Broadband speed in close proximity

Hi,
Hopefully someone can help.. We're moving house next week and I work from home so I cancelled our current residential broadband yesterday and signed up for BT Business broadband and phone 11 Jan for the new place. I was originally quoted 2.5Mb as the most I'll get and residential broadband quotes Between 1.0Mb and 3.5Mb (Estimated speed: 2.0Mb). I tested the residential connection today with our soon to be new landlord and it was around a steady 2Mb. My inlaws live next door to our new place, yet they're quoted between 7mb and 8mb on the residential speed estimate checker. As far as I can see both terraced cottages (plus one other) are served by one cable coming from the BT pole on the main road. Another possibly unrelated fact, I used to live with the inlaws a few years ago and we were getting 3-5Mb with BT residential. Recently they signed up with PlusNet and could hardly get 0.2Mb. If it was related to wiring in the new house then maybe having the new BT Business line installed would sort that out? Something really odd going on, 2 houses next door to each other quoted completely different speeds :-/ Can anyone shed any light?
Thanks,
Jason
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I managed to get the actual phone number today and I've run the details through Sam Knows and I get:
According to BT Wholesale, your phone line should be able to support a 3Mbps or greater ADSL connection via ADSL Max.
They're currently with TalkTalk. So if I understand correctly the speed estimate is checking the current line speed with TalkTalk? I'm wondering if TalkTalk are only providing standard ADSL in this area so they're only currently getting 2Mb whereas BT can provide ADSL Max, is that correct?
Anyway, 24hrs before my BT Business appt I receive a text saying the appointment has now changed to 7th March! 3 weeks away. I swiftly cancelled and went with a residential package instead. I only went with BT Business for static IP really but circumstances have changed now anyway and I don't need the static IP so I should save £100+ a quarter

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I am so close to throwing in the towel with BT. The service I receive is both inconsistent and laughable, the customer care is non-existent and the price I pay is more than VirginMedia.
Why do I stay? Why do I persist with an organisation who are just not interested?
Anyway.
My broadband speed veers from 500Kb to 2Mb, but BT Technical insist I am capable of receiving 8-10Mb
The full story of my latest attempt to deal with BT Technical is here: http://brennigjones.com/blog/?p=2776
I am really at the end of my tolerance and tether, but if anyone can help with a last-ditch throw of the dice, please let me know - otherwise I'm off to VirginMedia.
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The results of the test are below. What do we do now?
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Download Speed
1845 Kbps
0 Kbps
7150 Kbps
Max Achievable Speed
Download speedachieved during the test was - 1845 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 600-7150 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :8032 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 7000 Kbps
2. Assured Rate Test: -provides background information.
Download Speed
542 Kbps
0 Kbps
600 Kbps
Max Achievable Speed
Download speedachieved during the test was - 542 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 576-600 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Assured Rate IP profile on your line is - 600 Kbps

Broadband Speeds

Until recently i have been achieving broadband speeds of between 6.0MB and 7.1MB over the last 12 months
See copy of speed test done on 17th May 2011
We have had work done recently at our exchange Knock Belfast and the broadband checker results have shown I should now be able to get 15MB to 17MB broadband speed
I have been on the phone a couple of times regarding this and have noticed far from increasing speed my broadband speed has substantially reduced. Speed reading today 04/06/2011 3.4MB
Unhappy customer
I would also draw your attention to Ofcom's
2010 Voluntary Code of Practice: Broadband Speeds
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7150 Kbps
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For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 600-7150 Kbps.
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Your DSL Connection Rate :8128 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
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according to the btspeedtester results you have posted you are on adslmax up to 8mb and you have the max connection of 8128 with the correct profile of 7150 and throughput looks fine.
your exchange may have been upgraded check here http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange_search but it could be weeks or months before BT are in a position to rollout the changes to all the customers on that exchange. normally you would get an email from Bt advising the exchange upgrade but even then it could be a few weeks as the rollout is phased
if you get upgraded your modulation will change from current 992.1 to either 992.3 or 992.5
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Broadband speed / lack of master socket

My broadband speed according to all the speed tests is around 0.5Mb/s - sad, I know. One of the things I wanted to try to bump it up a bit was to plug the router into the master socket. It looks like we don't have one but one of those old junction box things above the front door. Has anyone had any luck trying to persuade BT to replace a junction box with a normal master socket? All advice welcome.

