Internet speeds [Archive]

Matblack

22-05-2007, 17:00

I'd be interested to know what kind of speeds people are getting against their quoted speeds.

Here's mine

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129489794.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

That's 10Mb Virgin Media XL, using the London node to test :)

http://www.speedtest.net/

MB

Mark

22-05-2007, 17:11

PlusNet, also using London (it recommended Maidenhead but as most of PN's equipment is in London I chose there instead).

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129496192.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Will

22-05-2007, 17:15

Daz

22-05-2007, 17:17

Done to satisfy my own curiosity later when I do one from home, this is from my own DSL line at work:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129498724.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Nice upload Will!

Garp

22-05-2007, 17:20

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129500300.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

*whistles*

Okay, so that was from work. I can get quicker too from the data centre suite, here in the head office I'm stuck on our shared line to the DC.

Oh and to London:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/129501321.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Matblack

22-05-2007, 17:21

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129500300.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

*whistles*

Okay, so that was from work. I can get quicker too from the data centre suite, here in the head office I'm stuck on our shared line to the DC.

I should be getting quite close to that d/l from home next week but I won't be able to touch the latency or the u/l :)

MB

Davey_Pitch

22-05-2007, 17:24

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129501115.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

That's on Plusnet, on their "Up to 8MB" package. I generally get faster speeds later on at night (around 5500kb/s), but the upload and latency generally remain the same.

Will

22-05-2007, 17:27

Looking forward to our 4mb fibre we're getting - still not going to be able to get one up from Jarp on the upload, however the latency will be very similar. :)

Dymetrie

22-05-2007, 17:36

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129507705.png

4MB (L) VirginMedia connection..

Actually better than it has been for quite some time :)

Haly

22-05-2007, 17:45

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129512237.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
That's 4mb NTL/Virgin.
Quite happy with that :)

Feek

22-05-2007, 18:05

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129518729.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Absolute rubbish for a top of the range Eclipse line, that's supposed to be an 8Mb connection and I'm connected at just about 6. I'll try and remember to run it again in the morning when it's quiet as we're into peak now.

Desmo

22-05-2007, 18:06

2meg line at work...

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129522152.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Piggymon

22-05-2007, 18:10

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129524383.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Whatever we are on at home .. I *think* it's 8MB

Will

22-05-2007, 18:26

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129498096.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

This is our backup SDSL line as our main line is a bit **** at the moment. Good latency though :cool:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129500980.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

This is just our standard ADSL Line

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129502442.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

That's our POS line - which is getting replaced by an NTL fibre soon!

This is what I get from home:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129530906.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

It's supposed to be "as fast as we can get" - the line speed on the router says over 8mb but I've seldom seen more than 7.2 - still good enough for me :)

semi-pro waster

22-05-2007, 19:03

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129549320.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Is what I get which should be on a 4mb Virgin link (I think), however I believe one or both my flatmates are absolutely raping the connection right now so I might try again later. I totally feel like the pauper of the forums with this measly connection though having seen all the rest. :D

Haly

22-05-2007, 19:36

I totally feel like the pauper of the forums with this measly connection though having seen all the rest. :D

I'm on 4mb too :p And when I was living in Stafford, I was on 2mb and it was dodgy half the time ;D

Daz

22-05-2007, 20:16

Home!

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129587274.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Virgin's 2MB

Belmit

22-05-2007, 20:29

BT 'up to 8Mb':

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129595319.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

****ing shocking. :/

kaiowas

22-05-2007, 21:23

Plusnet 8MB ADSL

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129623593.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

8 I3ALL

22-05-2007, 21:30

Max ADSL 8mb

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129626489.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

It will be up around 6500-7000 by midnight :p

Mine might not be the quickest but check out the latency :cool:

iCraig

22-05-2007, 23:32

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129685279.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Right on the nose. Virgin Media 4 meg.

Mark

23-05-2007, 00:11

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129500300.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

*whistles*
http://www.speedtest.net/result/129697753.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

*whistles back* :p ;D

OK, so it's from inside Redbus Docklands, but it had to be done. ;D

Not sure how it calculates latency though. :huh:

Will

23-05-2007, 00:17

Crikey look at that upload!!! :shocked: Nice speeds though! :cool:

rich99

23-05-2007, 00:26

Tiscali 2MB after midnight:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129705553.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

It majorly sucks bottie at peak times though - am only home with the parents for a month or two so I'm leaving it well alone :p

edit: Mark - latency seems to be just a ping

Robert

23-05-2007, 00:30

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129707078.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Blueyonder 10mb.

