I live near Watford and broadband tests tell me I'm hovering around 
3.5-4MBps download speeds. Is there a website that tells me (as per 
postcode) what my maximum download potential speed is. I'm on Plusnet and 
their website only offers download allowances, not rates.

TIA,
M.

Movilla wrote:
> I live near Watford and broadband tests tell me I'm hovering around 
> 3.5-4MBps download speeds. Is there a website that tells me (as per 
> postcode) what my maximum download potential speed is. I'm on Plusnet and 
> their website only offers download allowances, not rates.

Nope.
Not directly..
Though if you go to http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/LWWAT
Look down the RH side at LLU operator presence then go to the various
ISP web sites and do their availabillity check.
Be(there) does a sort of speed test but I would suggest you are close to
yor max unless you sort out any internal wiring issues you may have that
could be dropping your speed.

The length of your physical telephone line to the exchange has the
ultimate deciding factor.

HTH
Pete

On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 08:02:40 +0100, www.GymRatZ.co.uk wrote:

>Movilla wrote:
>> I live near Watford and broadband tests tell me I'm hovering around 
>> 3.5-4MBps download speeds. Is there a website that tells me (as per 
>> postcode) what my maximum download potential speed is. I'm on Plusnet and 
>> their website only offers download allowances, not rates.
>
>Nope.
>Not directly..
>Though if you go to http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/LWWAT
>Look down the RH side at LLU operator presence then go to the various
>ISP web sites and do their availabillity check.

You will also see that you are already enabled for 21CN WBC. This means
you can get ADSL2+ from anyone who supplies it via BT, not just the LLU
operators, that's up to 24meg but your modem must support ADSL2+.

You need to look at the status page in your modem and report the sync
speed and the SNR margin (the words may be different). The sync speed
is the limit on the maximum download speed you can get, you will always
be slightly below it. What you want to do is get that as high as
possible.

What Pete suggested about internal cabling is correct. Good wiring is
critical and as a general rule having the modem near to the master
socket plugged into an NTE5 filter will give you the best speed it's
possible to get with your line.

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Movilla wrote:

> I live near Watford and broadband tests tell me I'm hovering around
> 3.5-4MBps download speeds. Is there a website that tells me (as per
> postcode) what my maximum download potential speed is. I'm on Plusnet and
> their website only offers download allowances, not rates.

Most of them are partly guesses anyway since none can take into account the
physical condition of YOUR line. Nor do any of them know its true length. And
both of those matter big time.

Graham

"www.GymRatZ.co.uk" wrote:

> Movilla wrote:
> > I live near Watford and broadband tests tell me I'm hovering around
> > 3.5-4MBps download speeds. Is there a website that tells me (as per
> > postcode) what my maximum download potential speed is. I'm on Plusnet and
> > their website only offers download allowances, not rates.
>
> Nope.
> Not directly..
> Though if you go to http://www.samknows.com/broadband/exchange/LWWAT
> Look down the RH side at LLU operator presence then go to the various
> ISP web sites and do their availabillity check.
> Be(there) does a sort of speed test but I would suggest you are close to
> yor max unless you sort out any internal wiring issues you may have that
> could be dropping your speed.
>
> The length of your physical telephone line to the exchange has the
> ultimate deciding factor.

Not to mention bell circuits and the new filtered faceplates with an inductor
on the bell line, improving signal balance. If you have the current NTE5a
faceplate as your master socket, this can simply be dropped in. The 'give-away'
is that they say 'openreach' on the front. See ebay. Not expensive.

Some claim alternative brands of ADSL filters have helped too but don't be
suckered into buying an expensive one for the hell of it. What it does is
pretty simple and needn't cost a fortune.

Graham