Not an expert in these matters Pete, I leave that to Hmmm:-) But these are the results of a recent BT Speedtest for my connection, also through Freeola but via the Birmingham node:

Download speedachieved during the test was - 6611 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 600-7150 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :8128 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 7150 Kbps

Compare yours and mine, and it makes interesting reading:-)

Hi pete_21,
As you are aware there are some speed issues at the moment - see other posts, so you may just be seeing that.

But it your speed tests never improve and your IP Profile stays as good as it is then you may have what's called a stuck radius profile (where BT's profile changes haven't registered on Freeola's systems). Freeola can check this for you and fix immediately if it is that - so it's worth getting that checked.
But if you sometimes get higher speeds it won't be that.

Remember when you moved house 'lots' of things did change! You may be using the same BT exchange and router etc. but some of the most important bits of the connection are different.
The actual phone line between you can the exchange is different - this is the most important bit. One dodgy connection and you're stuffed. Even next door neighbours can have totally different line characteristics.

Then there's your home's internal wiring - unless both connections were plugged directly into the Master Socket with neither house having internal extensions, then again things are different and there can be massive differences. That's why Freeola (and all ISPs) always ask people to use the TEST socket within the Master Socket if they've got one.

But looking at your line stats it all looks pretty good to me - so you're either suffering from the general speed problems at the moment or have a stuck radius profile.

Hope that helps - remember this is just my opinion from the details I've seen :¬)
^Hmmm...

Dragonlance wrote:
> What 'differences' would be noticeable with internal
> extensions?

Hi Dragonlance,
If your line is performing well then that's great - not everyone will have problems due to their internal wiring. But lots of people do!

Internal wiring can cause radio interference (noise) - mostly caused by the 'ring wire'. If you are close to your exchange and already get maximum sync (8128 on standard ADSL) then you don't have any issues - unless your line is still suffering due to high levels of errors.

The very best connection you can achieve is when plugged directly into the TEST socket.

If you look at the 'connection speed' (also known as sync speed) using the test socket and compare it to what you get in your house extensions you will see if you have any thing to gain. Don't look at the actual 'throughput' as this won't change immediately due to BT's profiling system.

If the sync is different then you know you can improve things by removing the ring wire or installing a BT iPlate or use a filtered faceplate Understanding Broadband
^Hmmm...

Thanks for your kind help Hmmm,very much appreciated.I have unplugged my router for around 30 minutes and then rebooted it.Here are the results of my test following the reboot :

Download speedachieved during the test was - 2604 Kbps

For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 600-7150 Kbps.


Additional Information:

Your DSL Connection Rate :7296 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 Kbps(UP-STREAM)

IP Profile for your line is - 6500 Kbps

A definite improvement on what I was getting before.I will leave it for a few days now and see how it settles.

Thanks again.

Just done BT speedtest again and the result is pants :(

Download speedachieved during the test was - 1552 Kbps

For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 600-7150 Kbps.

Additional Information:

Your DSL Connection Rate :7296 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 Kbps(UP-STREAM)

IP Profile for your line is - 6000 Kbps

Asked a couple of my new neighbours to run speedtests and they are both getting around treble the speed I am ? :S

Thanks for that DL.

My connection is flying this morning.A huge and very noticeable difference.Speed has nearly quadrupled since yesterday ?.

Here are the results :

Download speedachieved during the test was - 5517 Kbps

For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 600-7150 Kbps.

Additional Information:

Your DSL Connection Rate :7296 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 Kbps(UP-STREAM)

IP Profile for your line is - 6000 Kbps

And same result from Speedtest

Haven't experienced anything like this kind of speed on my new connection before.My connection is still rock solid (hasn't dropped once).If it settles at anything like that I'll be well happy.Have to wait and see.

As your connection is not out of the beginning stages and testing I would fully expect to see these kind of results. And it seems even if it was not the stabilisation period, it was basically what Hmmm.... advised.

You needed to wait for the IP profile to change which can take around 3 days more often than not.

My new connection is still very stable,has not dropped even once,which is wierd when considering the reasons I was given for my ongoing problems on my old connection ?.

However speeds are still all over the place,fast sometimes,crap at others ? :S

My Recent Speedtest results :

10/25/2009 1:19 PM GMT   1.93 Mb/s      0.27 Mb/s      44 ms     


10/24/2009 7:50 AM GMT      5.77 Mb/s     0.28 Mb/s     44 ms    


10/23/2009 6:47 PM GMT      3.48 Mb/s     0.26 Mb/s     102 ms    


10/21/2009 9:47 PM GMT      5.78 Mb/s     0.34 Mb/s     44 ms    

Hoped it would have settled down a bit by now,oh well at least I don't have to reset my router twice a day anymore.

Glad to hear your connection is going well :¬)

Remember when you moved house 'lots' of things did change!

You may be connected to the same BT exchange and using the same router etc. but some of the most important bits of the connection are different.

The actual phone line between you and the exchange is different - this is the most important bit. One dodgy connection and you're stuffed. Even next door neighbours can have totally different line characteristics.

Then there's your home's internal wiring - unless both connections were plugged directly into the Master Socket with neither house having internal extensions, then again, things are different and there can be massive differences.
^Hmmm...

Reading through this thread it appears pete_21's connection improved after he moved house!

I love my internet, but I would rather not have to move if faced with similar problems :¬P
^Hmmm...

Since i switched to Freeola, my internet has been much better. Faster and stable.

due to living out in the country and far away from an exchane i only get like 1Mb but it used to be more like 0.5 lol.

Plus i do not get kicked from Xbox anymore after everyone's help aswell! Plus it is cheaper than before

Clever. ;)

You know what I was saying. A very small percentage tend to compliment over complain. Our society, god bless it :D