Just a thought on your readings, there’s Mb/s and MB/s. There’s 8 bits in one byte so one might be reporting bits, the other bytes ( there’s an overhead of checkbits etc, so 10/1 ratio is there or thereabouts)
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Just a thought on your readings, there’s Mb/s and MB/s. There’s 8 bits in one byte so one might be reporting bits, the other bytes ( there’s an overhead of checkbits etc, so 10/1 ratio is there or thereabouts)
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
i went on the braodband checker bt wholesale that tells you what the max your line can get , next door is 1 mbit less
MontyVeda
a short-tempered ill-controlled small-minded troll
- Location
- Lancaster... the little city.
that makes sense
currently downloading a torrent at 1.3MB/s which multiplied by 8 = 10.4mbps
Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
My dial-up with Netvigator in the 90's wasn't quite as good.
I have a 3 data sim too for security, buts it's poor speed due to weak signal even with 4g aerial pointing at the transmitter
that makes sense
currently downloading a torrent at 1.3MB/s which multiplied by 8 = 10.4mbps
Not another Linux os torrent😉
Electric_Andy
Heavy Metal Fan
- Location
- Plymouth
Might have to consider that. My virgin fibre is £30/month for the first year but shoots up to £68 after that, which I can't afford. But as there is no competition that I know of, I can't threaten to go elsewhere. Trouble is, I only get 4g at around 16Mbps on my phone so I'm guessing my signal won't be good enough for a 4g dongle arrangement
T.M.H.N.E.T
Rainbows aren't just for world champions
- Location
- Northern Ireland
4G and 5G routers are generally better equipped to pull in signal so speedtests should be much better, depending on provider. Most providers have some sort of coverage map on their site (or cellmapper.com) will let you see the local masts. Most also have SMA ports on the rear so you can add on external antenna (something I will have to do when my house purchase completes)
Moving the router 2ft across a window sill can make a massive difference so once you find a spot that works, leave it there.. I tried every window in the house and two or 3 spots on each window and ran a speed test at each to find the optimum. My new contract with 3 got me a new router too which is head and shoulders above the old one (which wasn't bad)
Farmer friend of mine has to sit in one specific place in order to get a glimpse of 1bar on his phone, middle of nowhere with no handy exchange for dsl or fibre - got him setup on a 3 4g hub same as mine - speed tests consistently around 20mb. Life changing for a pension age couple, he can now watch other farmers farm on youtube in full HD
The official OFCOM website has a very good coverage checker. You can select “ view on map” and put in your postcode. There’s a drop down box where you can choose the individual mobile network and it shows that networks coverage on a map. I used this to identify which network had the best coverage as locally I was experiencing a couple of “dead spots”
https://checker.ofcom.org.uk/en-gb/mobile-coverage
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Heres mine
- Location
- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
IGb at router. FTTP.
On mobile phone Wi-Fi, via one interim relay, a total of 50' from router:
141 down.
157 up.
On mobile phone Wi-Fi, via one interim relay, a total of 50' from router:
141 down.
157 up.
cyberknight
As long as I breathe, I attack.
- Location
- Land of confusion
Just upgraded to full fibre as it's the same price as my old set up,gone from 15-20 to 145 Mbit .phone is connected to the router and considering losing it as everyone in the house has a mobile phone
Supersuperleeds
Legendary Member
- Location
- Leicester
This is on my phone connected to the Wi-Fi
Ping Download Upload
18 ms 244.96 Mb/s 49.04 Mb/s
Virgin
Ping Download Upload
18 ms 244.96 Mb/s 49.04 Mb/s
Virgin