That thing above your door will just be a block terminal, they have them in place because the external cable can not extend inside your premises for more than two metres. This is because the plastic sheathing on it releases chemicals when burns, but to be honest if your house is on fire there are probably 101 other plastic household items that will also release harmful fumes on top of the already harmful fumes from the fire itself.
By the sounds of you will just have a LJU for your NTP, aka master socket. Will probably have the old T logo on it?
Anyway, as mentioned above you can't just ask they come and replace it. Openreach operate a 'if it ain't broke don't fix it policy' so if you called an engineer out they will charge you £130 for a wasted visit as it will have been right when tested. Depending on the engineer, he may replace it while on site but chances are he might not as it will be an easy close for him and he can get to his next job.

Slow broadband speed after exchange upgrade

Hi,
I wonder if anyone can help. My local exchange was 'upgraded' on 14th August, immediately following that my Broadband speed has halved and never recovered, I used to get approx 7Mbps connection speed with a 5.8 ~ 6.3 Mbps down load speed. SInce then and upto now I only get a connection speed of approx 3.3Mbps with a download speed of around 2.8Mbps.
Since we have BT Vision this is now close to the limit of what it requires to work for on demand content.
I have spoken to BT Technical on a number of occasions. At first they told me it was my router (HomeHub V1) and that I could have a new one if a signed up for another 12 months. Since I doubted this and I also had a Home Hub V1.5 router I swapped to this router and it gave the same results! This was on the 7th September.
Since then I have spoken to BT Technical on a number of occasions, always this involves the same path - get asked whether I have tried different microfilter, connection to the main socket blah blah. Then they check the exchange, it comes up with a CC12 ADQ error, they ask BT Wholesale to investigate, BT Wholesale clear the error, BT technical ring back, ask me if speed is any better, tell them no, they say they will reset the line profile, this makes no difference!
If I ring again then we just go round in the same circle again.
Has anyone got any ideas or can someone sort this out, fed up of pointless phone calls at the moment!
Here are the line statistics from the BT Home Hub (V1.5) as things currently stand.:
Hope someone can help,
Thanks
DSL Connection
Link Information
Uptime:
0 days, 13:08:25
Modulation:
G.992.5 annex A
Bandwidth (Up/Down) [kbps/kbps]:
664 / 3,327
Data Transferred (Sent/Received) [MB/MB]:
11.57 / 62.47
Output Power (Up/Down) [dBm]:
9.5 / 0.0
Line Attenuation (Up/Down) [dB]:
8.5 / 18.5
SN Margin (Up/Down) [dB]:
11.0 / 27.5
Vendor ID (Local/Remote):
TMMB / IFTN
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
Loss of Link (Remote):
0
Error Seconds (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
FEC Errors (Up/Down):
0 / 0
CRC Errors (Up/Down):
0 / 6
HEC Errors (Up/Down):
0 / 0
Line Profile:
Fast

Well 12 days later and still no improvement. Changed back to the homehub V1.0 (10 days ago) as the Homehub V1.5 was to unstable and kept dropping connection every few hours.
Spoke to BT technical last Sunday, they agreed to send me a new HomeHub in the end. This has now been lost / stolen during delivery - what a farce. Spoke to BT Technical again last night, went through the same sets of testing same results. Technical this time said I shouldn't have been sent a new homehub anyway as I was not in contract!
Reading through this forum and others it seems that there are a lot of people reporting speed issues (speed halving from original sync/download speed) when exchange has been upgraded to ADSL 2+ and the home hub is V1.0 or V1.5.
The tech i spoke to last night seemed to think it was the homehub but said i wouldn't get another one unless I signed a new contract. Told him there was no way I would sign a new contract when their customer service was so poor and they are unable to resolve problems.
He stated he would reset the I.P. profile. This morning download SNR has shot up to 30db (has got down to 18db) last night and sync speed was lower.
It seems to me that BT know there is an issue with HH V1.0 and V1.5 and ADSL 2+ but rather than send you a new router ask that you sign up to a new contract. This seems partly a ruse just to tie people into another 12 month contract.
My neighbours have the same set up and are experiencing the same problems since the exchange upgrade!

Stuck at 2mbps broadband speed

Hello
I think I have the same problem as Godfrey123 as for several weeks I have had a very poor broadband speed of less than 1.9mb from around 7.5mb which it had been for many years since I first joined BT broaband. I have tried all the usual suggestons and at 1 time the configuration page showed I had been connected for over 8 days but with no difference in speed. It may be a coincidence but the speed reduction seemed to be just after I renewed my BT broadband contract at the end of July
I hope you can help as now difficult to watch BT Sport on line. Results below connected to master socket and all wireless devices switched off.
Regards
Malc
Internet Connection Configuration
Connection Information
Connection time:
4 days, 00:32:50
Data Transmitted/Received:
2.4 GB / 397.8 MB
Broadband username:
[email protected]
Password:
Not configured
TCP/IP settings
Broadband network IP address:
86.131.94.239
Default gateway:
217.47.74.146
Primary DNS:
217.32.171.21
Secondary DNS:
213.120.234.30
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Download Speed
2.06 Mbps
0 Mbps
2 Mbps
Max Achievable Speed
Download speedachieved during the test was - 2.06 Mbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 0.4 Mbps-2 Mbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :8.13 Mbps(DOWN-STREAM), 0.45 Mbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 2 Mbps
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Variable Broadband Speed and Error V04

