WHERE SHOULD I LOOK TO CHECK IF BROADBAND HAS REACHED MY AREA

[les Favets]

Good evening all,  I heard last year that broadband should have reached the area of France that I live in but have heard nothing since.  Could someone out there direct me to the site I need to come up on line to be able to confirm either way

Regards les favets

www.ruralfranceholidays.com

 

[Mpprh]

Hi

I've used this site : http://www.degrouptest.com

I've found they have an algorythm for your distance to the node, which gives a more accurate report than the Wanadoo site.

Bonne chance

 

Peter

 

[Iceni]

Yippee, I can help with this, I bookmarked it and use it to test when we at the top of the hill and back of beyond will be connected (and yes we do have a date far into the future and I will believe it when I see it - but a date no less )

http://www.degrouptest.com/

Hope that this helps and you get good news.

[Hegs]

The telecoms regulator ART has just approved extended range ADSL (READSL2), which should mean the maximum distance from the exchange of 5.5kms will soon be extended to (arguably) 8kms, and maybe more six months down the line.

[Jacks]

Hi, I used the site www.ariase.com/fr/basdebit and then chose the option 'ADSL in your commune'. Hope this helps.

Regards Jackie

 

[Mpprh]

Hi

just worth saying that the availability and speed of the ADSL connection depends on the distance from your modem to the node.

In my area, connection speeds vary between 512 and 8mb depending on where you are in the village.

In an adjoining village, there are many areas that are too distant and can not get ADSL even though it is marked as being a postcode having ADSL enabled.

Peter

 

[les Favets]

Hi all, a big THANK YOU for all your prompt replies.  I have taken up the first two suggestions only to find that , it would seem I am too far out in the sticks or should that be: I have too many sticks around me?  Will have to contend myself with the wanadoo booster.

Regards les Favets

www.ruralfranceholidays.com

[Iceni]

Onspeed is far better than the Wanadoo booster - £25 a year I think. I am on my second year and it does make a difference.

[Deimos]

I’m on nearly 4Km on line length and subscribed to a 1024/128 line. Whenever I’ve tested the line I’ve got very close to the 1024 (and that’s using a UK speed test site), but only on days when it works.

Also (as an aside), I got a Thompson Speedtouch510 ADSL modem from Wanadoo. Seemed to be giving bad indications and line dropping occasionally so I decides to upgrade the firmware as there was a much more recent version on Thompson’s UK web site. Big mistake. Would not even establish ADSL sync. Called Thompson who said about the UK protocols not beng approved in France and that I must use the French firmware (PPPoA 0/35 protocol ?). Unfortunately, they have “delegated2 everything to the ISP’s in France so I would have to go to my ISP. Forget that with Wanadoo so I managed to find a French website with a link to a later version of French firmware and it now works a treat (much better than before). I waffle on about this only as it may (or may not) affect UK ADSL routers working in France. I asked Thompson about using is as a true Ethernet router (i.e. do dial-up connection on the PC and they said “not approved in France” and I have to use a “dial-up” connection method.