The speed at which information is transferred from the internet to your computer. My download speed is around 21 which although isnt awful iv been promised atleast. In fact, sometimes the upload speed is faster than download. If youre having trouble with your broadband speed, or just want to test how its doing, our broadband performance tester makes it simple. The speed is heavily dependant on the quality of your lines and distance from the exchange and can be much slower than average if you are in a remote location. This is causing problems when trying to video conference working from home.
Ill note down some facts that will be good for you the readerhelper to know before you suggest anything. For all providers other than virgin, the entrylevel broadband speed is around 10mb. The short answer is that the company behind the service is much more important than the technology being used. The speed you receive where you live may be lower than that listed above. Home broadband upload speeds are generally much slower than download. Hi, ive got very slow upload speeds and was wondering if this would be possible to fix, bt speedtest reads 0. Are you an existing customer looking to test your speed, fix a speed problem or upgrade your broadband. Aug 15, 2018 a twenty mbps download speed will likely have less than 5 mbps for upload. However, we are increasingly moving towards an alwayson society and as a result, upload speeds are more important than theyve ever been. Mar 21, 20 slow broadband speed causes might be nothing to do with your end at all 3 your provider isp has a problem at their end. Basically, if you want faster download and upload speeds you more choice than ever before. This will vary throughout the day and is likely to be slower during busy periods, especially between 810pm. If you are considering using the internet for transferring large files then you should look for a broadband package that offers fast upload speeds. If an average speed 63mb fibre package is a bit too intensive for your downloads or if its a bit over your budget your next best.
Superfast broadband download speeds of 30mbits to 300mbits. Some now have their own equipment in local bt exchanges, and this can be less reliable than bt equipment. Over wifi, the result may be lower, depending on wifi conditions in your home and the sky hub youre using. In other words, itll take you in excess of two minutes to upload a file youd expect to download inside 60 seconds. Bt fibre broadband vs sky fibre broadband which is best.
Slower than bt connection plusnet plc think broadband. Mar 20, 2018 in other words, its ten times faster to download a particular file than it would be to upload it. Hi, just after the lockdown i upgraded my broadband to m350 as i have had to work from home. Bt remains the most popular broadband provider in the uk, and its this kind of deal that solidifies its place a great option if your broadband speed test. Uk broadband speeds 42% slower than advertised, survey. Dec 21, 2018 any broadband speed test will reveal a far superior download speed measured in megabits per second, or mbps compared to uploads.
Superfast broadband is used to distinguish home broadband services with a download speed of more than. All home broadband services delivered through adsl technology using a bt openreach phone line fall within this category. This means upload speeds are slower than download speeds. A twenty mbps download speed will likely have less than 5 mbps for upload. It can vary throughout the day and can be slower during busy periods, especially between 810pm. Slow broadband speed causes might be nothing to do with your end at all 3 your provider isp has a problem at their end. The upload speed will still only be a small fraction of the download speed as this is built in to adsl with any provider not just bt and i would never expect standard copper line broadband to go much over 1mbps on the upload as the upload speed is in no way guarenteed on adsl. If youre currently using a wifi connection, try switching to an ethernet cable, as wired connections have a faster upload speed. Virgin media use their own network, so their customers typically get average peak time speeds of. Anyone any ideas or will it be the wild goose chase of trying to get in touch. This means the upload speed will normally be slower than the download speed.
Update 7pm the figures for tests to 6pm have improved further at 18. The speed for fibre optic broadband is typically 36mb, and the top fibre speed is 66mb. However, my upload is is now capped at 288kbps slower than before. However, a new standard for transmitting data over cables, docsis 3. While most deals are advertised as up to 17mb, most telephone lines will be rated to achieve slower connection speeds. The upload speed of your home broadband or mobile broadband connection is important for things like video conferencing and cloud storage. Standard broadband download speeds of less than 30mbits. I have a hh3 and previously had bt broadband with average download speed of 14 mb, upload 1.