Hi,
Not really getting anywhere with BT Customer Support. My Vision Catch up is not reliable and has frozen quite a lot since activated a few days ago. BT Customer service say my broadband speed is okay but it is very variable. Now got an error V04 and looking at the forums this is not unusual. Where do I go from here ?

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Test1 comprises of three tests
1. Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Download Speed
11810 Kbps
0 Kbps
21000 Kbps
Max Achievable Speed
Download speedachieved during the test was - 11810 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 4000-21000 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :17690 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 1156 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 12400 Kbps
2. Assured Rate Test: -provides background information.
Download Speed
1318 Kbps
0 Kbps
1600 Kbps
Max Achievable Speed
Download speedachieved during the test was - 1318 Kbps
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Additional Information:
Assured Rate IP profile on your line is - 1600 Kbps
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Upload Speed
729 Kbps
0 Kbps
1156 Kbps
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Upstream Rate IP profile on your line is - 1156 Kbps
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Broadband speed dropped from 10Mb to 250K overnigh...

My broadband speeds have dropped massively overnight and I was wondering if any of the experts on here can give me some guidance on what to try or to do next?
I've been on BT Total Broadband for ages and it was running typically at about 10Mbps according to occasional checks on Speedtest.net since early May when my line was upgraded - previous had been at about 6Mb. However, today I noticed my internet access was sluggish, I tried Speedtest.net again and was shocked to find I was being quoted a download speed of 0.24Mb (upload strangely was higher at 0.38). I then tried Speedtester.bt.com and it says my IP profile is 250Kbps with an actual speed of 159Kbps, so this makes it sound like I'm being throttled down, yet I haven't even come close to any limits. Also it's a bit strange to have it happen so suddenly - everything was working fine last night and the router has been on 24/7 (although I did reset it this morning thinking that maybe this would solve the speed issue - no such luck!)
I'll post the stats from the Speedtest and from my router below (I use a Belkin, not the Homehub in case that makes a difference), but would appreciate some ideas about what might have happened and anything I can do.
---------- Speedtester.bt.com -----------
Download speed achieved during the test was - 159 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 50-250 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :1496 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 536 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 250 Kbps
The throughput of Best Efforts (BE) classes achieved during the test is - 19.52:25.06:55.42 (SBE:NBEBE)
These figures represent the ratio while sententiously passing Sub BE, Normal BE and Priority BE marked traffic.
----------- Router Stats ------------
ADSL
Type          Fast Path
Status        SHOWTIME
                             Downstream   Upstream
Data rate(Kbps)       1496Kb          536Kb
Noise Margin            26                 25
Output power(dBm) 99               196
Attenuation(dB)       38                 16

Hi there I'm also having the same problem unfortunately. A coupe of days ago I was transferring a file from my laptop to my desktop via wireless and it caused my home hub 2 to hang. I had to reboot it a couple of times to get it working again but once it was back up again I found browsing to be really slow. I went on speedtest.net and discovered that I was getting 250k down and about 300k up. I power cycled the home hub a few times and checked all of my microfilters and connections (just to be on the safe side) but it was still slow. I went on the btspeedtest site and it is showing that my ip profile is 250k even though I am connected at 4,500k. I called the bt helpdesk this evening and was told that there looks like there was a problem but that they are showing my ip profile as being 3000k now and that I should check in a few hours on the bt speedtest site again. Well I did and it's still showing as 250k. The details from my hub and the speedtest site are below. Any thoughts and help would be very greatly appreciated.
Best effort test download speed = 219 kbps
Your DSL connection rate is 4576 kbps (down stream), 448 kbps (up stream)
IP Profile for your line is 250 kbps
ADSL Settings
VPI/VCI
0/38
Type
PPPoA
Modulation
ITU-T G.992.1
Latency type
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up)
6.3 dB / 21.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up)
49.0 dB / 31.0 dB
Output power (Down/Up)
18.9 dBm / 11.9 dBm
Connection Information
Line state
Connected
Connection time
0 days, 1:51:21
Downstream
4,576 Kbps
Upstream
448 Kbps

From the old forum.... Slow broadband speeds in th...

