Broadband - Speed Test ......

[Scuffers]

FTTC and about a mile (measured as crow flies from exchange), so not too shabby.

that's meaningless, it's not the distance to the exchange that matters, it's to the fibre cab on the side of the road (the one with 'Fibre's here' sticker on it!) that counts.

at a guess, you're some 3-400M from said cab

[istoo]

for those in the sticks...

we moved a few months ago and the line test failed a few times then eventually settled between 0.2-0.5mb... having come form fibre and needing to work form home for time to time i needed an alternative.

Satellite weather flakey and limited download.

Ended up with a 4G router and external antenna.
http://www.solwise.co.uk/3g-intro.htm
Have a three mobile SIM card that with an 'all you can eat' package for £21/month + cost of the kit, about £250, gives use consistently 16-18Mb/s, i can up the antenna to get more speed. But its portable as such as it relies on mobile network and the antenna really boosts over and above what a phone antenna can achieve.

Worth a read Tut / Thinforth IF you want to get a bit more speed.

[istoo]

BOOM!

(and that's over wi-fi with multiple computers etc connected just now since I'm 'working' from home)

jebus

[tut]

Had a power cut this morning so went over to the iPhone for an Internet connection.

We are only supposed to get barely 3G here but I am on 4G at 30mb download as opposed to the normal router 1.3.

tut

[greyrigg]

We get 4g at home as well, it really uses up the data allowance though. It is probably the way forward for rural areas.

Malcolm


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[istoo]

We get 4g at home as well, it really uses up the data allowance though. It is probably the way forward for rural areas.

Malcolm


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Its the best viable option to getting rural communities fast internet at the moment in the UK. Sat too expensive and weather dependent, fibre to all it just not viable given spread of population in rural areas.

The UK plan is to have fast broadband to every postcode, that translates as one house with a postcode designation. When there are a heap of you in a rural valley on the same postcode, the end of the road is knackered...
The External Antennas are wee things, used for transport and marine for a long time now, and will take the signal up 10x over what your phone will. Backbone mobile network is getting a big overhaul. Very location specific. And as Tut commented the coverage maps arent always true. Ours isnt either.

Tut, what i posted above will be ideal for you.

As for data limits. Thats where phone contracts are going, voice and txts are second fiddle to data limits. Only Three have a (relatively) unlimited package at the moment. We hit 100-120Gb a month on it for the £21. Also have a backup Vodafone one which is limited at 50gb/month for £25. The good news is that it changes quickly and you arent tied to any specific contract.

[tut]

I actually have Sat Stu, was £45/month which they have just increased to £50. That is for 25gb. I have no problems with speed or dropouts, probably because I am the only one on it in the area, full 22mb download all the time. However the latency of 750ms is a pain, web pages are still slow to open.

My Sky 1.3mb actually does a good job, I can watch Sky Q TV in bed in HD no problem on my iPad, Macbook or iPhone. I don't download films or software, and with the kids not being here that often I am not even using all my Sat Data. Connected now to to use up the remainder as it resets on the 3rd. I did look at a three SIM card a while back, I am on EE with 4gb Data, they had a half price offer at £11 for unlimited Data and you could tether 20gb to you laptop, but it expired whilst I was thinking. Of course that would have meant swapping SIM cards over and getting my iPhone 6 unlocked by EE but I was still inside the six months.

Sky BB is rock solid for me and as I have a direct phone number to Support being disabled, is worth its weight in gold for where I live, land line down is not uncommon. We had a power failure at 0800 today, so had the chance to start up my new generator and use it for the first time, it did a grand job and ran everything.

Having max copper line speed of 8mb as I did at Old Deer would be a bonus, but we are at the 5km mark from Keith Exchange. Just found out that there is now a Cable Village relay box in Newmill which I can see from the window, but it only serves the Primary school. I was getting .3mb when we moved in, but it is marvellous how they can up that when you give them the sob story.

tut

[Ferg]

that's meaningless, it's not the distance to the exchange that matters, it's to the fibre cab on the side of the road (the one with 'Fibre's here' sticker on it!) that counts.

at a guess, you're some 3-400M from said cab

Fair point. Quick look up and I've got my cabinet number. Just need to find it. But I reckon you're not too far off.