BT speed tester

[Rik]

Precisely. 

[Broadback]

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]

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

[Broadback]

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

[Rik]

Sleep has never worked miracles on me either.

[MoHux]

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]

 

Wonderful, Mo.

[Malc]

Maybe he forgot to  present his MAC and he's still on tiscalli 

[Broadback]

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]

 

[Lance]

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]

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]

I keep getting error time out messages.

[Rik]

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]

I have never had a problem using it.

[Rik]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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]

North west Manchester, between Bolton and Wigan

[Rik]

Far enough north of Watford, Malc. I think I'll start a dedicated thread on this...

[Broadback]

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]

Where Southerers fear to tread. Pigeons, cloth caps and outside toilets petrify them!

[MoHux]

Speaking of outside toilets;

"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!