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Old 07-30-2005, 01:47 PM
Default Why is my broadband faster than I bought?



Can anyone explain why my I bought my broadband connection from
www.sayuk.com (the £12.50 - 512k connection) why when I run tests on it, it
runs at 920k ?

I am not even close to the exchange.

Interesting!
Mark




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Old 07-30-2005, 02:27 PM
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Mark Fisher wrote:

> Can anyone explain why my I bought my broadband connection from
> www.sayuk.com (the £12.50 - 512k connection) why when I run tests on it,
> it runs at 920k ?
>
> I am not even close to the exchange.
>
> Interesting!
> Mark


BT$ upped their basic speed to 2mb - may be you get upgraded.

The other possibility is to say something and have it downgraded.

The third possibility, the clever option, is to shutyourmouthandsaynothin.
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Old 07-30-2005, 03:44 PM
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On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:47:44 +0100, [Mark Fisher] said :-

>Can anyone explain why my I bought my broadband connection from
>www.sayuk.com (the £12.50 - 512k connection) why when I run tests on it, it
>runs at 920k ?
>


What tests ?
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Old 07-30-2005, 04:05 PM
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On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:47:44 +0100, [Mark Fisher] said :-

>Can anyone explain why my I bought my broadband connection from
>www. m (the £12.50 - 512k connection) why when I run tests on it, it
>runs at 920k ?
>
>I am not even close to the exchange.
>
>Interesting!
>Mark
>


Be prepared to loose your website and account spammer.
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Old 07-31-2005, 02:06 AM
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Default Re: Why is my broadband faster than I bought? - SPAMMER !!!

>Can anyone explain why my I bought my broadband connection from
>www.sayuk.com (the £12.50 - 512k connection) why when I run tests on it, it
>runs at 920k ?


>I am not even close to the exchange.


>Interesting!
>Mark


Same post appeared in alt.internet providers under the name of Mark Baker !

Courtesy of David Taylor:

$ whois sayuk.com
[snip disclaimer crap]
Registrant:
Mark Baker ((E-Mail Removed))
12 Ironlatch Avenue
St Leonards on sea, EAST SUSSEX TN38 9JE
UK
08702259600

Perhaps you should ask your tech support department ?
Whilst you're at it, ask your abuse department about how NOT to
market your site !



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Old 07-31-2005, 02:11 AM
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"Spin Dryer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:47:44 +0100, [Mark Fisher] said :-
> Be prepared to loose your website and account spammer.


I take it you mean 'lose'? Or did you really mean his website will become
'loose'; like an elderly woman's genitalia?

There's a thought for you all before snoozey-sleep-time...


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Old 07-31-2005, 11:36 AM
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On Sat, 30 Jul 2005 13:47:44 +0100, "Mark Fisher"
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

> why when I run tests on it, it
>runs at 920k ?
>

920,000 bits/s or some other measure ?

probably because you bought it from an incompetent supplier who either
ordered the wrong thing or failed to apply their internal rate
limiting to it.

>I am not even close to the exchange.


which is irrelevant as you get a fixed speed or it doesn't work at
all.

Phil
--
Tiscali - dialup speeds at Broadband prices, see
http://bbs.adslguide.org.uk/postlist...&Board=tiscali

AOL - the unlimited ISP of choice for heavy downloaders.
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Old 07-31-2005, 06:54 PM
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Default Re: Why is my broadband faster than I bought? - SPAMMER !!!

On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 02:06:20 +0100, [Martin²] said :-

>>Can anyone explain why my I bought my broadband connection from
>>www.sayuk.com (the £12.50 - 512k connection) why when I run tests on it, it
>>runs at 920k ?

>
>>I am not even close to the exchange.

>
>>Interesting!
>>Mark

>
>Same post appeared in alt.internet providers under the name of Mark Baker !


and the same posting IP address :-

This : NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.7.19.182

other : NNTP-Posting-Host: 81.7.19.182

>
>Courtesy of David Taylor:
>
>$ whois sayuk.com
>[snip disclaimer crap]
>Registrant:
> Mark Baker ((E-Mail Removed))
> 12 Ironlatch Avenue
> St Leonards on sea, EAST SUSSEX TN38 9JE
> UK
> 08702259600
>
>Perhaps you should ask your tech support department ?
>Whilst you're at it, ask your abuse department about how NOT to
>market your site !
>
>


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Old 07-31-2005, 07:01 PM
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On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 18:54:14 +0100, Spin Dryer <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>>Registrant:
>> Mark Baker ((E-Mail Removed))


Headteacher should be impressed ;-)

Phil
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Tiscali - dialup speeds at Broadband prices, see
http://bbs.adslguide.org.uk/postlist...&Board=tiscali

AOL - the unlimited ISP of choice for heavy downloaders.
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Old 07-31-2005, 07:13 PM
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Default Re: Why is my broadband faster than I bought? - SPAMMER !!!

Phil Thompson wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Jul 2005 18:54:14 +0100, Spin Dryer <(E-Mail Removed)>
> wrote:
>
>
>>>Registrant:
>>> Mark Baker ((E-Mail Removed))

>
>
> Headteacher should be impressed ;-)
>
> Phil


The Grove is a specialist maths and computing college at St Leonards on
Sea, East Sussex <http://www.grove.e-sussex.sch.uk/>. Perhaps it's an
over-enthusiastic student or lecturer?
--
Bruce Fletcher
Stronsay, Orkney
<www.stronsay.co.uk/claremont>
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