bolshi , just got the BT hub router which is supposed to be a clever little box that does the tweaking in an hour. not moved over to it yet cos they only upgraded me a noon today and may be buying a new computer. am asking all these questions cos my bt broadband has been shit upto now - when the kids come online here at 4pm i have seen the speed download go to just 40kbps

maddoctor, the problem is that your line has not yet been upgraded. 2272/288 is the standard reading for a 2mb line. You could try rebooting the router but I don't think that will make any difference. When it has been upgraded the connection speed should change to 8192/448.

thanks kayak , now how the hell do i get in touch with bt?.

never found a phone number

The Voyager 205 should be compatible with 8Mbps but you should be using the Ethernet socket rather than USB as throughput might otherwise suffer.

kayak and all . just contacted bt by telephone and they say NOW it does not look like it has been done(but they do not know!) and MAY be done later today.

as i have said my bt broadband has been shit and the support is worse.

You are so close to the exchange maddoctor that you should be able to get close to 20Mbps with an ADSL2 provider such as Be. If you click on your exchange name in the results from the link I gave earlier and look under "Local loop unbundling presence" it will tell you which non-BT providers are available, if any. Not all of them do ADSL2 (max 24 Mbps) and there are some I would avoid, but it's worth a look if you're on one of the bigger exchanges.

Kayak , in a small village here and thats why i have stuck or been stuck with bt.i believe there is one other provider which i now intend investigating

no unbundling here seems i am stuck with the useless gits

Yep same here, annoying isn't it. However in addition to providers listed under LLU you also have all the providers that use BT lines so it isn't true you're stuck with BT.

I have just moved to these people: http://www.adsl24.co.uk/

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always thought that moving to a wholesale outfit gave you no gain (except perhaps a few a month) since you are still at the mercy of bt

The physical connection is still provided by BT, however the service isn't, so you are not talking to the BT call centre, have different bandwidth limits, prices, other details such as hosting etc. Personally I prefer smaller/medium sized ISPs which also tend to have UK call centres.

maddoctor. Haven't BT upgraded you and, at the same time, given you a new 12 month contract :-(

will now consider it , tired of bt

bolshi , yer new contract but that is all i have got so far :-((

maddoctor. I think you're stuck with them for 12 months m8 :-(((

only if they deliver

maddoctor

I'm with BT but out of contract. I had a BT Voyager 205 router and have just swapped it for an unlocked BT 210 Voyager bought on eBay. It will handle 8Mbps without any problems - but not for me because I am too far from the exchange.

The seller was absolutely excellent. I went for an Ethernet model rather than a USB and also bought some Develo adapters. Here's the link to him:

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Puzbies-Emporium

I see he has a '210' at 14.99 + 6.50 postage or you can bid instead.

PS. A BT Voyager 205 can be got on eBay for about 2.50 so I am keeping my old one as a spare.

docproc - seems it is not the router but the shambles calling itself BT
they have not upgraded me today and have had a useless discussion with the lot in Mumbai , no matter how cheap they are , they are being paid too much!

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