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Originally Posted by kirk1690
bbc news today reported that there may be an investigation by the office of fair trading into the difference between advertised broadband speeds and actual speeds,, they reported that advertised speeds never compare with customer speed tests.. tell us somethin we dont know..... virgin 20 meg between 2 and 6 in morning rest of the day around 4 to 8 is what an HONEST advert would say.. dont hold your breath  |
The article actually seemed bias against DSL suppliers. The telling comment came from a BT spokesman when referring to 8Mbps speeds:
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"Virtually no-one will get it. The laws of physics start applying as soon as it leaves the exchange and you would have to live on top of the exchange to get the full 8 megabits," he said.
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Full article here.