Off Topic Broadband Speeds

[ToxicPond]

I defend them a lot. I used to work for them and did my university dissertation on the UK broadband situation. I don't know many things but I do know about this. People have a totally misguided perception of the situation in Hull in particular.

An article like this pops up every couple of months. They're always incredibly vague and focus on one particular statistic with no info on there methodology, so it's hard to tell how they've actually arrived at these figures.

It seems this article is looking at the percentage of connections under 10Mbps in each constituency. We don't have the figures for the other local constituencies though. Its impossible to say much about this study since the article says so little about it, but I do know that the majority of KCOM's network now has access to a Fibre to the Premises service. Elsewhere in the country this kind of service is very rare, but it's the gold standard. You can't get the really good speeds on a copper phone line (which is what is used almost everywhere else) and over time, getting those really good speeds will be more and more important.

The fastest internet connections in the country are fitted in Hull as standard and before very long everywhere in Hull and East Yorkshire will have it. I guess there's a chance that the vast majority of streets in Hull which don't have lightstream yet are in the Eastern constituency.

It's not the case that the vast majority of homes which don't have lightstream is East Hull. There is no lightstream in North Hull, Sutton Park and Bransholme being the largest areas which do not currently have it, which I find amazing when they deliver already to Woodmansy!

 

[askewshair]

They're wrong

The ****ing lying, thieving little toad. I'm never going to buy from Maplins again.

 

[askewshair]

for me at least
choosing to run an external cat is a 'big job'

i'd honestly try a wifi booster first, can get them for £15 ish.. it plugs into a socket and 'boosts' your wifi acting as a virtual cable

if you are considering doing the external cable job, the £15 ain't much to pay
if you do the external job, then you need to splice the cable yourself, then put the cable mount onto the wall at both ends, it's a very good thing to do but it's more work etc.. drilling holes into your house from the outside

but like the guy said earlier, it's way more hassle to use prebuilt cables, because the hole will be way bigger

Nope, made my mind up and ordered the gear! I've done aerial, satellite cables etc into kids bedrooms several times, so fairly confident (and am on leave at the moment). I have ordered cable with 'plugs' on but also separate plug and crimpers, so undecided whether to snip the plug off first.

 

[Plum]

Nope, made my mind up and ordered the gear! I've done aerial, satellite cables etc into kids bedrooms several times, so fairly confident (and am on leave at the moment). I have ordered cable with 'plugs' on but also separate plug and crimpers, so undecided whether to snip the plug off first.

If you're going to crimp your own cables you must get a cable tester.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ETHERNET-NETWORK-CAT5E-CABLE-TESTER/dp/B007CJUEDA

 

[BrAdY]

If you're going to crimp your own cables you must get a cable tester.

https://www.amazon.co.uk/ETHERNET-NETWORK-CAT5E-CABLE-TESTER/dp/B007CJUEDA

i was expecting it to be in the £50 range, pleasently surprised its 3.50

 

[Des Head]

And this is why I love Not 606!
Thanks fellas for your advice. Think I'm gonna go for the wireless powerline once I establish the lay out of my ring main.

You could always run a spur from your main ring to your conservatory. A hidden extension lead if you will.

 

[askewshair]

Just an update, have successfully run the 20m cable externally. Now getting 60mbs, as opposed to 11 just prior. Kodi's sports channels are working as they never has. Cheers for the advice fellas. Well worth a couple of hour job.

 

[bashdabish]

Just an update, have successfully run the 20m cable externally. Now getting 60mbs, as opposed to 11 just prior. Kodi's sports channels are working as they never has. Cheers for the advice fellas. Well worth a couple of hour job.

Spot on

 

[Edelman]

Who is it who always defends them? Someone on here does.

 

[bashdabish]

Just an update, have successfully run the 20m cable externally. Now getting 60mbs, as opposed to 11 just prior. Kodi's sports channels are working as they never has. Cheers for the advice fellas. Well worth a couple of hour job.

I am guessing that is with a 2.4ghz wireless router at the end of the ethernet run?

If you ever fancy another speed boost, putting a 5ghz wireless router and sorting your laptops 5ghz out (maybe with an additional usb 5ghz wireless adapter) would give you a very strong chance of getting that 250mbps in your conservatory

 

[askewshair]

I am guessing that is with a 2.4ghz wireless router at the end of the ethernet run?