Im having issues with my internet speed for the past 2 weeksespecially the upload speed wich is 0. Centurylinks free online speed test is reasonably accurate and a good way to judge your servers performance. A good broadband speed for streaming services like netflix, amazon prime and bbc iplayer is 1. Average mobile broadband virgin media vodafone home bt broadband ee. Bt also starts with 36mbps, but also offers 50mbps and 67mbps speeds, thereby offering a faster top speed than sky, and more choice. The download speed was up to 75 meg a 6 months ago after an engineer came so it must have been fixed, what erks is the bt speed checker says 4 meg is good speed but doesnt give upload. For example, i have a fairly slow internet connection compared to yours yet my download speed is blindingly fast compared to the upload speed. In other words, its ten times faster to download a particular file than it would be to upload it. In my case, its about 10mbitssec slower than the theoretical download speed of my fibre connection, which isnt enough to lose any sleep over. I know seem to be having the same problems with bt. Bt can go one better by offering storage and if you happen to snap up a deal offering free bt sport on its app.
Despite many attemps to get bt to give me the same upload speed as my download speed, they simply make the excuse that the line will not support this. The normally available speed range is the download and upload speed that you can expect your virgin media hub to get at peak times 810pm, mondaysunday. Your upload speed is almost certainly a lot lower than your download. Why are upload speeds always slower than download speeds. The forgotten importance of broadband internet upload.
With upload speeds usually lagging behind download speeds in the uk, uploading things can be a snailpaced nightmare. Make sure your individual devices are protected by downloading bt virus protect. In the uk, most home broadband and mobile broadband services are asymmetric. Why does fibre broadband with a higher speed turns out to. This is the internet equivalent of the rush hour, when lots of people are using the shared elements of the network at the same time. Every virgin media hub has the samknows measurement tech inside it, meaning we get a good picture of broadband speeds across our network and can provide you with all the speed information we need to under the code, including an estimated speed range and minimum guaranteed download speed this needs to be at least 50% of our advertised speeds. On typical home broadband, upload speeds are considerably slower than download. Upload speed is the rate at which data is transferred from your computer to the internet. Bt wifi is also far more widely available than virgins. Sep 14, 2017 there are casual tests and serious tests. Download speed is much slower than the upload speed, using.
By the way, i really appreciate you explaining the difference between megabits and megabytes. Thanks for the router stats they show sky is delivering a download speed 6. Poor upload sync speed bt business community forum. Bt, whose copper network is used by every major telecoms retailer in the uk. Download slower than upload since upgrade virgin media. I was given an anticipated download speed of 10 mbps and an upload speed of 2 mbps. Why is my upload speed higher than my download speed on a. Plusnet may be slower than usual on wednesday 22nd april. Slow broadband isnt just caused by issues with the network. Sky offers two fibre speeds, averaging 36mbps and 63mbps. Overall virgin wins by a mile on speed and customer service, which are two of the most important factors when it comes to choosing a broadband provider.
Have tried wired and wireless connections with no real difference in speed. The speed of a wirelesswifi connection will depend on the protocol used. All of them now offer fibre optic broadband, with bt, plusnet. With our free to use broadband speed tests, you can see what speeds youre getting or will get if you join us. Two terms are generally used when talking about broadband speeds. The speed tests found 18% of respondents were receiving 2mbps or less, with many saying their service was often slower. The screen shot below shows the bt infinity package with a download speed 76mb, which 4 times faster than the upload speed 19mb. I had no idea that a capital b or lowercase b could make such a big difference in numbers. Nor does it tell you anything about your upload speed.
Aug 20, 2014 gpon can support upload speeds of 50% of the download rate, so the upload speeds on the 330 mbps download speed product could be up to 165 mbps. Broadband upload speeds are generally much slower than download speeds. Download speed means how fast information is transferred from the internet to. Gpon can support upload speeds of 50% of the download rate, so the upload speeds on the 330 mbps download speed product could be up to 165 mbps. Download speed 5 29 mbps to servers from europe to us and asia upload speed 0. The download speed is important so you know how well you can stream movies or get your pictures and music. Bt remains the most popular broadband provider in the uk, and its this kind of deal that solidifies its place a great option if your broadband speed test revealed some snaillike speeds.
Download speed is the rate at which data is transferred to your bt hub. Isps regulate how their networks deal with the various traffic flows competing to be sent across the ether. I have just carried out a speed test a couple of days after installation and im only getting an upload of 3 mbps and a download of 0. Lucky to get between 10 15 mbs download and 7 11 mbs upload with a return ping of 30. Fast download speed, slow upload speed bt community. If youre choosing a home broadband or mobile broadband service, there are two different speeds you should care about. Why does fibre broadband with a higher speed turns out to be. So, the best upload speeds are, unsurprisingly, on the topend packages. Got a problem with a download speed of 2 to 4 meg with an upload of to 18 meg. Virgin media use their own network, so their customers typically get average peak time speeds of between 50mb and 350mb. Since the upgrade my upload speed has been between 31 and 36mbps which is great but my download has been as low as 10mbps. New to fibre but download speeds slower than adsl plusnet. Broadband speeds compare our internet speeds virgin media. This means upload speeds are slower than download speeds, affecting things like video conferencing, cloud storage and online backup services.
