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You know how ADSL (and related tech) works the speed you get depends on the distance from the exchange I don't know how it works in the USA but I ca test my lin

You know how ADSL (and related tech) works the speed you get depends on the distance from the exchange I don't know how it works in the USA but I ca test my line and at 6k yards it said I should get 3.5 ish which is what I get . I suspect a lot of BB speed complaints are down to poor wifi installations and local congestion in the wifi bands

throw_away_4567 9y ago
It sort of depends on distance, in reality it depends more on circuit noise and attenuation. If you have a really quiet circuit and high gauge high quality copper you will get a good signal to noise ratio which will give the modem margin to train to. The curves used to calculate speed over distance make bulk assumptions.
Freestyler_3 9y ago
See, this is what bothers me. There are people who mistake the speed of their internet with the speed of their own network. It bothers me a lot that when I call about slow speeds that the ISP starts troubleshooting my network. I know not to test on the wifi. (mostly test on the modem itself) I have a 500/500 line, and get guaranteed that it wont fall 10% below that. Most of the time I am really close to it or even above it. Right now I am seeing an anomaly 420/220. Not going to complain though, I only have this line because the other option was 20/2 for 80% of the price im paying now. Does help when getting or sending big files over for projects. edit: speedtest was giving me a slow server, better results now http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/6690112916 http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/6690112916