If you ever fancy another speed boost, putting a 5ghz wireless router and sorting your laptops 5ghz out (maybe with an additional usb 5ghz wireless adapter) would give you a very strong chance of getting that 250mbps in your conservatory

Seriously? So capable of nearly 250mps by wifi then?The router is 5ghz, so have it on some devices (phone and kodi now) but not getting it on laptop. Seems the Intel wireless 7265 driver (?) I have is capable of delivering on 5ghz, but can lose this when upgrading to windows 10. I could apparently reinstall the same driver. I'm just not very confident nw it's all working!

 

[PLT]

Seriously? So capable of nearly 250mps by wifi then?The router is 5ghz, so have it on some devices (phone and kodi now) but not getting it on laptop. Seems the Intel wireless 7265 driver (?) I have is capable of delivering on 5ghz, but can lose this when upgrading to windows 10. I could apparently reinstall the same driver. I'm just not very confident nw it's all working!

Are you definitely on 250Mbps? I'm probably stating the obvious but there's different packages and it could be that 50Mbps or 75Mbps is the package you're on.

 

[richsmith]

Just an update, have successfully run the 20m cable externally. Now getting 60mbs, as opposed to 11 just prior. Kodi's sports channels are working as they never has. Cheers for the advice fellas. Well worth a couple of hour job.

What site on kodi was you using for your sports channels please

 

[spesupersydera]

Seriously? So capable of nearly 250mps by wifi then?The router is 5ghz, so have it on some devices (phone and kodi now) but not getting it on laptop. Seems the Intel wireless 7265 driver (?) I have is capable of delivering on 5ghz, but can lose this when upgrading to windows 10. I could apparently reinstall the same driver. I'm just not very confident nw it's all working!

Its certainly achievable, I'm with Virgin media and never get less than 250mbps via wifi anywhere in the house, router is in the front bedroom and I get same speed sat on the deck in my back garden.

 

[askewshair]

Are you definitely on 250Mbps? I'm probably stating the obvious but there's different packages and it could be that 50Mbps or 75Mbps is the package you're on.

Yeah, and I do get that if I use Ethernet from my laptop into the router

 

[askewshair]

What site on kodi was you using for your sports channels please

Sports Devil appears to be working well again.

 

[askewshair]

Its certainly achievable, I'm with Virgin media and never get less than 250mbps via wifi anywhere in the house, router is in the front bedroom and I get same speed sat on the deck in my back garden.

That's impressive. Is that due to a superior router? Do you get same 250 mbps wired?

 

[spesupersydera]

That's impressive. Is that due to a superior router? Do you get same 250 mbps wired?

The router is Virgin's Superhub 2 from Netgear - which means bugger all to me apart from I get real quick t'internet anywhere in the house. Some blurb for you from a review site ...

Virgin Media Super Hub 2 review
Virgin Media has launched a new combined cable modem and router, the 'new' Super Hub or Super Hub 2 as we're calling it. The big draw here is the addition of simultaneous 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi, so you can use one for general compatibility and reserve the other for high-importance and -bandwidth jobs such as streaming HD video. There are five internal aerials, two for 2.4GHz and three for 5GHz. This gives the latter a theoretical 450Mbit/s maximum transfer speed.

 

[askewshair]

The router is Virgin's Superhub 2 from Netgear - which means bugger all to me apart from I get real quick t'internet anywhere in the house. Some blurb for you from a review site ...

Virgin Media Super Hub 2 review
Virgin Media has launched a new combined cable modem and router, the 'new' Super Hub or Super Hub 2 as we're calling it. The big draw here is the addition of simultaneous 2.4GHz and 5GHz Wi-Fi, so you can use one for general compatibility and reserve the other for high-importance and -bandwidth jobs such as streaming HD video. There are five internal aerials, two for 2.4GHz and three for 5GHz. This gives the latter a theoretical 450Mbit/s maximum transfer speed.

Guess you get 250 via wifi because you have a router capable of 450 mbps. Means bugger all to me really, I've read a couple of articles and I suddenly think I'm Bill Gates

 

[PLT]

Guess you get 250 via wifi because you have a router capable of 450 mbps. Means bugger all to me really, I've read a couple of articles and I suddenly think I'm Bill Gates

If you're getting 250Mbps wired you can definitely get it wireless too. What bashdabish said is the way to get it.