is there a minimum speed for broadband

[Dyewitness]

ie what is the speed an internet speed gets classed as broadband as mine is now even slower...135kbps

 

[Griff]

"Broadband" is a generic name for an "always on" connection faster than dialup.

As for speed tolerances that all depends on the provider (Cable, BTWholesale, LLU etc..)

 

[Greeny.]

And how far you are away from your local exchange, your line quality, how good your cabling is.... lots of factors

 

[Griff]

And how far you are away from your local exchange, your line quality, how good your cabling is.... lots of factors

That affects sync speed, not speed "tolerances" (which going on Alymac's previous threads is what he is referring to).

 

[Dyewitness]

thats griff...you can tell my complaint to bt is going well at the moment..

 

[Greeny.]

But you need a good stable sync speed to get a decent speed!

 

[Griff]

BTWholesale have VERY sweeping tolerances mate so even if you were synced at 8mbps and only ever achieved a throughput of say 200kbps they'd simply tell you that was satisfactory.

I've got the figures somewhere so I'll try and dig them out.

 

[Greeny.]

If your having speed issues with your isp, change your username on your router to: speedtest@speedtest_domain and go to http://217.32.105.42 and run a speed test. This way you know if its your line or isp at fault.

 

[Griff]

But you need a good stable sync speed to get a decent speed!

Thanks.. We're more than aware of that. I think you've missed all the previous threads on Alymac's problem.

 

[Greeny.]

Yes I have

 

[Noodle999]

Sometimes the autodetection of the "right" speed for the line goes wrong on the "up to 8 meg" service, and they can improve the situation by forcing it to 1 meg or whatever...