LeperousDust

23-05-2007, 01:18

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129722195.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
Thats to Dublin which i think should be pretty quick. Not sure what JANET connects to best. I've only got this line for a few more days though, then i'm in my new flat with "normal" internet again :(

With free download manager maxing the connection out i've hit close to 40mbit so i'm not sure how accurate those tests are. Also everyone seems to be absolutely raping our network with DC++ before we all leave which might not be helping!

Stan_Lite

23-05-2007, 04:13

From the rig, using the Limassol server:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129779557.png (http://www.speedtest.net) ;D

Stan :)

Feek

23-05-2007, 06:18

I said it's be much quicker this morning and I was right...

Eclipse "up to 8Mb"

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129811197.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Nutcase

23-05-2007, 07:47

UKFSN thingy at up to 8mb.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129828539.png

It does my needs :)

Feek

23-05-2007, 07:52

OK, from work on a business 2Mb SDSL line.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129830055.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

The download speed was pretty much constant as it was testing, flickering maybe 5 each way.

Belmit

23-05-2007, 09:25

Slightly better at work compared to home. About 21 times better!:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129847704.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

:)

Will

23-05-2007, 09:38

From the rig, using the Limassol server:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129779557.png (http://www.speedtest.net) ;D

Stan :)

Love the latency! :D Good old satellites :cool:

LeperousDust

23-05-2007, 11:32

Slightly better at work compared to home. About 21 times better!:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129847704.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

:)

Lucky you, where do you work to have the benefit of JANET Belmit :)? And that shows how conjested our network is atm due to people hoarding off DC++ before they leave!

Dymetrie

23-05-2007, 12:14

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129882530.png

From work... No idea what the connection is or how many people are using it (I'd guess a few thousand) :D

semi-pro waster

23-05-2007, 16:25

Is what I get which should be on a 4mb Virgin link (I think), however I believe one or both my flatmates are absolutely raping the connection right now so I might try again later.

Oops, turns out I might have been blaming my flatmates unfairly, apparantly we are only meant to have a 2mb line anyway. :embarassed: I'm not sure though as I've downloaded at 300kb/s+ quite often for relatively small (~10mb) files. :)

CliffyG

23-05-2007, 17:22

Here's mine with UKFSN Office45 MaxDSL:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129990665.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Belmit

23-05-2007, 21:08

Lucky you, where do you work to have the benefit of JANET Belmit :)? And that shows how conjested our network is atm due to people hoarding off DC++ before they leave!

Uni of Winchester. Very handy when downloading Windows updates for new laptops.

'You are required to download an upda... you have the update.'

It's also great for getting movie trailers, game demos and patches, and other stuff that I can just put on a memory stick and take home. Why use my own bandwidth?!

Fayshun

23-05-2007, 22:06

Tiscali 2Mb

http://www.speedtest.net/result/130125241.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Darrin

23-05-2007, 22:06

I totally feel like the pauper of the forums with this measly connection though having seen all the rest. :D

Please kindly shut the hell up!! :D:p;D

http://www.boomspeed.com/bofh1968/boatdrinks/speedlondon.jpg
http://www.boomspeed.com/bofh1968/boatdrinks/speedgforks.jpg

8 I3ALL

23-05-2007, 22:12

Please kindly shut the hell up!! :D:p;D

http://www.boomspeed.com/bofh1968/boatdrinks/speedlondon.jpg
http://www.boomspeed.com/bofh1968/boatdrinks/speedgforks.jpg

http://i21.photobucket.com/albums/b295/8_I3ALL/24818BPThe-Simpsons-Nelson-Haha-Pos.jpg

Mark

23-05-2007, 22:14

Garden Valley Telephone Company?

Three letters: W, T, and F. :huh: ;D

Darrin

23-05-2007, 22:15

And the worst part? I'm paying $45/mo for DSL to get THAT!! :'(

Darrin

23-05-2007, 22:27

Garden Valley Telephone Company?

