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andrewdodd13
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RE: Upgrade BT
Your exact connection speed can be found by going into your router settings.

However, 700 meters is a fairly short distance. I live roughly 2.5km as the crow flies (which means maybe up to 4km cable distance) from my exchange, and my router reports between 5.2mb and 6.1mb - it disconnects a lot. It sucks.

Edit: Although it has been up 1 day 18 hours :o

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01-10-2007 10:23 PM
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RE: Upgrade BT
I live 1.2km from my exchange, from my admin panel on ISPs site "Current Line Rate      6,816 kb/s (updated 06/01/2007)"

I've never really heard anything good about BT as an ISP though so I wouldn't expect the most stable or best line rate if I were you =p
01-10-2007 11:14 PM
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O.P. RE: Upgrade BT
So, is mine still 'upgrading' because according to BT that whilst is upgrading the internet will randomly stop working. But i dont see any more improvement but my internet still sometimes stops working and its annoying :sad:
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01-11-2007 05:33 PM
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RE: Upgrade BT
It won't get faster, your connection can go up to 8MB, but you need to look at reality here. You lose speed because you need to connect to the main stream of wires underground, which can be miles away. You also lose speed if your neighbours also use BT, as they are accessing the same line as you, and thus you are sharing their speed. BT also has to go through your  phone line, which can slow your connection down.

All these factors can slow your connection down. It all depends on where you live, I wouldn't expect it to get faster, your Internet speed won't be faster by some magical force, it's real wires underground that do all the work :).
01-11-2007 05:39 PM
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