Newsbot Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Broadband users on the Isle of Man have a faster connection rate that those on mainland UK, Manx Telecom says. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/...man/7941357.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ballaughbiker Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Yeah right. Never had more than 4meg here so there must be lots at the top end to get that average. Edited to say : why is it that only download speeds are compared? The upload here is snail paced and (on a test this morning) half what '8 meg' Tiscali customer get across. Good old MT! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman2 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 3.5 is the fasted ive ever had .. and only that for the last week .. by some miracle or inner investment by MT it jumped up 0.5 this week.. all week and constant quite a pleasent surprise now if they could just double it or charge me half price for half bandwidth i would be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluemonday Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Why is the BBC repeating the self praise of MT? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slinkydevil Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Island enjoys 'faster' broadband lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Broadband users on the Isle of Man have a faster connection rate that those on mainland UK, Manx Telecom says. Source : http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/...man/7941357.stm What rot. A companies 'internal research' compared to independent research? As you say, they also ignored upload speed and ignored cable. My mates on Virgin Media, he gets 50meg. Faster my arse! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyconcrete Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 What rot. A companies 'internal research' compared to independent research? As you say, they also ignored upload speed and ignored cable. My mates on Virgin Media, he gets 50meg. Faster my arse! The Ofcom testing stresses the % of implied speed, taking into account contention and shaping at varying times of day, whilst MT are quoting implied speed. It's also unclear whether 5.5Mbps is for their ISP or across all ISPs. I'm sure if the tests were equal, it would paint a different picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Albert Tatlock Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Shouldn't this be in the jokes section? I laughed and laughed and laughed, and then I stopped. And then I laughed some more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxman2 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 dont see what they have too gain from it .. self delusion as their customers KNOW how it really is.. maybe they think any potential new customers will be impressed .. but upload / download speeds etc is a double dutch to newbies.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee54 Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Load of crap just done a test here on Bucks Road to Dublin = 3.6 http://www.speedtest.net/ Try free here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Twitch Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 5.05 in Castletown. Found text of full press release. A recently published report by Ofcom, the UK telecommunications regulator, showed that the average broadband speed experienced by UK Internet users was 3.6Mbit/s, (Megabits per second), but Manx Telecom broadband customers are currently benefiting from an even higher average of 5.5Mbit/s, according to figures released by the company today. The UK survey was the most extensive ever undertaken by Ofcom and involved a sample of 1,621 people, each of whom who had a broadband monitoring unit connected to their router to show the actual speeds achieved by their broadband connection. The research sample was chosen to be broadly representative of the UK population in terms of age and geographical distribution; and it included broadband users on the Isle of Man; it was also weighted to reflect the market share of the leading Internet Service Providers. As a result, according to Ofcom, it is the most accurate picture of actual broadband experience in the UK. Manx Telecom’s survey also sampled actual broadband usage, gathering “real time” data from 1,812 users, approximately 8% of its entire broadband customer base. The lines were selected at random from Manx Telecom’s broadband enabled exchanges and remote broadband equipment. In order to ensure client confidentiality, speed of data transmission was the only information collected. “The Ofcom report into broadband speeds in the UK is certainly the most extensive and most accurate ever undertaken”, said Manx Telecom’s Peter Callow. “The same goes for our own survey, and the fact that our broadband customers are experiencing an average broadband speed of 5.5Mbit/s – over 50% higher than the UK national average – is a reflection of the considerable investment we have made in our broadband network. We recently completed a major upgrade to the network, which enables our 22,500 broadband users to take advantage of download speeds of up to 8Mbit/s. Of course, the actual speed an individual may get will depend on a number of factors, such as how near they are to an exchange, the wiring in their house, and the equipment they have. However, our new network improves the speeds achieved for longer lines and this, combined with our investment in remote broadband cabinets, means that we now have 100% Island-wide availability where landlines exist. “The results of both surveys are very interesting and timely”, said Tim Craine, Government’s Director of E-Business. “I’m, of course, delighted to see that Manx Telecom broadband users are benefiting from higher average speeds than their UK counterparts – something which is clearly due to the significant investment made by Manx Telecom in its infrastructure. In the digital age, it’s vital that Isle of Man broadband customers – businesses and individuals – are able to take advantage of the benefits, products, and services which high-speed broadband offers”. Manx Telecom reports that trials of even higher broadband speeds than 8 Mbit/s are currently underway, as the company pilots improved downstream and upstream rates across its network. Megabits per second (Mbit/s) is an industry-standard measure of the speed of data transfer over the Internet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joeyconcrete Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Manx Telecom’s survey also sampled actual broadband usage, gathering “real time” data from 1,812 users, approximately 8% of its entire broadband customer base. The lines were selected at random from Manx Telecom’s broadband enabled exchanges and remote broadband equipment. In order to ensure client confidentiality, speed of data transmission was the only information collected. Cheers Twitch - that puts MT's testing more into context. Still not quite the same as Ofcom - but sufficient enough to gauge performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Alias Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 The whole point of the OFCOM test was that it was at the customer end - how can MT compare their exchange speed figures to this? ATM overheads alone are 10%, before even contention or anything else is taken into account. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Manx Telecom’s survey also sampled actual broadband usage, gathering “real time” data from 1,812 users, approximately 8% of its entire broadband customer base. The lines were selected at random from Manx Telecom’s broadband enabled exchanges and remote broadband equipment. In order to ensure client confidentiality, speed of data transmission was the only information collected. It's not like for like then is it? The ofcom wasn't random, it was hand picked to give a good average, which means a selected mix of rural and urban customers. A purely random sample will give you people in towns, which will skew the figures very much in MT's favour. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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