Performance tester

Just noticed that BT's performance tester is no longer wanting input of username and ISP domain anymore, just your phone number will do to get a result from the test.

Still takes just as long to show the result for my connection

My exchange is still 20CN with no date for upgrade to 21CN.

It confused me mightily today when it did that. I did try entering a different line number as well, to see what would happen, but it chucked that out, so clearly it could have been done this way all along.

In reply to a post by rikbean:

It confused me mightily today when it did that. I did try entering a different line number as well, to see what would happen, but it chucked that out, so clearly it could have been done this way all along.

Out of interest was that on your ADSL2+ connection?

In reply to a post by rikbean:

so clearly it could have been done this way all along.

It only ever has asked for my telephone number since joining nearly 3 years ago

It was.

I've then had to give my login and domain.

In reply to a post by dilus:

In reply to a post by rikbean:

so clearly it could have been done this way all along.

It only ever has asked for my telephone number since joining nearly 3 years ago

Is BT your ISP?

Is BT your ISP?


Yes BT Total Broadband Option 3

Same here did a BT speedtest Wed night and it skipped the page asking for adsl login details, this has changed within the last few days.

ADSL max on Keswick ( ADSL24 ISP)

Same here.

Given that BT is your ISP, iirc your 20CN connection goes via a BTwholesale mechanism called BT Central+, which is used only by BT Retail. Authentication on Central+ has never needed a username and password, it can work quite happily (in principle) with just the calling line ID.

Please correct if wrongly remembered.