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Why is my tiscali 2mb broadband running at 35k per second?
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I have just done a speed test and my connection is worse than dial up - Every few days this happens for a whole evening why is this?
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For more on marking an answer as the "Best Answer", please visit our FAQ.It's probably to do with volume of users. Complain to Tiscali and consider posting a review at http://www.ispreview.co.uk/.
ADSL stands for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line. The Asymmetric bit means that it is faster downloading (downstream) than it is uploading (upstream). This works 'cos you send a request with only a few K's of data, then receive quite a lot of data in return.
My BT 2Mb line is currently 2272kbps down and 288kbps up so it looks like you're still a bit short in the downloading speed. As antiguru said earlier, it's probably to do with "contention ratio" or number of users per exchange line. But there may be a fault. It might be worth calling them.
My BT 2Mb line is currently 2272kbps down and 288kbps up so it looks like you're still a bit short in the downloading speed. As antiguru said earlier, it's probably to do with "contention ratio" or number of users per exchange line. But there may be a fault. It might be worth calling them.
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