Countryside users let down again - slower connecti...

and ofcourse becuase we dont make enough money for them we will suffer with slow connections for ever more.
And i have bt vision, which is a joke. As soon as we want to download a movie you can forget about the connection speed. With 3 pc users in the house plus bt vision trying to download a movie I might as well be in north Africa !
my exchange is Burghill, in Herefordshire and the chances of us getting upgraded to infinity are slim to none at all.
As much as I want to complain about the service I am getting, the terms and conditions leave me snookered paying the same price as someone with a 20 mb connection and not even getting 3 mb. No one gives a **bleep** about it, and so my little rant only serves to make myself feel better by getting it off my chest lol.

Hi could you try the things listed below then someone here ma be able to advise how to improve your speed speedtest .net has been giving strange results recently I have tried it twice today and out of 4 different testers speedtest .net has shown half the speed of the others
If you post the full stats from your router
For homehub – type 192.168.1.254 into your browser
Navigate to ADSL Settings or use the A-Z at the top right of the home page and scroll down to ADSL Settings and click on it
Click on More Details and then post the full results.
And post the full results from http://speedtester.bt.com/
then someone may be able to help and offer more advice.
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Let down again (2 years of it now)

Was told things would speed up. Agreed to renew contract with BT
trying to stream question time -- doesn't work - check speed 1mb
was 5mb for a while when I re-signed up
why is this happening again I have had 2 years of complaining about this -- things are resolved for a few weeks
or even a month then I am back to this UNUSEABLE INTERNET
I pay the MAXIMUM RATE on the nail every month
completely sick of this

Hello , in order for us to help...
Can you please post your ADSL stats by following this direct link; http://192.168.1.254/ and go to A-Z (top right) and then ADSL Status and post everything including Line Attenuation, Noise Margin, Connection Speed, Errors etc...
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Run a line test to determine if or not it is an external problem: http://goo.gl/J25w8
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Itunes 9 a let-down, app store browser user-unfriendly?

Hi,
maybe I'm just missing something, but I find that that the new version is a let down. It's slow as ever and the appstore page is totally cluttered. There's so much talk of the endless number of applications that have been developed for the iphone. But finding what you're looking for can be a right pain, because the start page shows nothing but the most popular ones and the browser is in my opinion really user-unfriendly.
First you need to select app store, then click on a category, wait a while and eventually the list builds up right in front of you. But take a closer look and you'll see that a. the table is the same as for mp3/songs (trackname, released, genre (I am using the German version and don't know the English equivalent).
Next you select a line if you see something that catches your eye and would love to get more details, but there are none. Do a right click on the same line and the a window will pop up that makes a lot of sense for mp3s (the one with trackname, tracknumber, album name, realease date, cover picture etc) but is utterly useless if you're looking for an application. Wouldn't it make sense to show the details of the application in a pop-up window, although, sure this could also be implemented in a different way.
In any case it goes from bad to worse, because say you double-clicked on a line, read the application description, and decided it's not what you're looking for - how do you get back to the previous list?
Easy you think. Just click the little arrow in the top left of the app store window, but truth is the arrow takes you back to the very front page of the app store, which means that you have to select brows from the quick links section and so on and so forth one more time. It wouldn't be so bad if Itunes weren't so sluggish.
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Regards
Stephan

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This procedure is a diagnostic test. It’s unlikely to solve your problem. Don’t be disappointed when you find that nothing has changed after you complete it.
The purpose of the test is to determine whether your problem is caused by third-party system modifications that load automatically at startup or login.
Disconnect all wired peripherals except those needed for the test, and remove all aftermarket expansion cards. Boot in safe mode* and log in to the account with the problem. The instructions provided by Apple are as follows:
Shut down your computer, wait 30 seconds, and then hold down the shift key while pressing the power button.
When you see the gray Apple logo, release the shift key.
If you are prompted to log in, type your password, and then hold down the shift key again as you click Log in.
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Open ports slow down my internet connection. How to close them? What to do?

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Is this normal?
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Hope someone can help me..

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{quote}
208.67.222.222
208.67.220.220
{quote}
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The bug was just reported yesterday so they might not have it available to
the public for a while. I am guessing this bug has been around since 3.M.?
and its very easy to verify it if its happening in your environment. Also I
have been talking to other user that are not using Oracle (Sybase instead)
who are also seen the same problem. I think this is a problem across all
database because there is some fundamental event or process that is not
taking place to close database connections. But just to be safe verify it
in your test environment before moving to 3.5. To verify if its happening
in your Forte version just create a small application that connects to the
database and run it in debug mode. Log into the database and then stop the
debug session. The connection will still be open. This will also occur
when you use the running man or in a deployed application.
ka
-----Original Message-----
From: Labeaux Schiek [mailto:DHSV017dhs.state.il.us]
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 7:21 AM
To: kamran.aminlendware.com; Forte-userslists.xpedior.com
Subject: RE: (forte-users) Forte not letting go of Oracle connections +
RE: (forte-users) SQL Server Maximum DB Processes already allocated.
Hi Kamran,
I just looked up bug # 54610 in Cyber Support and it is not there yet, so a
question.
In your opinion, does this effect all databases? We are using DB2 and
considering going to 3.5 . Are we going to see the same problems you have
had with Oracle?
-thanks
-labeaux
"Amin, Kamran" <kamran.aminlendware.com> 02/28/01 05:28PM >>>Update on my problem. Well now its everybody's problem. Forte has
conformed the bug. Bug number 54610 for your reference.
thanks to everybody for the help..
ka
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the login: forte and the password: archive. To unsubscribe, send in a new
email the word: 'Unsubscribe' to: forte-users-requestlists.xpedior.com

The bug was just reported yesterday so they might not have it available to
the public for a while. I am guessing this bug has been around since 3.M.?
and its very easy to verify it if its happening in your environment. Also I
have been talking to other user that are not using Oracle (Sybase instead)
who are also seen the same problem. I think this is a problem across all
database because there is some fundamental event or process that is not
taking place to close database connections. But just to be safe verify it
in your test environment before moving to 3.5. To verify if its happening
in your Forte version just create a small application that connects to the
database and run it in debug mode. Log into the database and then stop the
debug session. The connection will still be open. This will also occur
when you use the running man or in a deployed application.
ka
-----Original Message-----
From: Labeaux Schiek [mailto:DHSV017dhs.state.il.us]
Sent: Thursday, March 01, 2001 7:21 AM
To: kamran.aminlendware.com; Forte-userslists.xpedior.com
Subject: RE: (forte-users) Forte not letting go of Oracle connections +
RE: (forte-users) SQL Server Maximum DB Processes already allocated.
Hi Kamran,
I just looked up bug # 54610 in Cyber Support and it is not there yet, so a
question.
In your opinion, does this effect all databases? We are using DB2 and
considering going to 3.5 . Are we going to see the same problems you have
had with Oracle?
-thanks
-labeaux
"Amin, Kamran" <kamran.aminlendware.com> 02/28/01 05:28PM >>>Update on my problem. Well now its everybody's problem. Forte has
conformed the bug. Bug number 54610 for your reference.
thanks to everybody for the help..
ka
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the login: forte and the password: archive. To unsubscribe, send in a new
email the word: 'Unsubscribe' to: forte-users-requestlists.xpedior.com

Time Machine backups slow down TC internet connection

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