there then. Anyone seen my rattle, not in my pram any more?

Inactive · Feb 06, 2008, 15:55:30

Lance · Feb 06, 2008, 23:17:57

I have to admit, I don't often have problems getting onto the speedtest. Makes me wonder whether there are regional servers (I think Rik had this thought a while back too).

Noreen · Feb 06, 2008, 23:32:16

Have to say that I've never had a problem using the BT speed tester, just tried again prior to this post and managed to connect OK with the usual short wait after giving my phone number.

Malc · Feb 07, 2008, 09:13:55

I keep getting error time out messages.

Rik · Feb 07, 2008, 09:17:33

Quote from: Lance on Feb 06, 2008, 23:17:57
I think Rik had this thought a while back too

I did and do. It's the only way I can make sense of the problems that some people have.

Inactive · Feb 07, 2008, 10:11:04

I have never had a problem using it.

Rik · Feb 07, 2008, 10:12:31

I've had some stutters and stalls, In, but I've always been able to get there eventually, whilst others seem to struggle to ever get a test. There has to be a reason, and location is the only one I can come up with.

Noreen · Feb 07, 2008, 10:33:27

So do the people who have no problems have something such as location in common, and the same question for those that do have problems?

I have never had a problem with it. I'm on the Bermondsey (CLBER) exchange in London and am about 600m, in a straight line, from the exchange.

Rik · Feb 07, 2008, 10:36:28

I think those with the most problems tend to be in the north, Noreen, but it's only a feeling, I've never tested it - till now.

I'm on the Wolverton exchange.

Malc · Feb 07, 2008, 11:16:55

Quote from: Rik on Feb 07, 2008, 10:36:28
I think those with the most problems tend to be in the north, Noreen, but it's only a feeling, I've never tested it - till now.

Thanks Rik, just what I need to hear.

Us poor Northerners.

Rik · Feb 07, 2008, 11:20:33

Whereabouts are you, Malc. It's always seemed to be a problem for people in Cumbria, Northumbria, NI and parts of Scotland from casual observation.

Malc · Feb 07, 2008, 11:22:27

North west Manchester, between Bolton and Wigan

Rik · Feb 07, 2008, 11:31:03

Far enough north of Watford, Malc.

I think I'll start a dedicated thread on this...

Broadback · Feb 07, 2008, 16:14:52

H'm, another North of the Watford Gap syndrome I guess. Where Southerers fear to tread. Pigeons, cloth caps and outside toilets petrify them!

Ann · Feb 07, 2008, 16:30:25

Quote from: Broadback on Feb 07, 2008, 16:14:52
Where Southerers fear to tread. Pigeons, cloth caps and outside toilets petrify them!

MoHux · Feb 07, 2008, 17:54:43

Speaking of outside toilets;

Quote"Finland's residents now face being caught short during car trips if their phones are out of credit, because the country's road management agency has introduced an SMS entry system for public toilets.

Called the SMS Lock System, users must text "OPEN" to a number shown on the door of various toilets and shower rooms along Highway One in Paimio and Salo, near Turku, where the texting service began operating earlier this month".

I can see yobs having great fun dialing those numbers and peeping round the corner!! To say nothing if your battery runs out!