FROM THE OLD FORUM Original post by John Jorgensen...
Slow broadband speeds in the evening all of a sudden
Posted: Jan 22, 2010 9:17 AM
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Hi,
I have had bt broadband opt3 for almost 3 months now and have always had a healthy 9mb+ connection, however have noticed it being very slow in the evening when I come home from work, I checked the speed last nite as iplayer was constantly freezing and was getting 1mb . A bit upset by this as I got bt broadband to play my ps3 online and to get faster speeds on my laptop, and I use these services mostly at nite.
I checked my speed this morning and was getting 11mb, is this normal or am I being capped I cant believe Id be going over my download limit. Can someone from bt get back to me on this?
Thanks
John
alison griffiths
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Posted: Jan 22, 2010 11:22 AM   in response to: John Jorgensen in response to: John Jorgensen
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Welcome to the world of BT , the tv advert when he says " business slow" when trying to load a webpage is not other companies thats BT.
John Jorgensen
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Posted: Jan 22, 2010 12:11 PM   in response to: alison griffiths in response to: alison griffiths
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Yes Alison, I think I can see that now. I wouldnt mind if broadband was a bit slower at peak times, I know thats normal, but when I'm only getting 1mb when my max is 14mb, I just dont feel I'm getting what I pay for. And when it gets to the point where I cant watch iplayer without it stuttering everywhere and online games lagging on the ps3, this is certainly not what I'm paying for.
I was hoping one of the mods here would help me and check my line and see if there is any cap on the line and get it removed.
I really dont wanna phone India, I deal with them 5 days a week as is...
Think I will just send one of the mods an email to check my line and see if it is being capped or if somethings wrong.
anthony dickerson
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Posted: Jan 22, 2010 3:52 PM   in response to: John Jorgensen in response to: John Jorgensen
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You will never get decent speeds on Iplayer,
BT limit it because they want you to subscribe to their precious BT Vision service.
The only way you are guaranteed to get decent speeds on BT is to subscibe to BT Vision and also unlimited broadband.
Then you will get priority when you stream TV at your exchange unlike fighting it out with all the other broadband users as you currently are for the available bandwith.the more over subscribed your local exchange the worse it is
Paddy B Mod
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   Slow broadband speeds in the evening all of a sudden
Posted: Jan 23, 2010 2:04 PM   in response to: anthony dickerson in response to: anthony dickerson
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Hi John,
I can take a look at the network side of things for you, to see if there is anything I can do to help improve your speed during peak periods. Please could you drop me an email with your BT account details? Please also include a link to this thread. It would also be very helpful if you could run a few speed tests using www.speedtester.bt.com when you feel your Broadband is running slow. I can then check those results from here.
Thanks
Paddy
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Mateusz Sokolin...
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   Re: Slow broadband speeds in the evening all of a sudden
Posted: Jan 24, 2010 7:33 PM   in response to: John Jorgensen in response to: John Jorgensen
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Well John i'll tell you what it is...
First of all welcome to BT and I hope you'll enjoy 18months of pain and suffer.
OK here it goes....
If you look at your contract, find a rule that says Fair Usage Policy.
Basically it states that BT will cap anyone that is abusing their lines.
However, it does not say what are the limits after which you are going to be capped for how long and at what times. (I'll come back to this later and explain)
If you ring 08007076044 I'm sure that someone will confirm my theory. As constant 1MBit between 6PM till 11/12 PM is actually FUP applied on to your account.
Ok time to explain my frustration about FUP.
Since I signed my contract with "lovely" BT for constant 4 months I had similar issue but it took me even longer to find out what is going on and how to deal with this problem (thanks to google).
FUP team states that if you exceed 100GB in a month (everyone will admit that these days 100GB is nothing when a single game for PS3/XBox360/PC sometimes is more than 5GB and 1080p film is about 12GB) will cap you for a month at peak times to outstanding and superfast 1Mbit (about 130-150KB/s).
I'be been watching my download and for few months never exceeded that 100GB in a month. Been ringing FUP team to verify when suddenly they told me that from (cant remember exactly) March FUP will apply only to accounts that are using Torrents and other P2P.
you won't believe how happy I was hearing that.... So i've started to download and next month guess what.... 1Mbit connection.
Really mad rang FUP team and asked them what on earth is going on. They confirmed that its only P2P and I've explained them that I only use Youtube, BBC iPlayer, Rapidshare, Steam and XBox Live, Beatport (just don't understand how ppl can use torrents and other P2P as they are just way to slow). So they were happy to take the cap off my broadband connection.
Next month same issue solved exactly the same way.
After that for consecutive few months I had no problem whatsoever until September where FUP Team said that there is no such thing and FUP applies to everyone.
So just want to say that BT is rubbish that can't keep their word.
I went to one of the sales advisor in the shopping centre and asked him how FUP works as it does not say in the contract "how, when, who and what".
So he said that policy is applied based on amount of files downloaded within that 100GB. So if I download e.g. 3x 50GB (although its 150GB altogether) files I wont be affected but 100x 1GB will put a cap on me.
I've been so curious if what he said was right and started to download 2x 60GB and guess what... Got frigging FUP placed on my account!!!.
I've got 2months left with them and will be extremely happy to cancel my contract, moreover, I will do everything in my power to sue them under EU Consumer Rights Law (that states that contract should be clear and fair to both sides) as Fair Usage Policy is one of those things that allows BT to do anything they want to their customers;
1. No clear explanation of what FUP is.
2. Does not states the amount of downloaded data required to have cap on the acount
3. Does not states for how long it will be applied
4. Does not states when it will be applied
If you look at e.g. Virgin Broadband everything is clearly written in nice and understandable way. It warns you at what times FUP will be applied under what circumstances and for how long. Isn't it what we all want to know??
Alex Owen
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Posted: Jan 24, 2010 9:35 PM   in response to: Mateusz Sokolin... in response to: Mateusz Sokolin...
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@Mateusz I think I maybe a victim of this outragous stint BT have done. I have 2 XBOX 360's running on XBOX Live, 2 Desktop PCs connected to the web constantly, and 3 laptops, we have a torrent sharing running and World Of Warcraft on one of the PCs. All of this is shared across a 6 person family. How can a family where two members goto to college and university do their college ork, download application such as VB.net do their coursework and revise without the hassle of a **** connection. Seriously BT get your ******* head outta your **** and stop this ********, we are customers, we pay for what we are offered. When I signed up several years ago I could download everything on the net woithout infracions on my line being set in motion. You altered my contract without telling me. You will lose custom from this. Also you have ****** my wireless
Edited by: Alex Owen on Jan 24, 2010 9:36 PM
amanda jones
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Posted: Jan 25, 2010 8:42 PM   in response to: Alex Owen in response to: Alex Owen
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You lot are lucky, We wish we could be capped to 1mbit. Our IP profile is capped to 500kbit because BT say the line isn't good enough for anything more. We are paying for option3 up to 8mbit and BT have said we must continue to pay for it for the remainder of the contract, or buy ourselves out of it early, the reason they give.... Up to 8mbit means up to 8mbit. If you dont get 8mbit then TOUGH LUCK SUCKERS!!
The outcome? We feel like we've been turned over by a dodgey second hand car salesman called BT. The internet deal he flogged us was a dog, a ringer, it wasn't cosher and certainly had a false MOT certificate.
Computer Geek
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Posted: Jan 25, 2010 8:49 PM   in response to: amanda jones in response to: amanda jones
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Hi Amanda,
Why have you joined BT Option 3 when you can not get what BT can offer?
No pun intended but you are a bit of a sucker for paying high prices where other suppliers are cheaper and can provide what your line can support.
CG
amanda jones
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Posted: Jan 26, 2010 9:13 PM   in response to: Computer Geek in response to: Computer Geek
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we moved house last october to this one, the connection was rubbish from the get-go, BT said the router was broken and we needed a new one, we said OK. That "OK" meant that we had entered into a new contract for option 3 same as out old one. The router wasn't broken, the new one didnt fix or improve the problem, we have since asked for a price reduction or compensation and been told "no". we are in contract and can pay to buy ourselves out of it if we like but otherwise we have to pay for option 3 and recieve fixed rate 500kb.
Clare Thurston
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   Re: Slow broadband speeds in the evening all of a sudden
Posted: Jan 27, 2010 11:57 AM   in response to: amanda jones in response to: amanda jones
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Hi Amanda,
I think you'll find that the Hold To Term rules have changed. BT are now unable to charge you for the account if you no longer require it. It is against OFCOM's rulings for a company to make more money out of you as a leaving customer than an existing one. However, You will need to pay for the connection charge (if that has not expired it's original differed contract) which is £40. A cancellation fee of £25 if you are simply cancelling and not migrating using a MAC key and for any hardware. The Routers are advertised at £88 and i would suggest that if they believed on to be faulty then that would be replaced under guarantee and not be put on a differed basis. I would check exactly what they say the are charging you and query this through OFCOM. http://www.ofcom.org.uk/

