Uk broadband companies tested

[SUBMAN1]

I wish I could find one for the US of A too:

http://www.theinquirer.net/gb/inquirer/news/2008/04/15/broadband-customers-ripped

If I read that right, Virgin Media and Online UK are the top.

-S

[bert8for3]

Yup, likewise up here. ... although it's not hard to figure out that my "extreme high-speed" connection only delivers a % of the advertised throughput. The ISP's run great advertising though :roll:

[Jimbuna]

I currently pay £25/month for a 20MB connection with Virgin (formerly Telewest)....if only I could believe it.

My speed checks often drop to between 13/16MB dependant on the time of day.

[STEED]

Well we are coming up to crunch time and copper wire will be history. We will all need fibre optics. I hold out no hope here, as the cost will be placed on old muggings here. So I will say this before I have to pull the plug, great knowing you bye bye.

May as well get it over with as we are in a mess here in the UK.

[SUBMAN1]

Well we are coming up to crunch time and copper wire will be history as we will all need fibre optics. I hold out no hope here as the cost will be placed on old muggings here. So I will say this before I have to pull the plug, great knowing you bye bye.

May as well get it over with as we are in a mess here in the UK.I just had fiber installed in my house. Cost me a whole $25. I think you can afford it! :D

-S

[STEED]

I just had fiber installed in my house. Cost me a whole $25. I think you can afford it! :D

-S

Try living over here in coruptsvill. Bet you they will charge the earth. :damn:

[jumpy]

http://www.dslzoneuk.net/isp_ratings.php#

good site to rate UK ISP's

I'm with ADSL24 (an entanet reseller) 'home 30' package http://adsl24.co.uk/broadband_home.php after moving from pipex who were bloody awful by comparison. Currently if I have any small issues then I use the isp's forum and the md and his underlings get right on the problem, they're very honest and approachable too. There are cheaper services, such as those with SKY or Virgin that offer phone tv and all of that nonsense, but you get what you pay for and I really hate the 'buy cheap, buy twice' consequenses of that kind of thinking.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/259895497.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

It varies a little, dependent on network traffic, but these guys don't port block or traffic shape to any serious detriment to my connection. Any other shortfall to speed is purely down to the condition of the network itself being able to handle a stable connectin to and from my local exchange.

[Jimbuna]

Not a bad site, but must be a little dated. It has Virgin XL package down as 10MB when it has been 20MB since June (ish) last year.

[Geno_Mariner]

In Australia we got Telstra and so on.
There's been some broadband company dropping out, I think. They're the obscure ones.

I'm using Telstra and their service... SUCKS :nope: Here's the speed test if you're interested to compare results :yep:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/260445666.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

We were planning to switch to another provider but it seems my area's not covered :x Since I've heard some good things about Optus.

[bookworm_020]

Australia is in the mist of having a major upgrade of it's communication network, it's an upgarde to having fibre to node, so that there is a major increase in speed for over 95 % of Australia's population.

The biggest bun fight is over who will build it. Telstra is the one most likly, but they want the right to charge what they want and not have to share it with other compeditiors

[Geno_Mariner]

That's true. I hope Telstra doesn't take it. Their service totally sucks. Some providers like Optus would be ok though :-? As long as they cover my area.

[SUBMAN1]

Figured I'd try that Speednet site too:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/261906987.png

I'm quite happy with those ping times.

-S

[Geno_Mariner]

darn, your ping time is faster than mine

[lesrae]

This is Tiscali's 8Mb service:

[/URL][URL="http://www.speedtest.net"]http://www.speedtest.net/result/262130395.png (http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/%5BURL=http://www.speedtest.net%5D%5BIMG%5Dhttp://www.speedtest.net/result/262130395.png%5B/IMG%5D%5B/URL%5D)

[Linton]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/262157727.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Again Tiscali 8mb

[Konovalov]

My pathetic results compliments of AOL hell:

Download - 1901 kb/s Upload - 199 kb/s

:damn: :damn:

[STEED]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/262284170.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Bloody hell that sucks. :damn:

[Jimbuna]

Here's one of the sites I use in addition to the above for comparison purposes:

http://www.broadbandwatchdog.co.uk/speed-test.php

[STEED]

Here's one of the sites I use in addition to the above for comparison purposes:

http://www.broadbandwatchdog.co.uk/speed-test.php

Download 1912Kbps
Upload 240Kbps

[SUBMAN1]

If you guys at least have 768k down and 384 up, you're doing OK in my opinion.

