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Thread Author: Felix Replies: 86

 modem problem or isp? - Manatee
500kbps is not enough for iplayer. That's about the speed I get most of the time and it can take 2 hours to download a half hour programme. Trying to watch them streaming is hopeless.

There are one or two people in my village who see 2Mbps but most of us are below 1Mbps. The fact that some people have a better line than others is not seen as grounds by BT for them to 'fix' the slower ones.

If you could watch iplayer before then something unhelpful has occurred. If they have been swappng connections around and you end up with an unbalanced pair, you are likely to experience a slower connection; or damage to the cable at some point can have the same effect. It's the luck of the draw to some extent - BT seem still to regard ADSL as an incidental bonus, when my connection went belly up 3 or 4 years ago they tried to deem my line 'unsuitable' and I had a real job to persuade them to work on it. As I sit here I am getting 481kbps down, which is about as good as it gets at busy times. The chances of them laying fibre here are nil, unfortunately.
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 modem problem or isp? new Felix 20 Mar 10 06:15
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 20 Mar 10 10:00
 modem problem or isp? new Manatee 20 Mar 10 10:38
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 20 Mar 10 11:33
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 20 Mar 10 11:37
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 20 Mar 10 11:59
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 20 Mar 10 12:06
 modem problem or isp? new Manatee 20 Mar 10 12:39
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 20 Mar 10 12:44
 modem problem or isp? new Manatee 20 Mar 10 12:48
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 20 Mar 10 12:48
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 20 Mar 10 14:36
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 20 Mar 10 14:40
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 20 Mar 10 15:06
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 20 Mar 10 16:28
 modem problem or isp? new spamcan61 20 Mar 10 15:07
 modem problem or isp? new Manatee 20 Mar 10 15:45
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 20 Mar 10 19:17
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 21 Mar 10 07:54
 modem problem or isp? new Iffy 21 Mar 10 08:06
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 21 Mar 10 08:18
 modem problem or isp? new Iffy 21 Mar 10 08:27
 modem problem or isp? new Manatee 21 Mar 10 08:37
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 21 Mar 10 08:53
 modem problem or isp? new Dog 21 Mar 10 09:17
  
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 21 Mar 10 09:25
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 21 Mar 10 10:01
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 21 Mar 10 10:15
 modem problem or isp? new swiss tony 21 Mar 10 10:33
 modem problem or isp? new John H 21 Mar 10 11:13
 modem problem or isp? new spamcan61 21 Mar 10 19:04
 modem problem or isp? new Stuartli 21 Mar 10 19:18
 modem problem or isp? new Stuartli 21 Mar 10 19:26
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 22 Mar 10 07:30
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 22 Mar 10 07:56
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 22 Mar 10 10:41
 modem problem or isp? new Dog 22 Mar 10 11:13
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 22 Mar 10 11:25
 modem problem or isp? new Stuartli 22 Mar 10 23:17
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 22 Mar 10 07:33
 modem problem or isp? new spamcan61 22 Mar 10 12:57
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 22 Mar 10 14:16
 modem problem or isp? new spamcan61 22 Mar 10 14:29
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 22 Mar 10 14:41
 modem problem or isp? new scousehonda 23 Mar 10 09:09
 modem problem or isp? new spamcan61 23 Mar 10 09:34
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 24 Mar 10 08:24
 modem problem or isp? new Dog 24 Mar 10 09:31
  
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 24 Mar 10 14:51
  
 modem problem or isp? new L'escargot 23 Mar 10 09:47
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 27 Mar 10 18:23
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 27 Mar 10 22:34
 modem problem or isp? new Manatee 27 Mar 10 23:03
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 28 Mar 10 09:11
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 28 Mar 10 11:24
 modem problem or isp? new Aretas 28 Mar 10 23:30
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 29 Mar 10 07:43
 modem problem or isp? new Dog 29 Mar 10 08:33
 modem problem or isp? new Aretas 29 Mar 10 12:40
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 31 Mar 10 17:14
 modem problem or isp? new Dog 31 Mar 10 18:44
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 31 Mar 10 19:33
 modem problem or isp? new Dog 31 Mar 10 20:20
 modem problem or isp? new smokie 31 Mar 10 19:27
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 31 Mar 10 20:30
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 31 Mar 10 20:41
 modem problem or isp? new Manatee 31 Mar 10 21:06
 modem problem or isp? new rtj70 31 Mar 10 21:39
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 31 Mar 10 21:57
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 31 Mar 10 22:09
 modem problem or isp? new spamcan61 31 Mar 10 22:14
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 31 Mar 10 22:13
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 31 Mar 10 22:37
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 31 Mar 10 22:41
  
 modem problem or isp? new Manatee 31 Mar 10 22:43
  
 modem problem or isp? new Manatee 31 Mar 10 22:40
 modem problem or isp? new smokie 1 Apr 10 00:00
  
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 1 Apr 10 06:14
  
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 1 Apr 10 06:10
  
 modem problem or isp? new Pat 1 Apr 10 07:23
 modem problem or isp? new smokie 1 Apr 10 07:26
 modem problem or isp? new Crankcase 1 Apr 10 09:54
 modem problem or isp? new Manatee 1 Apr 10 07:36
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 1 Apr 10 08:25
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 1 Apr 10 11:37
 modem problem or isp? new Zero 1 Apr 10 12:37
 modem problem or isp? new Felix 1 Apr 10 13:50
  
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