Speedtest.net thinks I'm with Carphone warehouse !!
04 April 2010, 11:04 PM
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Speedtest.net thinks I'm with Carphone warehouse !!
As above really
I've just done a speedtest.net on my broadband and it thinks my IPS is the Carphone warehouse....... again !
blatantly not true but just wondered if there was a utility which would confirm my ISP or does AOL contract out it's Broadband services in the UK ?
Cheers
Shaun
I've just done a speedtest.net on my broadband and it thinks my IPS is the Carphone warehouse....... again !
blatantly not true but just wondered if there was a utility which would confirm my ISP or does AOL contract out it's Broadband services in the UK ?
Cheers
Shaun
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05 April 2010, 08:49 PM
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A bit faster tonight LOL. I never knew about CPW buying AOL UK !!
I wonder if BT can get any better speed out of my line (pingtest says very little noise). Do they send out an engineer to install it as I have heard their phone support is dire.
Shaun
05 April 2010, 08:57 PM
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you are not a BT customer, speak to AOL. you're line is a bit slow.
1. how far from your local exchange do you live
2. do you have any extension sockets
3. do you know which is your main socket
4. is your router plugged in at the main socket.
5. do you know how to log in to your router and check your indicated speed.
1. how far from your local exchange do you live
2. do you have any extension sockets
3. do you know which is your main socket
4. is your router plugged in at the main socket.
5. do you know how to log in to your router and check your indicated speed.
05 April 2010, 10:25 PM
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Also, if you are using a router try powering down for a few seconds and see if anything happens. Sometimes mine goes below 1 M/b and doing this usually gets the speed back up. Not got a clue why though
Have you looked at what speeds you could be getting on Sam Knows Clicky
Enter your post code in the search
Double click on your address on the map
Type in your house number.
Should give an indication as to what speed you should be getting.
HTH
Mick
05 April 2010, 11:53 PM
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Hi Mick
here's what sam knows says for my address
Green ADSL available at ~4Mbps
BT Total broadband
TalkTalk non-LLU (8M is £15pm)
Sky Connect (non-LLU) (8M is £17pm)
AOL broadband (non-LLU)
Pipex broadband
Plusnet broadband
Tiscali broadband
And many more...
Red ADSL2+ is not available
Red Cable services not available
....
Shaun
here's what sam knows says for my address
Green ADSL available at ~4Mbps
BT Total broadband
TalkTalk non-LLU (8M is £15pm)
Sky Connect (non-LLU) (8M is £17pm)
AOL broadband (non-LLU)
Pipex broadband
Plusnet broadband
Tiscali broadband
And many more...
Red ADSL2+ is not available
Red Cable services not available
....
Shaun
07 April 2010, 10:43 PM
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Hi Mick
here's what sam knows says for my address
Green ADSL available at ~4Mbps
BT Total broadband
TalkTalk non-LLU (8M is £15pm)
Sky Connect (non-LLU) (8M is £17pm)
AOL broadband (non-LLU)
Pipex broadband
Plusnet broadband
Tiscali broadband
And many more...
Red ADSL2+ is not available
Red Cable services not available
....
Shaun
here's what sam knows says for my address
Green ADSL available at ~4Mbps
BT Total broadband
TalkTalk non-LLU (8M is £15pm)
Sky Connect (non-LLU) (8M is £17pm)
AOL broadband (non-LLU)
Pipex broadband
Plusnet broadband
Tiscali broadband
And many more...
Red ADSL2+ is not available
Red Cable services not available
....
Shaun
Samknows for my house shows similar to yours ~4Mbps so I reckon you should be looking at speeds very close to that. Did you try taking power off the router for 20 seconds? (If you have one that is)
Certainly looks like we're loosing out in the 'speedtest ***** waving contest'.
50Mb/s
