Yeah, I check my broadband speed regularly. I've recently moved house and I get significantly less than what I used to in my previous address. The reason for this? I'm living further away from my local exchange, so of course my speed is going to be less.
In my last address, I was with Sky and the advertised speed was up to 8mb and I was getting 8.5mb very comfortably. At my new address, I'm now with BT and the advertised is up to 8mb, but I'm getting 1.5mb. But the thing is, I knew I'd get that little, as when ordering they do a test on your line to tell you what speed you'd get. I live a good 6 miles away from my exchange, so I'm not surprised. I'm just glad I can get any service!
It's only the uninformed and those who do not understand the way broadband work who complain about their speed not being as fast as they'd thought.
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