Months of impecable service form BT as an option 3 customer. (I've even recommended BT to people)
but
For the past 2 weeks peak traffic has murdered my connection.
I can get 14mbit off peak, and it used to drop to about 7-9 at peak times.
Now its down to 1-2mbit at peak times. (no i haven't breached FUP as I check my btinternet inbox for the 80GB warning)
I think its resonable to experience drop off but 90%!!!
BT advertising says fast speeds at peak times. less than 2mbit is not fast. (that the governments minimum standard!!!)
I don't know how to procede because when I'm experiencing these issues if I ring up I will end up waiting so long to speak to someone (because its peak time) the concection wiill be better again.
I can think of no recourse other than to approach trading standards...
Guarnetee me 5mbit at peak times (enough to stream HD iplayer) and I'd be happy
That is what BT vision customers are in essence are getting + what ever their PC is using.
Fair usage? what about Fair Supply.

New contract, new hub, same broadband speed.

Went online to look at my broadband options - it suggested I could get 12-17MB/s on a new contract.
So I rang and got a new contract. The new hub arrived, works great.
Now, when I go online to bt.com and run the speed estimator, it suggests I could get only 12MB/s. OK this is right at the bottom end of the initial range, but fair enough.
However, the actual BT broadband speed test says I'm only getting 7.9MB/s - exactly the same as I got before the new contract.
So, my question is, should I actually expect a greater speed? Is BT providing a newer, upgraded form of VDSL? I mean, is there some technical reason why I could expect a greater speed?
(edit) OK I've done a bit of self-help... see some results below. Doesn't help me but maybe somebody can make use of this information. And yes of course I tried the speed test again and it didn't make any difference.

you are on broadband with fibre vdsl which is the same as infinity but because your speed estimate was <15mb BT do not sell infinity where speed is <15Mb but you get broadband with fibre instead. this is still fibre to the cabinet and copper from cabinet to your home - just the same as infinity.
this is the second post recently where the estimate was the checker 'A' speeds but the reality is your line is not good enough for 'A' so you have somewhere between 'A' and the 'B' speed
the diagnostic test normally does work but sometimes you need to try a few times
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Broadband Speed dropped and wont come back

Hi, I need help and advice please.
Background info first though, so please bare with me.
During last July 2011 I was fed up of very low speeds and managed to get a BT engineer out to check the wiring etc... He did a great job by finding a badly insulated cable between myself and the Cabinet in our village. He also changed our master socket to a newer version.
Over the next few days my broadband speed went from 0.74mb download to 1.95mb download. Fantastic!
This speed has pretty much been a consistent rarely dropping below 1.7mb and at times has even gone up to my highest recorded of 2.46mb. I thought this was brilliant, I could watch iPlayer no problems and xbox live was even bearable (most of the time).
The big problem where I live is sometimes we have power cuts. Sometimes lasting hours but mainly just for seconds. Even so it switches the BB router off. (I know, but not my fault)
When we had the freak snow fall the other month problems started to raise their head. The computers in the household found issues connecting to the router and to resolve this BT BB Helpdesk kept advising me to reset router to enable connection. After connecting new ADSL filters the speed returned but connection issues continued.
BT supplied me with a brand new home hub 3 which I connected thinking it would give me my 2.4mb speeds again. Oh No. To be fare I think I was getting 1.95mb but I wanted more, as most people would. Why cant I get 2.4mb most of the time I have had for a few months.
Anyway I contacted BT who were kind enough to send a BT engineer out. He Said to me the Broadband speed is put out at the exchange (4.5km) at 8mb and comes into our village at between 3mb and 4mb. He detected no fault on the lines and spent the next 3 hours renewing 'D' and 'E' I think side of cabling (found this out later). He mentioned the noise was high but did something to lower it. On leaving he said I had 2.5mb and was confidant it would rise to 3mb.
Great not drastic but should give me 250kbs to 50kbs extra.
The day he was at my house we had 2 short power cuts followed by another couple some days later. This has not helped I'm sure.
NOW TO THE ISSUE.
My download speed since that day has not gone above 1.46mb download and every time I speak to the call centre they tell me my line is only capable of 2mb therefore 1.46mb is within acceptable range.
I am so tired of explaining that I was capable of receiving 2.4mb some 2 months ago yet now since the new hub 3 and line fiddling I am only capable of a 2mb downstream - 1.46mb DLS.
I know I have to wait 3 - 10 days but with power cuts its a nightmare, and they are so adamant about my 2mb downstream limit What the hell has happened.
Here is a link to my recorded (Speedtest.net) data over the past 11 months showing actual proof of receiving 2.46mb:
http://www.speedtest.net/results.php?sh=19a6b38248773feaa954bcf8e17ae768&ria=0
And here is my BT speedtester data:
1. Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Download Speed
1.38 Mbps
0 Mbps
2 Mbps
Max Achievable Speed
Download speedachieved during the test was - 1.38 Mbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 0.4 Mbps-2 Mbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :2.21 Mbps(DOWN-STREAM), 0.45 Mbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 1.5 Mbps
My home Hub data:
Line state:
Connected
Connection time:
0 day, 17:16:04
Downstream:
2,208 Kbps
Upstream:
448 Kbps
ADSL settings
VPI/VCI:
0/38
Type:
PPPoA
Modulation:
G.992.1 Annex A
Latency type:
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up):
9.3 dB / 15.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up):
56.5 dB / 31.5 dB
Output power (Down/Up):
18.1 dBm / 11.9 dBm
FEC Events (Down/Up):
12650 / 48
CRC Events (Down/Up):
50 / 17
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
Loss of Link (Remote):
0
HEC Errors (Down/Up):
289 / 10
Error Seconds (Local/Remote):
0 / 0
Please Help me I know I've had better than this but all the numbers point to the fact I can no longer have them. Why?
Many thanks
Jon
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Hi JONNYYOUNG,
I'm not educated enough to help but it mat reassure you, as it did me, to know your circumstances are not unique.
Your story sounds very simialr to my experiende last November, speeds and line length being very similar. An engineer said there was noise on my line so he switched me to another pair. Did the engineer do that for you too ? Net result my speed dropped from ~2.3 to ~1.4Mbps.
Fortunately a 21CN upgrade at my excahnge has brought my speed back up to ~2.4Mbps.
I'm sure imjolly, john46 and maybe a mod if you need it will sort you out as well as they did me.
Good luck,
dfenceman
Best regards,
dfenceman

