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General Maximus

22-05-2018 22:58

Re: Adverts for broadband speeds to face new rules

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Originally Posted by tweetiepooh (Post 35947660)

Browser to website : 1

Now if you do browse to website and get speeds over 100Mb on Windows 10......

which is it, 1 or 100?

Gavin-D

23-05-2018 11:49

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VM have now updated the internet speeds as the new rules come in today

alwaysabear

23-05-2018 13:53

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Originally Posted by Gavin-D (Post 35947720)

VM have now updated the internet speeds as the new rules come in today

Thanks will have to look at BT speeds;)

Gavin-D

23-05-2018 14:10

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Originally Posted by alwaysabear (Post 35947726)

Thanks will have to look at BT speeds;)

I've just had a look at my area

weesteev

23-05-2018 14:11

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Everyone has updated their web pages now, average speeds showing across the board.

Kushan

23-05-2018 15:00

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How long before OFCOM lay down the law on using the term "Average" somewhat liberally?

If you count 24/7 times, then of course the average is going to be high. Peak times can still be shocking, though.

Gavin-D

23-05-2018 15:16

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Just as a matter of interest whilst we're talking about speeds

Has anyone tried Google's built-in speed test? https://www.google.co.uk/search?neww....0.oXVMOmLmXAI

It says I'm only getting 14.8 download whilst Speedtest by Ookla is 92.33 download

BenMcr

23-05-2018 15:22

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Originally Posted by Kushan (Post 35947730)

It's not anything to do with 24/7:
https://www.asa.org.uk/news/major-ch...ms-in-ads.html

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Numerical speed claims in broadband ads should be based on the download speed available to at least 50% of customers at peak time and described in ads as “average”.

jcm193

23-05-2018 16:13

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Prior to today BT Broadband was showing up to 19mbps in my area just checked again now its showing 8mbps average for £24.99 a month thanks but no thanks

Kushan

23-05-2018 18:19

Re: Adverts for broadband speeds to face new rules

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Originally Posted by BenMcr (Post 35947733)

It's not anything to do with 24/7:
https://www.asa.org.uk/news/major-ch...ms-in-ads.html

Now that's interesting. Virgin are claiming their peak speeds are on average above the advertised speeds, while Which? is claiming they're half that. I wonder who's right?

Gavin-D

23-05-2018 18:35

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Originally Posted by Kushan (Post 35947752)

Now that's interesting. Virgin are claiming their peak speeds are on average above the advertised speeds, while Which? is claiming they're half that. I wonder who's right?

I'd swing to what VM say as I nearly always get above the minimum speed during the evening peak

heero_yuy

23-05-2018 18:52

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It's quite a claim that on average users get their provisioned speed 24/7

We do but in oversubscribed areas?

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