BT Infinity - anyone got it yet?

[watercooled]

I may as well give up http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/SSPTN

Wow that's pretty awful. I'm assuming it's just because of the relatively small customer base?

[DR]

Wow that's pretty awful. I'm assuming it's just because of the relatively small customer base?

It's a tiny village - doesn't matter - I don't tend to download much when at home....

[Stoo]

Nothing here either - not on the latest around of exchanges either: http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/EALOW

Where I live I'm right on the limits of both exchanges which serve the town.. Hence, poopy internet.

Cable and Wireless were supposed to come into the town years ago, we even got the letters and everything.. Then they went bust..

I'm guessing probably 2013 at least before this place gets any sort of decent internet connection.

What is really annoying is that there's a sodding great multi-gigabit internet backbone fibre which goes off to Holland from here... /facepalm

[watercooled]

It's a tiny village - doesn't matter - I don't tend to download much when at home....

Do you get a decent speed from BT?

[DR]

Do you get a decent speed from BT?

[Neo_VR]

Interestingly, if i switch over to my Draytek 2820n the speed drops off.. which im fairly sure is more wireless than anything else. they are set up the same, same channel and N only mode..

[watercooled]

It could be worse I suppose - a friend of mine had about 500k down, 250k up. You could keep on at BT about it?

Interestingly, if i switch over to my Draytek 2820n the speed drops off.. which im fairly sure is more wireless than anything else. they are set up the same, same channel and N only mode..

Have you compared the two through a wired connection?

[DR]

It could be worse I suppose - a friend of mine had about 500k down, 250k up. You could keep on at BT about it?



Have you compared the two through a wired connection?

I am easy - I don't mind - I am happy with the fact I've a decent stable DSL connection.

I only use it at weekends, I'm at the office during the week.

[Neo_VR]

Have you compared the two through a wired connection?

Yeah its OK on wired, just wireless has an issue even with the wifi settings identical channel/mode/security.
the upload suffers the most.. looking at my wifi stats, the draytek has CRC errors on almost 40% of the frames, this happens on any channel.. however the HH is much less.. and downloads can hit over 40mbit

Heres a graph showing upload results from speedtest - you can definately see which are the HH and which are the draytek

[directhex]

A taller, narrower green cabinet appeared at the end of the road, next to the existing BT cabinet. Wonder what that's for.

[Stoo]

I get some really random results out of speedtest.net..

In the UK is around this:


Hopping over to Holland I get this:


*shrug*

[Stoo]

A taller, narrower green cabinet appeared at the end of the road, next to the existing BT cabinet. Wonder what that's for.

To taunt you with for a few weeks/months, then you can use it to taunt the rest of us

[watercooled]

Could also be a mobile phone base - is there a mast near it?

[directhex]

Could also be a mobile phone base - is there a mast near it?

Nope.

[watercooled]

You may be in luck then.

[yogibear]

Has anyone received a letter saying Infinity is now in your area, sign up now. Then when you phone up they say its not in your area until September?