Very slow broadband speeds

Hello
My first post, and I'm hoping that someone will be able to help me with this.
For a few days now, I've been experiencing very slow broadband speeds (100kbps or less), in contrast to the 1.5 - 2Mbps that I would usually expect to get. I've been on hold to BT technical support for some time, and have got through twice, on both occasions being told that this is a widespread issue and to wait until the next day. However, I'm not seeing any improvement. I'm aware of the problems in Edinburgh and the North of England,but I'm in East Anglia.
speedtester.bt.com shows:
Your configured download throughput speed for this service is 135 k
and then:
Two consecutive attempts have failed to initialise an Assured Rate session for your service.Please raise a fault with your service provider stating that the Performance Tester tool indicated a problem with initialising your Assured Rate session. <script type="text/javascript">// paintProgressAndMessageTestBar(-1,""); paintProgressAndMessageOnBar(-1,'An Error has Occured! '); // </script>
My hub stats are:
ADSL line status
Connection information
Line state Connected
Connection time 1 day, 13:59:54
Downstream 1,504 Kbps
Upstream 448 Kbps
ADSL settings
VPI/VCI 0/38
Type PPPoA
Modulation ITU-T G.992.1
Latency type Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up) 15.0 dB / 19.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up) 60.0 dB / 31.5 dB
Output power (Down/Up) 16.6 dBm / 11.9 dBm
Loss of Framing (Local) 0
Loss of Signal (Local) 0
Loss of Power (Local) 0
FEC Errors (Down/Up) 4586 / 92
CRC Errors (Down/Up) 297 / 2147480000
HEC Errors (Down/Up) nil / 72
Error Seconds (Local) 221
I hope this is enough information, but I'll happily supply anything else if I can. The uptime of 1.5 days is the time since I was advised to restart / reset to defaults etc.
Thanks for any help.
Deej.

Once a line is stable and working well, it's best left running 24/7
Interventions like resets, replacing accelerators, unplugging the router etc. will cause line "flapping"
And the dslam sees this as instability, and in turn the BRAS lowers the IP profile ....
This is done to achieve stability, and decrease throughput purposefully, all done automatically.
What you have to do, is cure any line noise, plug directly into the master or test socket behind the NTE
faceplate, leave it connected and wait for the throughput to increase.
Very often a rock bottom IP may need a kick to get it out of the doldrums.
Eventually the noise margin will decrease, sync will increase, and IP profile go up.
Depending on how long the line has suffered impulse noise, will determine the time for SNR to come down.
Regardless of which type of phone you used to test quietline ... hum or crackle is a no-no.
It may be the cause of the problems. It could be REIN on the network portion of the connection or dslam
crosstalk, either way it needs to be reported as line noise before you can count it out of the equation.

HT5052 I have been trying to upate my ipod to 5.0.1, but every time i get an error message of the server timed out after downloading for over an hour. My broadband speed here is is 1.5mbs, not good any help?

I have been trying to update my ipod to the 5.0.1 but after waiting for a hour for the download i get an error message that the server has timed out as my broadband speed is not good, could this be the problem and if so how can i get the update?

