[Malvern] [OT] ADSL speeds

[Andy Morris]

Darren,

Your reported speed is only the maximum possible, it assumes that the 
network beyond can deliver packets to use that maximum. In my 
experience, this is rarely the case, except in the quiet hours, but 
"quiet" depends on where in the world you are downloading from.

Andy


Darren Beale wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> My ADSL router reports that it's "DownStream Connection Speed" is 8128
> kbps  and upstream is 448 kbps which matches the maximum I should be
> able to get on my ADSL Max subscription, however I'm 'only' getting
> 3Mbps and I'm wondering why.
> 
> All three phone points in the house have microfilters and my exchange
> (http://tinyurl.com/kwhck) is close by (http://tinyurl.com/zawoh) so
> I'm wondering where this missing bandwidth might be.
> 
> I'm not really sure how ADSL 'Max' it works except to say that I do
> know that after a few weeks of service BT do some magic at the
> exchange to regulate the maximum that I can get and I'm wondering if
> this could be the reason. It certainly seems odd that I've a 5 Mbps
> difference between reported and actual.
> 
> Anyone else have similar experiences?
> 
> Regards
>