Miles(Elite Donator) posted this on Tuesday, 28th July 2009, 12:38
I currently have BT Business broadband at home (paid for by work). I`m fairly close to the local exchange (less than 1km away) and I currently connect at 7.2Mbps (which is about the best you can).
I`ve just renewed the contract with BT and will therefore be upgraded to the "next gen" service (aka ADSL2+ ...which has actually been around for years) and this is "up to 20Mb"...but they say I`ll only get around 10Mbps.
I suspect you have to live IN the bloody exchange in order to get their 20Mb speeds (or switch to cable!)
Is anyone else on ADSL2 and getting decent speeds?
RE: ADSL2....speeds
sashenden(Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 28th July 2009, 15:34
About 18Mb and I live opposite the exchange. O2 is my ISP.
RE: ADSL2....speeds
Miles(Elite Donator) posted this on Wednesday, 29th July 2009, 09:56
Thanks Sash.
RE: ADSL2....speeds
Miles(Elite Donator) posted this on Tuesday, 4th August 2009, 18:08
Well, they connected me to the new service today. Currently at 17Mbps...although I expect it will degrade during the 10 day adjustment period!
RE: ADSL2....speeds
Linebacker2(Elite) posted this on Tuesday, 4th August 2009, 19:06
I ran across an interesting graph on this page (via Hotukdeals). There seem to be quite a few discussions about the net on the subject. Look how the ADSL2+ bitrate plummets as you move away from the exchange :o
