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Old 19-11-2004, 20:23   #1
wee willie
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Unhappy Slow in Guildford

I'm on the supposed 1.5mb service (213.107.72.***)
For the last 3 weeks its been really slow 128-200k
I put it down to this big upgrade

did the 'broadband medic' chat to a tech 3 nights ago and they diagnosed a cable fault in my area.
was told to give it 24hrs
gave it 36 and followed up with a 'real' tech support person
he just didnt have a clue

rang again the following day and got fobbed off again

rang this afternoon and spoke to a Karthik who seemed a step up from recent people
he emailed me some info on poor connections incl a link to Dan Ellwells speed test
Nearly fainted at paying £10
but surprise surprise it says I've got a very slow connection and should contact tech support.
"
Test 8: Download speeds from UK servers

Ideally, you should get a result of around 1024 Kb/s (higher is better)

mirror.ac.uk: 149 Kb/s

This result shows serious problems with your downloads, and should be investigated.

Test 9: Download speeds from European servers

Ideally, you should get a result of around 1024 Kb/s (higher is better)

heanet.ie: This test failed due to a server timeout or other error.

Too many server errors occurred therefore this test is inconclusive."

Now that seems like a few circles I've been round a few times

what should I do?

David M Wicker

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