Finally in the backwaters of Essex we can have BB ordered and received my modem and have connected up 512k speed
I have found it painfully slow since installing and rang BT for help (joke) they said try the downloads on www.btopenworld.com/speedtest
my transfer rate was a miserable 34k/sec, after 40 minutes of heated discussion with the call centre they suggested a different setting on my "DNS" server this then upped my rate to 52k/sec
Is this normal?
kc
Broadband
That's about right mate.
512k is actually 512kilobits per second.
8 bits to a byte, so 512kbits = 64kilobytes per second.
That would be your theoretical maximum, I tend to get 50-55k per second on my telewest broadband.
You might find, as I do, that during quiet times the speed is better and conversely at busy times it goes down
512k is actually 512kilobits per second.
8 bits to a byte, so 512kbits = 64kilobytes per second.
That would be your theoretical maximum, I tend to get 50-55k per second on my telewest broadband.
You might find, as I do, that during quiet times the speed is better and conversely at busy times it goes down
-Dan
Wish I had the option of cable 
When Yorkshire cable were cabling up Sheffield in the early 90's, they neglected our part of the city completely.
Not only that, but I can't get FreeView either, so digital TV is out unless I want to line Rupert Murdoch's pockets - no thanks!!
S'pose I should think myself lucky that my company pay for the broadband connection though
When Yorkshire cable were cabling up Sheffield in the early 90's, they neglected our part of the city completely.
Not only that, but I can't get FreeView either, so digital TV is out unless I want to line Rupert Murdoch's pockets - no thanks!!
S'pose I should think myself lucky that my company pay for the broadband connection though
Don't be so sure about freeview mate.
My Parents live in a non-digital area supposedly, however they wanted digital and because the area they live in so far from the transmitter and has some hills, houses and the like in the way their analogue signal was awful too.
They are too tight to buy cable, and they have quite a few tellys, so it'd cost a lot to have cable on all of them.
I got them a really big aerial (bout 5' long with the X shaped dipoles on it) and the longest pole I could find (teehee!) it was about 10' I guess.
Strapped it to the top of their chimney and found the bearing of the transmitter off the web and pointed it in that direction using a compass.
http://www.wolfbane.com/articles/tvr.htm (you'll find the transmitter info here)
I reckon in total the aerial was 40' up in the air.
Then got 2 nice aerial boosters (make sure they are ok for digital, some aren't) and plugged the aerial into one and then the output of that into the input of the other (i.e double the gain) also used satellite cable rather than normal tv coax because it's better quality.
Then with my dad on the roof and me in the lounge and a couple of mobiles we fine tuned the aerial until the signal strength on the set top box was at it's best.
and it works a treat, you can tell that even with the aerial and boosters and good cable and plugs etc.. that they are still just on the fringe of reception as it took a few attempts for it to accept all the channels, but it works and has been doing so for the last year or so. Plus my Nan loves it beacause she always moaned about the reception before.
My Parents live in a non-digital area supposedly, however they wanted digital and because the area they live in so far from the transmitter and has some hills, houses and the like in the way their analogue signal was awful too.
They are too tight to buy cable, and they have quite a few tellys, so it'd cost a lot to have cable on all of them.
I got them a really big aerial (bout 5' long with the X shaped dipoles on it) and the longest pole I could find (teehee!) it was about 10' I guess.
Strapped it to the top of their chimney and found the bearing of the transmitter off the web and pointed it in that direction using a compass.
http://www.wolfbane.com/articles/tvr.htm (you'll find the transmitter info here)
I reckon in total the aerial was 40' up in the air.
Then got 2 nice aerial boosters (make sure they are ok for digital, some aren't) and plugged the aerial into one and then the output of that into the input of the other (i.e double the gain) also used satellite cable rather than normal tv coax because it's better quality.
Then with my dad on the roof and me in the lounge and a couple of mobiles we fine tuned the aerial until the signal strength on the set top box was at it's best.
and it works a treat, you can tell that even with the aerial and boosters and good cable and plugs etc.. that they are still just on the fringe of reception as it took a few attempts for it to accept all the channels, but it works and has been doing so for the last year or so. Plus my Nan loves it beacause she always moaned about the reception before.
-Dan
We're too far from the exchange for a broadband connection and we haven't got cable either. And it's not as though we live in the middle of nowhere but on a modern mixed residential/high tech business development. All the houses were put in with the link ready to plug cable in but the cable provider hasn't provided the service!s4dreamer wrote:Wish I had the option of cable
When Yorkshire cable were cabling up Sheffield in the early 90's, they neglected our part of the city completely.
Not only that, but I can't get FreeView either, so digital TV is out unless I want to line Rupert Murdoch's pockets - no thanks!!
S'pose I should think myself lucky that my company pay for the broadband connection though
Satellite is fine for simple downloading, but totally crap for anything that involves bi-directional traffic i.e. WAN, VPN, remote access, XBox Live etc.
The latency invloved in transmitting to a satellite approximate 30,000 kilometres up, then down again before you even get onto the Internet will time-out the vast majority of applications and those that don't, you'll just get piss poor performance.
The latency invloved in transmitting to a satellite approximate 30,000 kilometres up, then down again before you even get onto the Internet will time-out the vast majority of applications and those that don't, you'll just get piss poor performance.
Sorry Joshie, I didn't intend for it to sound like I was having a dig.
In my business I come across a lot of people who have been sold satellite Internet connections by resellers who claim it to be the answer to everyone's prayers.
I used to a 2Mb satellite connection at my office because nothing else was available at a sensible price and we still spent a small fortune on ISDN dial-up to get a reliable 2-way connection.
I wouldn't want anyone to sign up to a long term connection thinking that it would do everything that an ADSL connection would do.
Having said all that, it is entirely suitable for "fastsurf and high speed downloads".
Cheers
Paul
In my business I come across a lot of people who have been sold satellite Internet connections by resellers who claim it to be the answer to everyone's prayers.
I used to a 2Mb satellite connection at my office because nothing else was available at a sensible price and we still spent a small fortune on ISDN dial-up to get a reliable 2-way connection.
I wouldn't want anyone to sign up to a long term connection thinking that it would do everything that an ADSL connection would do.
Having said all that, it is entirely suitable for "fastsurf and high speed downloads".
Cheers
Paul
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