The node logic in the UK is a little flawed as most, if not all routing to any of those nodes will go via London.

We have our own test which produces some good results but isn't as "busy" as the ST nodes - each one does about 60+ Mb/s at peak times. (Our own is at http://speedtest.uno.net.uk/)

Matt

Thanks for that, url noted.

Looks similar to the BBMax one, but gives me much more realistic results (especially for ping times) than BBMax

And those that do are less likely to distinguish the difference between ADSL performance and ISP performance e.g. a BT failure reflects badly on the ISP.

Rightly so IMHO. The end user has a contract with the ISP, not with BT Wholesale or BT Openreach.It is the responsibility of the ISP to choose the right backhaul provider and to make sure things work.

The Namesco one is what also powers one half of the London speedtest.net test - which is highly congested at times, which could answer why there is a difference

Matt

In reply to a post by JNeuhoff:

It is the responsibility of the ISP to choose the right backhaul provider and to make sure things work.

It's a nice sunny day here today, what's the weather like on your planet?

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In reply to a post by JNeuhoff:

It is the responsibility of the ISP to choose the right backhaul provider and to make sure things work.

It's a nice sunny day here today, what's the weather like on your planet?

[chortle]

Some people do think that Gadaffi is a saint but that is a completely different argument and has nothing to do with views on an ISP. Some people think that elephants are holy and some think that cows are holy so what? You are just trying to divert this thread to another point altogether.

Mine may have been a bad analogy but the point is still there and you are doing little to answer it by suggesting I was trying to change the point of the thread. You made the statement that it did not matter how many people 'voted'. Of course it does. Just the same as it matters if a small percentage of disgruntled IDNet users indicated that IDNet was the worst ISP.

And before you suggest that there are no disgruntled IDNet users, I really do suggest you take off those rose tinted spectacles. One only has to read through the IDNet Forum here in the past and you will find them. I don't support them. As I have said, I personally will not fault IDNet but I am not naive enough to believe that they never make errors and, I would suggest, neither would Simon although he does his level best to please everyone.

In reply to a post by billford:

In reply to a post by JNeuhoff:

It is the responsibility of the ISP to choose the right backhaul provider and to make sure things work.

It's a nice sunny day here today, what's the weather like on your planet?

Love it!!!

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Some people think that elephants are holy and some think that cows are holy so what?

And goats are very chewy