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condoghost
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Now I appreciate that Freeserve 56K Dial-up can slow especially so at 15:30 on a Sunday afternoon BUT is this getting ridiculous or what ...
I'm told I'm connected at 38.6Kbps but then I'm told that 99.9% evertime I dial up - today, like right now, ZDNet Bandwidth Test tells me it's really 12.3Kbps, 1.5 K bytes/sec !!!
I've downloaded several files this afternoon from freshdevices and here's the result:
Earlier around 1300:
1.53Mb file. Started out at transfer rate 78.40 KB/sec, estimated time left 21 secs then dropped each second until it reached 4.35 KB/sec. It took 5 minutes 48 secs.
1.20Mb file. Started out at same transfer rate and again dropped second by second until it reached 3.70 KB/sec. It took 4 minutes 56 secs.
741KB file. Started out at transfer rate 41.3 KB/sec, estimated time left 8 secs then dropped each second until it reached 4.60 KB/sec. It took 2 minutes 41 secs.
Now 1545:
1.53Mb file. This took 14 minutes 20 secs, transfer rate 1.82 KB/sec !!!
BEFORE I go squealing to BT and Freeserve, what else should I know besides 1) dial 17070 2) 151 line check 3) ask to be removed if on DACS 4) asking engineer to increase the "gain" ?
Thx
PS can't find that rolling about laughing-out-loud smiley face, never mind ... !
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putasolutions
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Reg'd: Tue
Posts: 12472
Loc: Infinity and beyond
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Those speeds are actually quite normal for dial up I'm afraid especially on a Sunday afternoon
Your dial up speed does seem a little low, but again time of day is everything
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Arandora
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Reg'd: Wed
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Loc: Fylde Coast
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Can't help you with what else to ask BT/Freeserve but if you go here you'll find plenty of smilies, including rollin about ones. 
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condoghost
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Reg'd: Mon
Posts: 66
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thx for the smilies ... !
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Jonny555
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Posts: 5331
Loc: Cheshire, England
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We hear quite frequently about slow dial-up speeds, but we never hear what modems are being used. This would be helpful as some modems, especially older, are habitually slow anyway, Lucent modems for starters.
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nirvana
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Reg'd: Tue
Posts: 2124
Loc: Milton Keynes
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5kbps is about the maximum you'll get with dial up i'm afraid.
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redstaruk
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Reg'd: Sun
Posts: 370
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Just to echo the other replies, I think those speeds seem normal for dial-up. It's always slower at the weekends, I'm suffering with you I'm afraid 
I..... want..... broadband.... 
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condoghost
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Reg'd: Mon
Posts: 66
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Anyone out there tried onspeed ?
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