Three letters: W, T, and F. :huh: ;D

Hee, hee. (http://www.boomspeed.com/bofh1968/boatdrinks/gardenvalley.jpg)

Mark

23-05-2007, 22:31

I was right, but not in the way I expected. :huh:

I'm surprised you even have internet given the pictures on that phonebook. :p ;D

Fayshun

24-05-2007, 15:29

Oooh, upgrades! (Now on Tiscali Max, up to 8Mb - they reckon I'll get about 5 meg)

http://www.speedtest.net/result/130413282.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Richard Slater

26-05-2007, 16:07

LeperousDust

27-05-2007, 01:08

http://www.speedtest.net/result/131323972.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Zen 8MB service, to be fair to the service it is running over a 802.11b network with two other devices in the room, so the bottleneck is probably in my network rather than the line or their network. Still going to sort out Ethernet when I decide exactly where everything is going.

I wouldn't normally advise it, but if you have no wires installed and your using wireless atm, why not just upgrade to 802.11g (or n if you are feeling very flush!) And a new wireless card in your PC/Laptop. Instant speed boost and still no wires! :)

Flibster

27-05-2007, 01:22

Eclipse 8mb evolution 4 or whatever it is.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/131500242.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
With lots of crap running at the same time.

Not too bad.

Simon/~Flibster

Richard Slater

27-05-2007, 18:13

I wouldn't normally advise it, but if you have no wires installed and your using wireless atm, why not just upgrade to 802.11g (or n if you are feeling very flush!) And a new wireless card in your PC/Laptop. Instant speed boost and still no wires! :)

IMHO 802.11 is a flawed concept, there isn't enough space in the 2.4GHz (or for that matter 5GHz) spectrum to keep up with the uptake of "WiFi" / "Wireless" enabled devices, not to mention that so due to a lack of foresight any 802.11b
device effectively gimps a 802.11g/n network on the same channel to provide backwards compatibility.

Practically although G networks are billed as 54mbps typical throughput is unlikely to go above 20mbps, with more and more congested frequencies, increased requirements for encryption and 802.11g chip sets getting cheaper and less efficient, I can't see 802.11g being a worthwhile investment.

Wireless connection

Wireless B, G or N?

All IMHO of course.

Lopez

28-05-2007, 23:27

Home!

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129587274.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Virgin's 2MB

http://www.speedtest.net/result/132201122.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Unsurprising, given we are on the same package and living just a few miles apart

London gives better latency but everything else is worse.

Pickers

29-05-2007, 07:29

http://www.speedtest.net/result/132326338.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
IMpressed with upload, though it is quiet time in the morning...

Admiral Huddy

29-05-2007, 18:24

Download - 9596
Upload 368

I've noticed the connection slow today :(

edit - on second time 6990 ????
edit - 3 time 4750

Robert

29-05-2007, 18:47

Erm...I wouldn't trust speedtest.net it's highly unreliable.

Try downloading from http://gamefiles.blueyonder.co.uk and see what you get.

Daz

29-05-2007, 19:03

Erm...I wouldn't trust speedtest.net it's highly unreliable and I thought that was obvious.
Why's that? :/

And even if it is, it's good enough for what she's meant for - an indicative, quick speed for comparison with others.

Robert

29-05-2007, 19:22

Well a test that says I have a 2mb connection yet I can download at 1.2 mb/s (which is what I SHOULD get on 10mb) is hardly reliable. Either way, each to their own.

I can go on say tonight and get a result equal to 2mb. I can then go and download at my full speed from a proper source. Sorry I guess I'm just sick of all this speedtest.net stuff. People come on the blueyonder newsgroups raving about their connection due to speedtest.net results...when it's in no way a good representative of actual speeds.

I just wouldn't use it tbh.

:undecided:

Jhadur

30-05-2007, 13:52

http://www.speedtest.net/result/132896804.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

About right for a 4Mb line on Virgin.

mejinks

30-05-2007, 14:39

http://www.speedtest.net/result/132913050.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Speed from minusnet.

Counting down the days till I change to a decent provider...

Admiral Huddy

30-05-2007, 15:30

MB.. I've just thought, If you're on Virgin XL.. Shouldn't the connection be 20MB ??

Robert

30-05-2007, 16:25

Not everyone has been upgraded yet - they do it region by region. Unless his region has been done..

Matblack

30-05-2007, 16:31

Nope my region is scheduled to be done by the end of May, it looks like the engineering work is scheduled for tomorrow night.

MB

Admiral Huddy

30-05-2007, 16:55

Did you ring them or is there a status link?

Matblack

30-05-2007, 17:43

Did you ring them or is there a status link?

http://status2.virginmedia.com/vmstatus/maintenance.do

MB

Matblack

30-05-2007, 17:44

Did you ring them or is there a status link?

http://status2.virginmedia.com/vmstatus/maintenance.do

http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/existingcustomers/faster/schedule.html

MB

Admiral Huddy

31-05-2007, 09:00

Chelmsford Scheduled for May so should have been done by now, thanks Matt.

Robert

31-05-2007, 09:25

Try rebooting your modem Huddy :D

It should be automated but sometimes a reboot is required.

Matblack

31-05-2007, 11:29

I wouldn't bet on it, Basildon headend isn't done yet. I should know its the headend for Maidstone as well ;)

MB

Garp

31-05-2007, 11:50

Try pointing your boxes at this address. It should be more reliable..

http://bliss.paulgraydon.co.uk/bandwidth/

From home:

Your current bandwidth reading is:

3.40 Mbps

semi-pro waster

31-05-2007, 12:14

Cheers for that test it says:

Your current bandwidth reading is:

1.52 Mbps
So I don't know whether that is good, bad or indifferent but it does me fine. :)

Mark

31-05-2007, 13:38

5.24 Mbps

That looks suspiciously like the speedtester minusnet use. :)

Garp

31-05-2007, 16:49

5.24 Mbps

That looks suspiciously like the speedtester minusnet use. :)

Its a free jobby I found here: http://www.gambitdesign.com/bandwidthmeter/

Justsomebloke

31-05-2007, 16:54

http://www.speedtest.net/result/133475674.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

@ 4.45pm Thursday.

Will

31-05-2007, 19:03

Your current bandwidth reading is:

14.52 Mbps

which means you can download at 1.82 MB/sec. from our servers.

Hmmm - not THAT accurate :p

Matblack

03-06-2007, 15:33

Your current bandwidth reading is:

18.70 Mbps

which means you can download at 2.34 MB/sec. from our servers.

That'll do

MB

Jhadur

03-06-2007, 16:11

Your current bandwidth reading is:

1.32 Mbps

which means you can download at 169.06 KB/sec. from our servers.

Supposedly a Virgin 4Mb line :(

mejinks

03-06-2007, 16:23

I have ok bandwidth, but my latency is horrendous.

All of a sudden minusnet seems to be a little better on downloads this weekend. I wont hold my breath though.

Darrin

04-06-2007, 03:57

Your current bandwidth reading is:

198.70kbps

which means you can download at 24.84 KB/sec. from our servers.

Davey_Pitch

04-06-2007, 09:04

Taken from work....

http://www.speedtest.net/result/135120880.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Download speed is slower than I expected (though it's currently getting hammered by 1000 kids currently logging on to the internet :/), but upload speed is nice.

Justsomebloke

05-06-2007, 18:12

Taken from Home :cool:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/135820137.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Stan_Lite

09-06-2007, 00:11

http://www.speedtest.net/result/137541843.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

From home just now - not bad for a quoted max of 6.5Mb/s

Upload speed is usually over 300 though.

Stan :)

mejinks

10-06-2007, 20:50

Wooo, I just tried it and got a ping time of only 100ms!!!!!!!

Great going minusnet, they must have been upgrading something over the last few weeks. Or maybe enough customers have now left to make the service slightly "better"

CliffyG

11-06-2007, 10:09

I was playing CS last night and got pings as low as 8 on the server i was playing gungame on :D, averaged out at around 11. Well chuffed with that.

Del Lardo

12-06-2007, 01:16

http://www.speedtest.net/result/138792073.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Pretty happy with the results from a 10meg NTL link.

Jhadur

28-06-2007, 19:56

A quick question for you web guru peeps :)

Been having slow surfing the past couple of days and really terrible pings whilst playing Guild Wars so thought I'd do a quick speed test.

Speedtest.net gave me a down speed of about 800kb/s not good for a 4mb line.

ADSLguide.org gave approx the same reading.

Upload speed is fine at 380kb/s.

