The Broadband Campaign
Author: Chris Brammeier
A few weeks ago the gadget show which I watch on Channel 5 launched a campaign to get the internet service providers (ISPs) to drop the dreadded clause upto. This was because many people were buying broadband at advertised speeds of lets say upto 8mb. When people then connected, they then found that the actual speed they were receiving was only around half of the advertised speed.
So to update people. One ISP, albeit a small unknown one has decided to drop the clause upto. They revealled that all ISPs get two figures from BT, one minimum expected speed and one maximum possible speed. It is these two figures that the ISP will use to calculate broadband speeds for its customers.
But that was only one ISP. What they need is more data so this is how you can help. Go to this website and do some speed tests and provide them with data.
