What is the fastest speed I can get in London

[attagirl]

Since there are varying speeds for broadband depending on where you are at such as country and city, can anyone tell me the fastest speed to expect within London.

[JenniP]

Depends where you are in London but most of London (at least more central areas) as far as I know can get 24MBit broadband.

How fast you will actually get however will depend on

• How far you are from the exchange
• The quality of your line
• What LLU services are available on your exchange

Jen

[Hazel]

I would say you can almost certainly get 8mb. Techincally, you could probably get 24mb, but i'd question whether that realistically acheived.

[Smash]

How far you are from the exchange

Jen

Nice, how far is everyone?

According to this I am 280 meters which is quite close I imagine.

Wondering how far you need to be away until you start to notice drops.

[ceprateek]

Speed is not everthing as ping also matters. And more is the ping more is the lag in the data sent and recived thus reducing your speed.

[niki]

Latency matters only when you are playing online games or doing chatting and conferences and for normal surfing and downloading its not that big concern.

[funtoosh]

Whats LLU
can some one please explain me as I don't understand the technical jargon.

[ricecook]

It all depends upon which part of the city you live and which are the companies providing the broadband services in that area. A true 24mbs speed can be attained.

[blasted]

This still varies on a variety of factors.What internet server providor are you on?Are you a long distance from the exchange?I would expect you can gain around 12mb with a good internet service providor.