Talk Talk Upped Connection Speed?

I moved house last week and just got my broadband reconnected today. My
connection speed reads as 2.3mbps....I thought Talk Talk only had 1mbps as a
max or shoud I assume it is just 1mb and my pc is telling me porkies?

Norman

Norman wrote:
> I moved house last week and just got my broadband reconnected today. My
> connection speed reads as 2.3mbps....I thought Talk Talk only had 1mbps as a
> max or shoud I assume it is just 1mb and my pc is telling me porkies?

That figure is probably your router or modem's sync speed, AIUI BT are
currently upgrading *sync* speeds to the maximum a particular line can handle.
(or rather what BT think a line can handle)

That's not necessarily the same as your connection speed. The best way to
determine this is via a speed test.

http://www.adslguide.org/tools/speedtest.asp

For example my in-laws are on Pipex 256k ADSL, but their sync speed indicates
2278k. (I'll be migrating them to a better deal soon !)


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"Mark Carver" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Norman wrote:
> > I moved house last week and just got my broadband reconnected today. My
> > connection speed reads as 2.3mbps....I thought Talk Talk only had 1mbps
as a
> > max or shoud I assume it is just 1mb and my pc is telling me porkies?
>
> That figure is probably your router or modem's sync speed, AIUI BT are
> currently upgrading *sync* speeds to the maximum a particular line can
handle.
> (or rather what BT think a line can handle)
>
> That's not necessarily the same as your connection speed. The best way to
> determine this is via a speed test.
>
> http://www.adslguide.org/tools/speedtest.asp
>
> For example my in-laws are on Pipex 256k ADSL, but their sync speed
indicates
> 2278k. (I'll be migrating them to a better deal soon !)
>


Thanks for that, my speed shows as Downstream 906 Kbps (113.3 KB/sec) 978
Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 242 Kbps (30.3 KB/sec) 261 Kbps (inc. overheads)


Just thought it a coincedence as my old connection at the old house only
showed up as 1mbps on connection.

Norman

On Sat, 4 Jun 2005 11:10:22 +0100, "Norman" <(E-Mail Removed)>
wrote:

>My
>connection speed reads as 2.3mbps....I thought Talk Talk only had 1mbps as a
>max or shoud I assume it is just 1mb and my pc is telling me porkies?

I think they connect at 2M and throttle elsewhere to the speed you
have paid for. This way they can change speed later without involving
BT.

Phil
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