How fast is your broadband?

[Honey]

I wish you could too!

[Patsy]

@Azz

You can… it just takes a bit longer

Far ‘too’ long :-p

[Spider]

The ‘super speeds’ arrived at the right time for me Meg as we always have the grandchildren round with their laptops, i-pads and the like, so we can all now use the internet without interrupting each others access, if you see what I mean?

[Patsy]

@Honey

I wish you could too!

You’d be the first I’d visit :-p

[Bruce]

@Azz

Thanks everyone

Honey, the download speed is the most important, followed by the upload speed - the higher the better, as it indicates how fast you can read (download) web pages and the upload speed for uploading files etc.

Bruce, I’m assuming that’s a wired connection? That could explain yours and Marts excellent ping times.

I wired my whole house in the days when WiFi was unaffordable and my kids were still at high school but now of course I have both. All the wired systems do now is connect all the TVs, media players, home theatre and my one desktop (which I use most of the time). The latest wifi speeds are really fast, a big improvement on those 54bps systems.

I wonder if my VOIP slows it down much - no one notices that I don’t have a ‘real’ phone line - big improvement on the ADSL days when VOIP was useless when a few people were using the internet.

[Azz]

@Bruce

I wired my whole house in the days when WiFi was unaffordable and my kids were still at high school but now of course I have both. All the wired systems do now is connect all the TVs, media players, home theatre and my one desktop (which I use most of the time). The latest wifi speeds are really fast, a big improvement on those 54bps systems.

I wonder if my VOIP slows it down much - no one notices that I don’t have a ‘real’ phone line - big improvement on the ADSL days when VOIP was useless when a few people were using the internet.

Could you do a speedtest while connected via wifi please Bruce? (You too, if you can please Mart.)

I am interested to see what the difference in speed is, if any.

[Azz]

Ok… I have cancelled our Sky package and ordered with Plus.net (a subsidiary of BT).

We have the 79Mbps pack… let’s hope they can deliver close to it

[Spider]

I wish you well with it Azz…Good Luck and keep us informed.

[Grumblewagon]

Definition of Infinity - the time you have to wait for a page to load using BT.

I get approx one byte a day, unless it rains and then the carrier pigeon shelters. A marvelous service from BT at only £1000 a day. NOT.

[Honey]

I forgot to say my monthly rental of £7 includes all my telephone calls too so even if it’s slower than some it’s still a bargain!

[Spider]

If you’re happy with it Honey and it suits your requirements then that is all that matters. I’m perfectly happy with my chosen provider too. Good luck with it.

[Honey]

I’m completely happy with it, I don’t download stuff or gaming apart from on FB so it works fine for me:-)

[Azz]

@Spider

I wish you well with it Azz…Good Luck and keep us informed.

Thanks - will do

Switchover date is the 3rd, 4th or 7th of July

[Dobra]

Speed about 14/900 and have been with ClaraNet for 15 years. Started when I was in business, and stuck to them since A1 tech support.

Mike

[Spider]

Nice to see you here Mike…
The system will not allow me to message you yet, will try again later.

[Dobra]

Same here Spider. Nice to see you too.

[MKJ]

Been a life saver to me - the increasing power of home broadband. It has allowed me to earn loads of money (and save loads) by running home servers.

[TessA]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/3571681082.png

[TessA]

We’re in a blind spot here, over the hill it’s much faster apparently

[Honey]

do you want to be over the hill?;-)