Yes, Mr Saffron that is indeed the problem. I live in an "old" property and the walls are pretty thick. On my last laptop I actually needed a USB wireless adapter otherwise I had no signal strength whatsoever, luckily my new laptop doesn't require this boost to achieve a signal.
In my naivety I still hoped I would achieve 40/50mb wirelessly. I have just run the test again and got 14.3mb. Does anybody know if my wireless speed will increase during my 10 day settling in period?
Anybody got any ideas as to the best way to boost wireless signals, or recommend any super performing adapters/boosters.
I don't want to change my home hub, in fact as I have BTVision maybe I can't anyway. Surely a homehub is a fairly high performance router anyway?

No, it won't. Best option is to place more APs around your home where you are getting bad coverage (with the connection to the homehub done via ethernet or homeplugs).

A router on 5GHz may improve things if you live in a built up area with a lot of wireless networks? Is that the case?

But perversely if the problem is the walls blocking the wireless signal 5GHz may be worse.

But to add another voice, the 10 day settling period (which does not exist on FTTC anyway) will not change the wireless speeds.

I have the same wifi speed issue also getting similar speedtest results, full speed via ethernet cable, 35/16 via wifi. My wireless card in my Sony VAIO is a Qualcomm Atheros which Sony assure me is N capable. I went to Argos and spent £9.99 on a TP Link Nano USB N150 Wireless Adapter. (Argos number 912/6325) problem solved, just remember to disable the internal wireless card to avoid conflict. I'm using a Plusnet supplied Technicolor FTTC router.

Hi

Not all 'wireless N' laptops are made equal. Some of them are 150Mbit/sec, some are '300' and some '450' Note that these are max theoretical speeds. Real-world speeds are about 1/3rd of the headline speed (even in the same room, 1M from the router!)

Like others have said, if walls are thick then forget 5GHz. If I take my phone (which is dual-band) into the garage behind a brick wall then 5GHz signal is useless, 2.4GHz is still OK.

Look at either powerline 'homeplug' adapters (200Mbit/sec homeplug will get you 50-60Mbits real world), The 500Mbit/1Gbit home-plugs don't do much better than this...

Avoid a wireless repeater since these halve the effective bandwidth by using the same wireless channel both for the connection to the router and to the client (same data appears twice on the channel).

I reckon home-plug is your best bet. http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop/ShopDetail.asp?...

Wireless homeplug's are available also (homeplug with built in access point), but they are expensive vs buying a cheap AP to connect to one of the above homeplugs. Also, integrated wireless homeplugs limit where you get to put the antenna. Try: http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop/ShopDetail.asp?... for a 300Mbit AP. Be sure to use an AP rather than a wireless router or you'll end up with internal NATing (some routers can be made to behave like an AP anyway).

Nigel

Hi

BT responded to my MP's email re delays at cabinet P17 (pike road, Stirling). They say that the delays are caused by blocked/collapsed ducting. The issue is ongoing.

BT never showed for the second session of roadworks near P17 scheduled 8th-15th March. I suspect there is nothing more for them to do until they manage to blow the fibre through to the street cabinet.

The wait continues!

Nigel

Hope it arrives soon, it is well worth the wait!

BT have been there most days last week and they were there working on cabinet 17 again today. Hopefully that means should get fibre soon.

That's good news. I cycle past am and pm - expected to see the 'spoil' of roadworks going on. Did note a stray lone bollard last night!

Should you get chance, maybe you could ask the workies if the fibre is now through to the cabinet? According to BT that's the issue that's caused the delays.

Nigel

Pah... still nothing. And no more roadworks planned. I wonder what the hold-up is now!?