power-keys.com » Broadband http://www.power-keys.com Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:40:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2 The Varying Degrees Of Broadband Speed http://www.power-keys.com/the-varying-degrees-of-broadband-speed-63 http://www.power-keys.com/the-varying-degrees-of-broadband-speed-63#comments Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:34:49 +0000 Chris http://www.power-keys.com/?p=63 All over the UK, people go online every day – to check emails, to work, to shop, to chat to friends, to send out invitations, to order the food shopping – to do many different tasks that can save them time, money and keep them connected to those living further away than the bottom of the road.

But some people get way faster speeds than others. Why? Location, location and time of day.

With Digital Subscriber Line services running on the old copper wire telephone network, the signal strength is ultimately determined by physics – how far away you are from the exchange.

The survey found that for DSL services advertised as being “up to” 20Mbps, only 2% of customers got speeds in the range of 14-20Mbps. Of the others, 32% were getting a 8-14Mbps service and 65%, 8Mbps or less.

Add to this the rush hour traffic, and you have got a situation similar to a work day commute to London city centre – not much fun! Although there are talks of legislating how these services are ran, how can this realistically be improved without ripping up the old, and relaying new?

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