Anyone know much about maximising broadband speeds?
I'm currently on standard (phone line / ASDL) BB with my provider (Plusnet). I've run a few speed tests and appear to get about 5 - 6 Mb download speed from the laptop over wi-fi, although it rises to about 10-11 Mb if I sit next to the router and plug in the 1m ethernet cable.
However, I only get 1Mb upload speeds. This means that when sending larger (can be 20Mb) files over email, or downloading them from / saving them to the work system (currently working at home rather than in the office), it can take a looooong time.
I could buy a longer ethernet cable to plug my laptop into the router direct. But I suspect that that wouldn't improve the upload speeds, which seem to be limited to 1Mb for this type of BB irrespective of who your provider is. I think? Or would I be wrong?
I suppose, at heart, the question is whether ethernet would solve the problem, or whether I need to bite the bullet and pay more for fibre BB?