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Restless · 14-02-2013, 16:11

master socket.
thinkbroadband :: BT Master Socket Identifical Tool for BT Broadband Accelerator / BT I-Plate

Use this guide to help determine master socket.

However 10MB is perfect for your needs. Upload is a bit rubbish but i imagine good enough for what you need. Upload is rubbish for most of us on DSL....

Think of this as a scale-- Now you think of how far you are from the Exchange which is somewhere close to town I guess....

Peel Area = 20MB (i know I get that speed)
Clayton-Le-Moors 4-6MB (i lived there for a while) further away you are the slower the speed.

BT infinity would be essential for me if I was with BT. But 20MB is more than fast enough for me. For now

IMO the best way to test your speed is to use something where the speed is for certain going to be fast. For this test I use newsgroups or a Torrent that is seeded well(Torrent is getting used a lot these days for distributing free software)

I have found online speed testers to be somewhat inaccurate. I have had them say 4MB when I have downloaded Ubuntu via torrent at 20MB.

Speedtest.net - The Global Broadband Speed Test

This is a decent enough test site. And you can embed the results. Here is mine

So much for 2.5 upload speed....

14-02-2013, 16:11	#7
Restless Senior Member+ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: .-/-.-./-.-./-.--//// Posts: 3,371 Blog Entries: 22 Liked: 981 times Rep Power: 81379	Re: BT Infinity-worth the extra? master socket. thinkbroadband :: BT Master Socket Identifical Tool for BT Broadband Accelerator / BT I-Plate Use this guide to help determine master socket. However 10MB is perfect for your needs. Upload is a bit rubbish but i imagine good enough for what you need. Upload is rubbish for most of us on DSL.... Think of this as a scale-- Now you think of how far you are from the Exchange which is somewhere close to town I guess.... Peel Area = 20MB (i know I get that speed) Clayton-Le-Moors 4-6MB (i lived there for a while) further away you are the slower the speed. BT infinity would be essential for me if I was with BT. But 20MB is more than fast enough for me. For now IMO the best way to test your speed is to use something where the speed is for certain going to be fast. For this test I use newsgroups or a Torrent that is seeded well(Torrent is getting used a lot these days for distributing free software) I have found online speed testers to be somewhat inaccurate. I have had them say 4MB when I have downloaded Ubuntu via torrent at 20MB. Speedtest.net - The Global Broadband Speed Test This is a decent enough test site. And you can embed the results. Here is mine So much for 2.5 upload speed.... __________________ Last edited by Restless; 14-02-2013 at 16:18.