[Wolves] ADSL Contention ratio

[sparkes]

fizzy wrote:
> Hola,
> 
> I'm still looking at all this ADSL melarky (wish I
> could get blueyonder :( ).  Bytemark Look good, £27.60
> for 1024/256k uncapped with a static ip.  However,
> it's got a crap contention ratio (50:1).  What does
> this mean?! I live in a fairly commercial area, does
> that effect things? Am I likely to get anywhere near
> 1024/256 with that kind of contention?!

I get better than 1024 download frequently ;-) uploads are more variable 
but I generally get 2 ftp connects at 10kb/s but my host has a dodgy ftp 
setup so the problems could be at their end.  BT works excellently on 
this connections.

YMMV
> 
> A rather confused,
> fizz.
> 
sparkes

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