This is how fast your friend gets to see your holiday pictures when you upload them on social media. Apr 14, 2014 after the router restarted, i reran my speed test, and the results were much nicer. After the router restarted, i reran my speed test, and the results were much nicer. Thats what most people are doing surfing, watching video, etc. This gives me a far more stable connection with a fairly constant 576kbps download speed.
Mar 04, 2019 in my case, its about 10mbitssec slower than the theoretical download speed of my fibre connection, which isnt enough to lose any sleep over. According to industry data, transfer speeds remain biased towards downloads by over two to one. Can anyone tell me why is my broadband speed has become so slow over the past month or so. In most cases, broadband services are designed to be asymmetric.
For example, if your speed test result were 8mbps, it would mean that you can download 1 megabyte per second. The longer answer is that the faster ftth speed youre talking about is just the speed from your home ontonu to the olt. Put your connection to the test and find out how fast it really performs. Skys fibre speeds are the same, but their standard broadband upload speeds fall a little short at 800kb. The bt broadband speed test doesnt tell you what speed youre getting right now. The main reason i can think of, why bt might do this, is that bt doesnt want to cannibalise its leased line market, so its deliberately restricting the potential upload speeds on gpon. Im not getting the expected stay fast guarantee or. The forgotten importance of broadband internet upload speeds. Make sure youre not confusing bits with bytes most broadband deals and speed tests are listed in terms of megabits or kilobits per second mbps or kbps while the progress speeds listed for most downloads are given as megabytes or kilobytes per second mbs or kbs there are 8 bits in 1 byte and a kilobit is bits while a kilobyte is. Run a bt speed test with the computer connected in the way i advised here and let me know what happens. On the other hand, the upload speed was roughly the same on all devices. My laptop and iphone download speed were more than 30 times slower than my desktops download speed.
If your actual results are higher when sending data to your isp than they are when downloading, then there is probably more congestion on the download side. Bt, ee, italk, john lewis broadband, plusnet, and vodafone. In other words, upload speed is always slower than download. Download speed slower on pc than mac virgin media community. Ive just had bt faster total broadband option 3 with fibre fitted. At bt we want to give you the best and most reliable broadband speed in the uk. They offer symmetric services, where the download and upload speeds are the same. Since then my speed has dropped to 6mb, then 3mb, yesterday it bare. Ive followed all the bt advice for improving speeds. The download speed is still a zippy 57 mbs, but now the upload speed is fast too, at 11 mbs, or nearly 70x faster than what it was before. I did a test here but i dont understand everything there and i cant get in touch with someone fr. Any broadband speed test will reveal a far superior download speed measured in megabits per second, or mbps compared to uploads. My broadband connection has run flawlessly for many years and since an upgrade to 20mb connection i have had consistent speeds of around 9mb. Apr 22, 2020 bt remains the most popular broadband provider in the uk, and its this kind of deal that solidifies its place a great option if your broadband speed test revealed some snaillike speeds.
Read on for finders tips on how to improve your uploading service. Everything you need to know about broadband speeds and what the terms mean. Better download speeds mean you can get photos, music, and video from the internet faster than if youre using a slow connection. Internet providers such at bt broadband, virgin media and sky used to. Ive blogged about how americas internet is slow by worldwide standards. Run a bt speed test with the computer connected in the.
All things were ok until 2 weeks when all of the sudden the speed dropped down. The reason for this is that people generally do far more downloading than uploading, and as such downloading is given priority by internet service providers isps. Its what you experience at home when using your broadband connection. Fibre option 3 much slower than predicted speed bt. For the upload portion of the test, a similar process occurs but random data is sent back. On a device connected by cable to your router, you should see a speed test result of just less than 6mbps. Just curious why when its the same line and same hardware modem and router are my speeds around 4 5mb slower. Bt broadband vs virgin media broadband which is best. When i signed up for the service i was given an online estimate of. A similar principle even applies to fibre broadband. To run a casual test, go to any broadband speed checker and run the test in a browser.
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