Puzzled
We've been having slow/inaccurate internet for a couple of days (it normally is between 1 & 5 mps)
So the computers, both laptops, will connect to the router via wi-fi or the LAN. Firefox opens with no problem,. I can access my homepage (Sky the IPS) and this site (did get on Farcebook earlier but that fails now) I can even get to my email logon page but no further, YWL can get nothing. Been on the phone to sky & after a lot of checks and failures they ask for speed tests on the BT site, which I cannot access. The call handler couldn't understand this and asked that I do them any way. AV is McAfee (I know) and the firewall is on I did get one speed test which showed it was OK but with a very high Ping Latency figure (211mS) Any thoughts as to what is going on? |
Did Sky do a line test or did they just talk you through checking DNS settings etc.
If they didn't ask about your DNS settings, might be worth checking that too. Do you have a spare DSL filter you can try ? |
After suffering this sort of thing with Sky Broadband for a very long time, I was recently very glad to return to BT (never thought I'd say that) after they introduced a fibre optic cable system.
Sky internet just didn't work properly here. I was paying for up to 20 Mbps download but it seldom got up to 1 Mbps. 0.3 kbps was becoming more common; totally unworkable. When I complained (many times) it would sometimes improve temporarily to 1 Mbps. Sky blamed BT's line quality, BT blamed Sky's system. Sky nonsense now gone forever, I'm getting 37 Mbps download, 10 Mbps upload speeds. :ok: |
The filter was changed following a suggestion from them (before their customer service went down last night!!)
Oddly enough it has suddenly come back up running at 4.1 (the BT speed test was accessible) I've signed for their unlimited service which apparently removes any BT imposed contention and is cheaper than the package I'm on I'll see how it goes Fibre optic, well In about 30 years perhaps!! |
Fibre optic, well In about 30 years perhaps!! Yesterday I had a market research chap asking me on behalf of Sky to participate in a survey, seeing as I had recently cancelled my account with them. About twenty questions asked but fibre optics were mentioned more than once. P.s. There was no change to my external line, there was only a white control box fitted, in addition to the new wireless modem supplied. They also upgraded my extension socket by the computer to become the new master socket; I can now plug my fax, my phone and the modem directly into the socket plate, much better all round at no extra cost. |
Westlakes
I assume you're on the Cumbrian west coast, in which case you may get lucky - e.g. this announcement from last week North West Evening Mail | Barrow among 10 communities to get broadband upgrade Of course if you are really rural then you may still be out of luck Ever thought of setting up your own broadband company? Take a look at B4RN.Org.uk - FTTH Broadband for the Rural North : Sponsored By Carrera IT Ltd They're putting together a gigabit cable network in the Lune Valley / Bowland at the moment Its grown out of a project at Lancaster University The chap behind it is Barry Forde, who seems to have done a lot of work in trying to push for rural broadband in Cumbria Barry Forde - United Kingdom | LinkedIn If you fancied it I'm sure they'd be able to give a lot of advice Or if that looks too heavy to take on, how about a rural mesh network such as these guys put in at Wray RuralConnect Living Labs Wray Community Communications, wifi scarecrow village broadband hotspot Relatively locally there are similar systems in place at Wennington, Backbarrow, Ingleton/Chapel-le-Dale/Dent |
I assume you're on the Cumbrian west coast, in which case you may get lucky |
They're sending an engineer.
Last night speed of 4.1 watsits, 4.05 this morning 0.93 15 minutes ago!! |
Then back up over 6 at 18:30
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noisy line or failing router would be my guesses
which router have you got - is it a Skybox / Tiscalibox? they don't seem to be all that compatible with newer versions of ADSL, especially if the line is noisy PS - are these speeds what the online test is reporting, or what the router is showing as its connection speed? |
The speeds are from the BT online speedtest site (http\\speedtest.bt.com), router is a Sky provided Sagem. It's never been as high as 6 at this time of night
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0.93 15 minutes ago!! It's never been as high as 6 at this time of night |
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