Can the resident IDNet FTTC customers please run a BT speedtest and post the results (Screenshot would be ideal)
I just want to check something I've noticed during my travels today.
Mine attached.
Mine attached. Haven't done one for a while. I note that the speed is continuing to drop from the halcyon days when it first started at 35Mb!!
And mine...
And continuing to drop!
My speed's dropped drastically today, everybody and their mothers must be on line today, shopping probably. ;D
I know that a lot of the shops have started online sales today.
Its quite depressing that the consumer society doesn't stop for at least one day.
Or even a heartbeat. :(
That said my youngest has been hammering LuckyVoice Karaoke today ;-)
http://home.luckyvoice.com/
So it's not all been shopping - and the network has been performing a treat!
Roll on his bedtime so I can get "Livin' on a Prayer" in place of bloomin Lady Gaga!
Merry Christmas!
Like browsing through treacle tonight >:(
Actually, after reaching my endurance limit for Christmas TV, I decided to browse a little and by chance ended up on the BT support forums.
http://community.bt.com/t5/BB-in-Home/INFINITY-Netwrok-wide-Issues-IMPORTANT/td-p/81365
42, yes 42, Pages of angst that I think put matters into perspective!
I can't begin to imagine how I'd be feeling right now if I had moved to Infinity when I signed up for VDSL.
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Anton
Who is in their right mind would use BT as their ISP.
Ian Livingstone? :whistle:
He will of course get priority service from a named individual no doubt.
Wasn't there uproar when he moved into a village that didn't have ADSL but BT spent thousands on Broadband Enabling Technology (BET) to install it for him exclusively.
And I bet the Chief Exec of British Gas has no problem getting someone out when his heating breaks down.
You've got it, Mitch.
(http://www.speedtest.net/result/1127177611.png)
BT Speedtester doesn't really work for me lately, seems like an on/off situation.
I think the BT speedtester is at the bottom of a long list of priorities. Last time I tried, it gave me my profile the stuck. However, because it had got that far, it decided it was a successful test. :sigh:
Hope they fix it and do something about the speed it operates at although as its having to look up using a database of x million lines I doubt it's going to be a quick process.
Why they can't detect the line information from their radius servers puzzles me, Mitch.
I doubt very much that the testing server can 'see' the BRAS and Radius servers as it would be a tempting target for hackers.
It probably queries a server which contains a copy of the database.
Albeit a crotchety server and a knackered database. ;D
Yep its probably running on a Pentium Pro.
I was thinking more a 486, Mitch.
Probably right there Rik.
About 512k or RAM. ;)
486 is a bit generous Rik? Probably a generation older and a 386.
SX? ;D
I can provide one of those, Rik, I've got a 386SX in my loft somewhere. ;D
;D
Another hoarder...
Yes, ;D
Remember when the 486 was cutting edge (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pGFlSw2voDc)
I remember when the 286 was cutting edge, Mitch. ;D
;D
They don't market CPUs they way they used to which is a shame as Intel produced some cracking ads IMO.
Quote from: Rik on Feb 02, 2011, 13:48:19
I remember when the 286 was cutting edge, Mitch. ;D
With or without the 287?
I cut my design teeth on the 8080 and 8086 ...
With. :)
Quote from: Rik on Feb 07, 2011, 09:57:33
With. :)
To be totally correct they were the 80286 and 80287
And what about the 80186 and 80187
Never used in PCs as far as I can remember.
I certainly never saw one. I knew they existed, but where was never answered.
Quote from: Rik on Feb 07, 2011, 10:40:38
I certainly never saw one. I knew they existed, but where was never answered.
Some of the systems we designed them into are still in service and the 80186 went out of production only recently. The 187 was, I believe, an 8087 with some minor modifications to get 80186 compatibility and never available on the wider market
Space invaders ?
;D Very possible, Steve.
Not quite ...
Something to detect invaders - but from the East.
Ah, a DTI imports licence system. ;D