-S

[Kratos]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/262324279.png

And I still think this is bad :cry:

[Geno_Mariner]

My download's: 240 Kps and Upload's: 130 Kps
No idea if that's good or bad, haha :lol:

[Jimbuna]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/262324279.png

And I still think this is bad :cry:

That's bloody awful...you should try paying the bills they send you http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/7975/gigglebigtb9fg3.gif

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/4183/test1jp5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

[Kratos]

Thing is i think these test sites dont run true. when im d/l im running speeds of 2.2 Mb:hmm:

[Jimbuna]

Thing is i think these test sites dont run true. when im d/l im running speeds of 2.2 Mb:hmm:

Is that all!! http://imgcash6.imageshack.us/img231/1076/shockedvi8.gif

Better get on the phone to them right now http://imgcash2.imageshack.us/img134/9742/angry8se2.gif

[SUBMAN1]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/262324279.png

And I still think this is bad :cry:
That's bloody awful...you should try paying the bills they send you http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/7975/gigglebigtb9fg3.gif

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/4183/test1jp5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)Don't any of those ISP's over there give you any decent upload? Upload is more important than download if you game online.

-S

PS. 19 down is great though.

[STEED]

Don't any of those ISP's over there give you any decent upload? Upload is more important than download if you game online.

-S

Hey we are 10 years behind the U.S.A you know. :yep:

Crud. :damn:

[SUBMAN1]

Don't any of those ISP's over there give you any decent upload? Upload is more important than download if you game online.

-S
Hey we are 10 years behind the U.S.A you know. :yep:

Crud. :damn:Not if some of you guys are pulling in 19 mb download speeds. THats plenty fast and up with most of what you can get in the US. Thats faster than my fiber line right now. Of course, I have the option of cranking up to 25 down / 15 up without breaking the bank, but still, 19 is not that far off that number.

-S

[Jimbuna]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/262324279.png

And I still think this is bad :cry:
That's bloody awful...you should try paying the bills they send you http://img113.imageshack.us/img113/7975/gigglebigtb9fg3.gif

http://img176.imageshack.us/img176/4183/test1jp5.jpg (http://imageshack.us)Don't any of those ISP's over there give you any decent upload? Upload is more important than download if you game online.

-S

PS. 19 down is great though.

True.....the u/l bit, and to add insult to injury they cap you if you d/l too much.....ask kratos http://imgcash3.imageshack.us/img152/9959/rollingaroundlaughingly2.gif

In their Terms and Conditions they state there is no limit to how much you can d/l...subject to fair usage.

Just try and get a definitive answer to what is the fair usage amount. http://imgcash3.imageshack.us/img240/4669/slapheadrc6.gif

[Konovalov]

Just try and get a definitive answer to what is the fair usage amount. http://imgcash3.imageshack.us/img240/4669/slapheadrc6.gif
Blast the crafty guys who write out those rather ambiguous fair usage policies. :damn:

[jumpy]

Yup, FUP was one of the main reason I ditched pipex for ADSL24 - no FUP. I cannot see me using 30gb peak and 300gb off-peak every month!

[Kratos]

True.....the u/l bit, and to add insult to injury they cap you if you d/l too much.....ask kratos http://imgcash3.imageshack.us/img152/9959/rollingaroundlaughingly2.gif

True!!! but they only cap you @ what they reckon is peak time, 12pm--10pm I can still d/l @ 1Mb during this time.;)


Don't any of those ISP's over there give you any decent upload? Upload is more important than download if you game online.

I'm pretty sure they give more u/l if you phone and explain why you need more u/l speed.. ie: online gaming and stuff. But with current situation of connecting to some call centre in bangladesh I refuse to call them,because i hate repeating myself over and over again. I'm an impatient so and so :lol: