Bringing Truespeed to Saltford Village

Speed Tests are only half the story We've probably all done it: jumped onto www.speedtest.net to check our connectivity but what is it actually telling us? Broadband speed tests do a number of things when to activate them.  Most send a "ping" message to your selected server.  This measures the latency or delay in milliseconds.  They are also using your IP address to determine your location and most allocate the most local server to you. Then to program sends and receives data to measure the download and then upload. Broadband Speed or Local Wi-Fi speed? Here's the first key issue.  If you are running a test from a phone or Laptop and you are using Wi-Fi you are measuring the speed of both your broadband and your Wi-Fi.  Your Wi-Fi might be slower than your broadband especially where you have unseen interference from, for example, electrical equipment especially microwaves.  Microwaves work at 2,450 MHz which is VERY close...

Fibre to the Premises and Network Quality I wanted to follow up after my last post about Truespeed dedicated fibre to the premisses (FttP).  If you haven't read that post, I suggest you read that first.  Suffice as to say, I am a big supporter of small independent broadband providers who are filling the gaps left by slow monalific duopoly providers - BT and Virgin.  In our area of the South West of the UK that is Truespeed. So far, I don't have the Truespeed service to our home although I am hoping it won't be long.  They have started installing in our village and quite rightly they have prioritised a group of key NHS workers who were really struggling to work from home.  Just stop and think about that for a second.  Can you even imagine BT or Virgin doing that? Truespeed were able to install ultrafast dedicated FttP broadband to ensure that three doctors and a care worker could connect up successfully wi...