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alferret · 14-03-2008, 17:50

I went and installed a comp and BB for my brother last weekend.
He opted for Sky's 16mb package.
He lives RM17 5** about 3\4 mile from exchange as the crow fly's and probrably 1 1\4 mile line lengh.
He is getting through usenet "astraweb" 16+mb the full advertised speed.
Speednet.com shows 5.5mb\sec and the one for this site shows just a smidging over 4mb.

I was and still am truely stunned at the speed he gets from sky considering he is not sitting on top of the exchange.
His speeds are not a 1 off, while on the phone during this week he has been downloading and at any time I have asked him for his current speed its never been lower than 15-15.5mb.

14-03-2008, 17:50	#57
alferret cf.mega poster Join Date: Jun 2003 Location: Mansfield Age: 59 Services: There is no destination to life, the journey is everything! Posts: 5,532	Re: Wait, Wait, Wait... Sky's beating VM?! I went and installed a comp and BB for my brother last weekend. He opted for Sky's 16mb package. He lives RM17 5** about 3\4 mile from exchange as the crow fly's and probrably 1 1\4 mile line lengh. He is getting through usenet "astraweb" 16+mb the full advertised speed. Speednet.com shows 5.5mb\sec and the one for this site shows just a smidging over 4mb. I was and still am truely stunned at the speed he gets from sky considering he is not sitting on top of the exchange. His speeds are not a 1 off, while on the phone during this week he has been downloading and at any time I have asked him for his current speed its never been lower than 15-15.5mb.