I tested again this morning before work and got full speed, about 4000kb/s
Tested when I got in from work about 4.30 back down to 800kb/s and pings on GW are over 1000ms

Tested at the download bit that Robert posted earlier (http://gamefiles.blueyonder.co.uk) and get full speed of 480kb/s

Tried Garps speedtest that was linked earlier that gave me a bandwidth of 380kb/s

Does anyone have any ideas why all speed tests, surfing and gaming pings are so bad but I can download from some servers at full speed?

Hope all that make sense and thanks in advance for advise.

Oh and I have rebooted the modem and tried it straight to my PC without the router in the way :)

Feek

28-06-2007, 20:13

Bandwidth throttling by your ISP at peak times?

Jhadur

28-06-2007, 20:29

According to their site they only throttle if you've downloaded more than 750mb between 4pm and midnight and Ive made certain that I havent done that for ages.
Also I thought that would have throttled the download speed I get from servers as well as ping/surfing speeds?

I'll try the speedtests again just before and just after midnight.

If they go from slow to fast then I'll be on the phone to them when I get up tomorrow.

Dymetrie

28-06-2007, 20:38

Simple answer is that NTL suck :p

More complicated answer is that anyone not on XL Broadband with Virgin on an NTL connection is suffering at the moment. The infrastructure has not been properly upgraded yet and so to ensure that all XL customers are receiving their upgraded speed everyone else is suffering. Telewest areas aren't too bad but are still getting drops.

The biggest problem is that even if you do ring up and complain then you'll not get anywhere due to some fantastic wording in the contract (which I'm yet to sign as I never received it) which states "speeds up to XXmb/s".

One day things will be better, I suspect we'll be too old to care by then though :/

Robert

28-06-2007, 20:45

*Thanks God for being on TW*

Seriously though - they are putting some serious effort into upgrading their infrastructure. They are doing some serious work in pompey - as the network was dodgey as they bought it from Eurobell in the 80s I think. They are currently making MAJOR changes to fix certain aspects of the network and to upgrade it to 20mb.

Haly

28-06-2007, 20:59

I haven't noticed any problems yet :p
I know I'm the boring one that rarely has any problems with NTL but so far I seem to be doing fine with my download speeds. :D

NokkonWud

29-06-2007, 03:34

... Read my blog... :(

Jhadur

16-07-2007, 18:51

And a new all time low from virgin 4mb line

http://www.speedtest.net/result/155536891.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Think they need to get the hamsters peddling faster.

Justsomebloke

16-07-2007, 18:54

I haven't noticed any problems yet :p
I know I'm the boring one that rarely has any problems with NTL but so far I seem to be doing fine with my download speeds. :D

You & me both Girly :cool:
I feel kind of guilty when i read about others probs with Virgin/NTL, since day one they & my speeds have been kin Marvelous.

(Mockers on me now i s'pose i'll have down time)

Haly

16-07-2007, 18:56

(Mockers on me now i s'pose i'll have down time)

;D
We'll both vanish offline for a few weeks and come back simply saying 'Bloody virgin/ntl' ;D

Nutcase

29-07-2007, 12:59

7:45am on a Wednesday in May:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/129828539.png

Just run it again:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/162008495.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

The differences being that it's Sunday lunchtime, and I've just found that my phone line was connected using masking tape :shocked: Hmm, seems to have gone down and it's supposed to be off peak.

Where's me roll of tape ;D

edit: oops, running again using the same server as before...

Tak

02-08-2007, 14:56

Britain 'failing' net speed tests (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/6924866.stm)

Mark

02-08-2007, 15:07

They do actually have a point - it's actually impossible to get 8Mbps on a standard ADSL line, so for 'rare', substitute 'non-existant'. According to PlusNet, the best you can get is 7.15Mbps...

http://www.plus.net/support/broadband/products/faqs_and_guides/dslmax_guide.shtml#Datarate

Garp

11-09-2007, 16:45

*winces*

http://www.paulgraydon.co.uk/images/ouch.png

Okay, so we've got the backbone to allow a few customers to do that when necessary but..

At the time of the first spike he was only supposed to be on 100Mb b/w with 200Mb burst, but some numpty had removed the limit. Networks spotted and capped it again. He managed to persuade them to allow up to 500Mb just for the weekend until he could arrange something more permanent this week. The 100/200 connection was worth in the ball park of 4.5k - 5k pcm. Hate to think what his re-negotiated bill is worth.

Arcade Fire

14-09-2007, 09:51

From home:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/184435552.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

I'll test out work later.

