not very broadband
For the last few days our broadband has been decidedly narrowband. A few runs of broadbandspeedchecker.co.uk shows that the download can be up to the 10Mb I pay for but it often doesn't manage more than 200Kb. The ping time seems to be up to 220mS more often than not and I didn't see better than 10kb upload speed on a number of runs of the test. The ping is to Maidenhead, about 6 or 7 miles from me.
We are seeing timeouts on many links.
The dire figures got me thinking. Why do the telecomms companies limit the upload speeds to, typicaly, 1/8th of the download speed?
What is the benefit to them?
If the line can handle the download speed why can't it handle the same upload speed? Surely it would be better for everyone if the upload speed was made equal to the download speed so that data exchanges completed more quickly?
Until recently our ISP was O2, who had a freephone helpline. Since they sold out to Sky I now have to ring an expensive number to get technical help. Progress.
Rans6.....