Will have to find a machine with IE8 on it

Will most likely be a browser not supported message.

To that extent? It does not appear on the normal Speedtest - are you smoothing that out?


However, that is not the issue - it is the slow ramp up to 18 that I cannot resolve.

At one time - when the tester was first launched in the new format, upstream went straight up, then overnight it changed. Nothing changed here that I know of.

In reply to a post by MHC:

I have Ghostery installed in FF but the results are the same whether it is running or not. AV on/off does not matter. Using IE which has no blocking gives similar results.

Is that 'off' or 'not running'? I found with AM I had to actually unload it. Simply disabling adblocking didn't work.

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In reply to a post by MHC:

I have Ghostery installed in FF but the results are the same whether it is running or not. AV on/off does not matter. Using IE which has no blocking gives similar results.

Is that 'off' or 'not running'? I found with AM I had to actually unload it. Simply disabling adblocking didn't work.

First tried with it "paused" from its own menu, then Disabled in Options and restart FF, and finally "Removed" and FF restart. Same results.

1 min ago

near instant straight to 18meg for me

In reply to a post by Ianph:

1 min ago
near instant straight to 18meg for me

I wish I had that upload speed.

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results.html...

Are you an an 80/20 service? If you are it looks as though you have got the "stuck at 10" problem. I suffered from this for a short while and it took several long technician visits with 3rd line support involvment to sort it out.

My results before:
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/1... 58.9/9.5
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results.html... 53.7/9.5

and immediately after the last visit:
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results.html... 44.4 /16.9
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results.html... 50.4/17.0

and a few days later after changing the modem and tidying up some wiring - there had been numerous disconnects, reboots, wiring extension, pair changes ...
http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results.html... 58.2/18.4

Any further thoughts on the reason for the very slow rise?

Not yet

BT Traffic shaping?