I have the same problem I disable msconfig mode all the programs escept windows and apple products but the same error appears at the last second of downloading the update

Broadband speed is low.

Hi,
I did a speedtest on the 1st and it showed I was getting 16mb DL speed however in the past couple of days I have only been recieving 3-4mb sometimes even slower.
I checked my status through ADSL settings and was wondering if the noise on the line is the problem:
ADSL line status
Connection Information
Line state
Connected
Connection time
2 days, 01:26:37
Downstream
5,479 Kbps
Upstream
763 Kbps
ADSL Settings
VPI/VCI
0/38
Type
PPPoA
Modulation
G.992.5 Annex A
Latency type
Fast
Noise margin (Down/Up)
31.1 dB / 10.3 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up)
18.9 dB / 7.8 dB
Output power (Down/Up)
35.0 dBm / 1.1 dBm
Loss of Framing (Local/Remote)
0 / 0
Loss of Signal (Local/Remote)
0 / 0
Loss of Power (Local/Remote)
0 / 0
FEC Errors (Down/Up)
0 / 0
CRC Errors (Down/Up)
7 / 0
HEC Errors (Down/Up)
2 / 0
Error Seconds (Local/Remote)
7 / 0
Thanks.
Tom.

HI welcome to the forum
Yes your noise is the problem that has risen because of disconnections
can you please try the quiet line test at the test socket located inside the master socket dial 17070 select option 2 you should hear no noise if you do then you need to phone bt faults on 151 and report a noisy line but do not mention broadband when you call increases in noise margin can also be caused by manually restarting the hub have you been doing that in the hopes of increasing speed if so please stop as restarts of the hub are the worse thing you can do this link may also help the post by RogerB gives lots of suggestions to try as well http://community.bt.com/t5/BB-in-Home/Poor-Broadband-speed/m-p/14217#M8397
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Low Broadband speed = line fault?

Hi,
We have had a very slow download speed since the high winds started last week (live in a rural area about 1 mile from exchange).
I have run through the BT Broadband speed wizard & not improved the speed.
ADSL Speedtest results are:
Download speed achieved - 194Kbps
                           Acceptable = 50-250Kbps
                           DSL 3424Kbps (downstream)
          448Kbps (upstream)
                           IP Profile = 250Kbps
Now, I don't know what it was before - but this appears to me to be pretty slow!
If I understand the notes correctly? for 3424Kbps we should be getting 600 to 7150Kbps throughput speed?
All I know, is that pages are taking an age to load...
Any thoughts on what to do next please?
PS After restarting the Hub 2.0, we got the following results:
ADSL line status
Connection information
Line state
Connected
Connection time
0 days, 1:20:46
Downstream
5,120 Kbps
Upstream
448 Kbps
ADSL settings
VPI/VCI
0/38
Type
PPPoA
Modulation
ITU-T G.992.1
Latency type
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up)
12.3 dB / 23.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up)
48.0 dB / 29.0 dB
Output power (Down/Up)
19.7 dBm / 11.9 dBm
Loss of Framing (Local)
0
Loss of Signal (Local)
0
Loss of Power (Local)
0
FEC Errors (Down/Up)
2701 / 0
CRC Errors (Down/Up)
64 / 2147480000
HEC Errors (Down/Up)
nil / 0
Error Seconds (Local)
16
Appears faster on paper - but still as slow loading pages!
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Hi again,
As promised, we have left on 24/7 & not re-set etc. Although it seems to have re-set itself a few times.
I am amazed at the low 480 Kbps speed! It is usually around 5400 Kbps...
Test1 comprises of Best Effort Test
Download Speed
243 Kbps
0 Kbps
500 Kbps
Max Achievable Speed
Download speedachieved during the test was - 243 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 50-500 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :480 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 350 Kbps
ADSL line statusConnection information
Line state
Connected
Connection time
1 day, 15:47:51
Downstream
480 Kbps
Upstream
448 Kbps
ADSL settings
VPI/VCI
0/38
Type
PPPoA
Modulation
ITU-T G.992.1
Latency type
Interleaved
Noise margin (Down/Up)
29.3 dB / 19.0 dB
Line attenuation (Down/Up)
47.0 dB / 29.0 dB
Output power (Down/Up)
15.3 dBm / 11.9 dBm
Loss of Framing (Local)
14
Loss of Signal (Local)
28
Loss of Power (Local)
0
FEC Errors (Down/Up)
26086 / 1
CRC Errors (Down/Up)
1766 / 2147480000
HEC Errors (Down/Up)
nil / 1
Error Seconds (Local)
7085

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