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Broadband speed
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:22 pm
by Squiggle
When you are cursing your normal 8mb+ speed for slowing a bit.....
Remember us country folk!
Just had a test and the fastest I can get here is 0.5 - 1mb
zzzzzzzzzzzzzz
PS Why did the frogspawn in my pond go frothy and disappear? Really!
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:28 pm
by jonathon
Its been eaten by the tadpoles.
Re broadband, we are supposed to have 20mb here at home but struggle to get 5mb and were in a proper town
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:30 pm
by Squiggle
jonathon wrote:Its been eaten by the tadpoles.
Re broadband, we are supposed to have 20mb here at home but struggle to get 5mb and were in a proper town
What are you on??? Eaten by the tadpoles?
Even
I know that couldn't happen.......
Or could it?
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:33 pm
by callyspoy
I'm in a proper CITY and we only get around 6.5 from a 10mb package, not too shoddy though when downloading.
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:37 pm
by jonathon
Dunno , but I need more , I'm still hearing voices
Tadpoles do eat the remains of the spawn and even each other. Goldfish also like the taste. I, dunno you cun'ry folk, know nuffin
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:40 pm
by Squiggle
jonathon wrote:Dunno , but I need more , I'm still hearing voices
Tadpoles do eat the remains of the spawn and even each other. Goldfish also like the taste. I, dunno you cun'ry folk, know nuffin
Oh those lucky CITY folk!
There are no goldfish in my pond......this is a natural garden......the excuse for how untidy it is!
Eat eachother? But why the froth? I KNOW I'm going to regret asking that last question .................
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:45 pm
by jonathon
To save your embarrassment I won't tell you then. Wot no goldfish, can't call that a pond !!, s'not natural.
Hey here's a little ditty from years ago mentioning goldfish. Read it carefully as it does make sense.
A B, C D Goldfish
M N O goldfish
S, D R Goldfish
R, D R Goldfish
Enjoy
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 10:59 pm
by Squiggle
jonathon wrote:To save your embarrassment I won't tell you then. Wot no goldfish, can't call that a pond !!, s'not natural.
Hey here's a little ditty from years ago mentioning goldfish. Read it carefully as it does make sense.
A B, C D Goldfish
M N O goldfish
S, D R Goldfish
R, D R Goldfish
Enjoy
Ha Ha
BUT, OK you deserved this:
Test for alzheimers:
The following was developed as a mental
age assessment by the School of Psychiatry at Harvard
University . Take your time and see if you can
read each line aloud without a mistake.
The average person over 40 years of age
cannot do it!
1. This is this cat.
2. This is is cat.
3. This is how cat.
4. This is to cat.
5. This is keep cat.
6. This is an cat.
7. This is old cat.
8. This is fart cat.
9. This is busy cat.
10. This is for cat.
11. This is forty cat.
12. This is seconds cat.
Now go back and read the third word in
each line from the top down
I've decided I'll be 100% over this bug tomorrow. Trying mind over matter.
Nite nite one and all.
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:07 pm
by jonathon
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:07 pm
by MGFmad
We are supposed to get 4mb but its never above 2mb and more often around 1.3mb - service is rubbish.
Posted: Mon Apr 06, 2009 11:22 pm
by Squiggle
MGFmad wrote:We are supposed to get 4mb but its never above 2mb and more often around 1.3mb - service is rubbish.
Well, it would be uphill to Scotland?
Gosh, I'm worse when I'm sober!
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:57 am
by ASL642
Well I must be "blessed" or something
I'm currently getting 8mb - we have had it past 10mb!
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:42 am
by d_harris
That'll do me! I'm on an 8mb connection and can very nearly get that in the front room. I'm sat in the bedroom at the moment so that'll do
And Squiggle your proximity to your router affects your speed.
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:21 pm
by Squiggle
Dan_Harris wrote:
That'll do me! I'm on an 8mb connection and can very nearly get that in the front room. I'm sat in the bedroom at the moment so that'll do
And Squiggle your proximity to your router affects your speed.
Hi Dan
If my router was nearer, I'd be sitting on it...
Well, not quite but it's right nearby. Netgear 54Mgps wireless router.
Proximity to the telephone exchange I'm told.
Moles nibbling the cables?
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 1:39 pm
by Squiggle
Dan_Harris wrote:
That'll do me! I'm on an 8mb connection and can very nearly get that in the front room. I'm sat in the bedroom at the moment so that'll do
And Squiggle your proximity to your router affects your speed.
Just used your test faciltiy:
Server apparently Maidenhead which is 150ml. Virgin Media.
Download 0.97
Upload 0.24
PING 49 ms
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:15 pm
by MGFmad
Tried the test as well - BT are at their worst tonight as can be seen below-
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Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 9:49 pm
by callyspoy
i just got over 7, wahey!
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 10:09 pm
by jonathon
ditto
Posted: Tue Apr 07, 2009 11:26 pm
by Matt
1.21 here
anyhow
what single word best describes this series of letters?
H I J K L M N O
Posted: Wed Apr 08, 2009 6:51 am
by ferret76
Average broadband speed in Oz is 1Mb. The Federal Government has just announced that it will have every house in Australia wired up to a 24Mb connection in 8 years at a cost of AUD43 billion. I'll believe it when I see it. It took them 100 years to finish the rail line from Alice Springs to Darwin so I'm not holding my breath for the fibre-optic man to come knocking on my door.