FTTC speed wow

Ok had FTTC for nearly 7 months now and if I`m honest never worried too much about the speed. However have done a wee test download with my usenet client and its sitting at 3500KB/s and its flying, just over 2gig down in under 10mins ! Not bad considering my sync speed is about 31mb down.

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Don't be silly...

Everyone on other ISPs knows that *everything* fun is throttled to next to nothing on BT...remember?

BT are quoting 31.6/7.5 for my line but I think I might get full sync as the box is 108 Meters behind the house, the probable cable run is still under 200 Meters. I should know on Friday

In reply to a post by TheHorseman:

BT are quoting 31.6/7.5 for my line but I think I might get full sync as the box is 108 Meters behind the house, the probable cable run is still under 200 Meters. I should know on Friday

BT's initial guesstimates are wildly conservative, IMHO.
Back in October, I was told that I'd get 23.3Mb up and around 9-9.5Mb down on my line.
When I was connected, I immediately got an IP profile of 38717/10000 and consistently see speeds of around 36.5Mb up and 8.1Mb down. I'm around 150ish metres from my fibre cabinet.

Well I'm on 39992/1000 at approx 600m cable length.

Well I'm on 39992/1000 at approx 600m cable length.

Do you mean 10,000, or 1,000 ip profile on 2Mbps upload limit?

whereas I get about 25-27mbit at the same distance.

And I get about 35k profile at 480m - even with extensions etc disconnected. Just marginall jealous of 38k (if only because at some point the upper cap may go up)

Not a big deal of course - still so much better than 3.5 Kbps *download speed* before

Been pleasantly surprised that I've only had
- HW issue : HH2 was replaced with HH3 - fixed
- about 60 mins one day where the throughput fell to around 14 Mbps (ouch) at off peak (BT say tech fault)
- min speed rest of time around 27

quite funny now other ppl saying they wouldn't go to BT. Sure there may be capacity issues that come and go but certainly so far == very positive

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In reply to a post by dieselglider:

Well I'm on 39992/1000 at approx 600m cable length.

Do you mean 10,000, or 1,000 ip profile on 2Mbps upload limit?

Sorry, a typo.

Yes - 10000 upload, both sync and IP Profile - that seems to be how it is engineered. Downstream IP Profile is 38717, which I believe is the maximum.

In reply to a post by planetf1:

And I get about 35k profile at 480m - even with extensions etc disconnected. Just marginall jealous of 38k (if only because at some point the upper cap may go up)

Not a big deal of course - still so much better than 3.5 Kbps *download speed* before

Been pleasantly surprised that I've only had
- HW issue : HH2 was replaced with HH3 - fixed
- about 60 mins one day where the throughput fell to around 14 Mbps (ouch) at off peak (BT say tech fault)
- min speed rest of time around 27

quite funny now other ppl saying they wouldn't go to BT. Sure there may be capacity issues that come and go but certainly so far == very positive

I have to concur all of my issues thus far have been with the HH2, ditching that has seen a vast improvement on stability.

HH3 or Buffalo now?

Buffalo, they BT have refused point blank to replace my HH2 with a 3.

According to my order page they are sending me a HH3 but I shall use my Apple Airport Extreme instead. I get the full 300Mbps on the 5GHz band (iMac and Mac Book Pro).

My objective was just to get the service I paid for. I captured a lot of information (pings,logs) an tried lots of client devices and access points, and tried to clearly articulate why I felt the HH2 was broken. I also referred to getting extra debug, software updates etc.

The initial response from level 2 was replacement was like to like, but fortunately it got referred to the next level where the tech looked at my emails etc and concluded HH3 was the appropriate fix as the wifi implementation was different/better.

I did do this just before the HH3 was out though -- so it was clearer this wasn';t just trying to "get" a HH3 for no justified reason, it was just to get what I'd ordered and paid for.

For me at least BT delivered and fixed the problem.

All I can suggest is you politely keep persuing this, and keep capturing information and be clear what you want (working wireless) rather perhaps than how to get it (HH3) ?

I`m not going to waste anymore time with this as its not just me in this house requiring internet access. The Buffulo and my WRT54G were/are stable the HH2 is just plain broke ! Its been replaced 4 times!! I think they would just keep replacing it forever, I really don`t think they would get the gist. Anyway have had enough grief from the Mrs and the kids over this move to FTTC and the HH woes that its not worth my while experimenting and proving what WE all know is wrong anyway.

Its funny my father has BTBroadband and his HH2 has been replaced several times as well and that one is the ADSL variety. They are just plain broke and of cock all use.

You're right IMO - the HH2 are broke (for wireless)

Easy answer - get new wireless access point (or VDSL router)
Harder but "correct" answer - chase up BT/escalate - perhaps write to the CEO.

Ours works...but it's slow on wireless just like every other router.

If you have any notion you'll be using a good old wire. Then it runs lovely.

Oh yes, we have gigabit to a variety of machines, and 100 Mbps for xbox/tv/bluray etc. But laptops/phones use ethernet only when docked. Whilst around house they'll be in wireless.

That being said I did a speed test the other day and still got around 34 Mbps even over wifi (802.11n). It does have extra latency of course compared to cable but it's not at all bad - HH3.

Well "n" should perform better but in our house the range from any router we've had is dismal....barely reaches up the stairs. Maybe we live in a nuclear bunker cunningly disguised as a regular home.

I noticed FTTC is coming to my exchange this year. I want to move beyond the 2Mbps upload limit on my current connection with Be (ADSL 2+ Annex M). We move a lot of large files around - graphics, movies and audio editing - are BT likely to throttle uploads in the GBs? SFTP is generally the protocol we use to exchange these files between Macs and Servers over the internet.

you know what i wouldnt know if they traffic manage uploads and i doubt anybody is in a position to tell you because most people dont legitametly upload traffic.