Advice on web speeds
Hi folks,
Recently moved to the sticks in Northern Ireland. We're on the end of a rural BT network, so I don't expect to get fabulous connection speeds, but I'm curious as to what I should be getting.
When we signed up (with Sky, though using a BT connection - Sky don't have a rack at our local exchange), it was suggested that we could get a 4MB connection. Now I took that with a pinch of salt...and sure enough, once we were up and running, 1MB was more the norm. On a couple of occasions I did see 4 or even 5MB, but that was rare.
Anyway, a line fault last week dropped me to 0.1MB download and 0.4MB upload. Then it gave up totally. Sky got the BT man out, and he repaired a termination on the pole. Back up and running. I'm now getting 0.4MB down and 0.4MB up. When we came back on initially, it was 0.9MB down and 0.4MB up.
I had heard about the BT I-plate / Accelerator, so I got one fitted at the weekend. Apparently it can take some time to see the full benefit, but I'm wondering is it reasonable to see a shortfall initially?
Any help / advice would be welcome! We're located about 1.5 miles from the exchange, and I use ThinkBroadband to monitor the speed.
Thanks!