Edit: Golly, work has quite a fast connection!

http://www.speedtest.net/result/184479205.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

karbon

14-09-2007, 10:01

http://www.speedtest.net/result/184436361.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

for what should be a 20 meg connection, how i love virgin media (still, only 2 more weeks and i'm moved out)

Feek

14-09-2007, 12:12

I think that's about the speed Dym is getting on a Virgin 20 meg connection. Strikes me as crap.

Burble

14-09-2007, 12:17

Strikes me as crap.

That's because it is :) The upstream is ok but the downstream looks cruddy.

So far my 20Mbit has been ok, I'm pulling down some database backups from France at 2.1Mb/sec which is quite nice.

Garp

14-09-2007, 12:32

I think that's about the speed Dym is getting on a Virgin 20 meg connection. Strikes me as crap.

'tis indeed. Really frustrating. Even simple things like SSH connections to my server can be dire. A complaint was lodged with Virgin Support a couple of days ago, awaiting a response. Pointed out very clearly that I don't see the point in paying for a 20Mb service when we're getting less speed than cheaper lower speed packages (6Mb).

Daz

14-09-2007, 12:55

Even simple things like SSH connections to my server can be dire.
Latency issues or connectivity issues, just out of curiosity?

Mark

14-09-2007, 13:25

Latency I'd assume. I had the same when PN were being crap (what's new, I hear you ask) and packet shaping SSH to hell and back because they treated it as P2P traffic. :/

Daz

14-09-2007, 13:28

because they treated it as P2P traffic. :/
Proper harsh that. Whoever made that call needs shooting :/

Garp

14-09-2007, 13:31

Latency issues or connectivity issues, just out of curiosity?

Speed and latency. Of an evening we've literally been bouncing between <1Mb to maybe 4Mb on a good day. The lag on typing suggests latency is near crippling. I'm just glad I don't play online games or I would probably be livid with the "service" :)

Latency I'd assume. I had the same when PN were being crap (what's new, I hear you ask) and packet shaping SSH to hell and back because they treated it as P2P traffic. :/

Thats probably because some people have figured out you can poke usenet and torrent traffic through an SSH tunnel to avoid traffic shaping, if you so desire.

Daz

14-09-2007, 13:34

Garp

14-09-2007, 14:13

Oh aye but to decide that a network/service wide throttle was needed to deal with what must be a small footprint of people/bandwidth seems harsh. With all the open source monkeys out there surely all the legitimate traffic far outways the dodgy stuff?

we're a small part of the market still, and people were selling tunnelling services so I've heard *shrug*

We don't bother with traffic shaping at the moment tbh, but I imagine the day will come (unless BT make the prices of DSL pipes more reasonable)

Mark

14-09-2007, 14:56

There was talk of BT re-pricing centrals. Did that not happen/not going to happen?

Joe 90

14-09-2007, 16:08

http://www.speedtest.net/result/184500553.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
gotta love bein at work :D

karbon

14-09-2007, 16:44

'tis indeed. Really frustrating. Even simple things like SSH connections to my server can be dire. A complaint was lodged with Virgin Support a couple of days ago, awaiting a response. Pointed out very clearly that I don't see the point in paying for a 20Mb service when we're getting less speed than cheaper lower speed packages (6Mb).

i did the same about a month ago. sadly nothing has changed so i'm leaaving them. be they're GUTTED that i'm away.

trying to play WoW on this can be hell some evenings.

Justsomebloke

14-09-2007, 17:09

Garp

14-09-2007, 17:43

I am toying with the idea of switching my down to 4MB. I got sucked into the whole E Penis connection trip when it got released but it really isn't needed. I game less & less these days & thinking about it i gamed quite succesfully on much less than 4 meg back in the day.

With 3 - 4 people in the house who use the internet connection, the extra bandwidth would always be appreciated. I also wanted it because of the higher cap when traffic shaping occurs (after 2Gig of downloads, during peak hours the speed gets capped to 6Mb) which enables me to still be able to work from home when on call.

TBH if this continues I'll look into getting BT to reactivate the phone line in the hall and see what decent broadband options we can get.

Robert

14-09-2007, 18:06

With 3 - 4 people in the house who use the internet connection, the extra bandwidth would always be appreciated. I also wanted it because of the higher cap when traffic shaping occurs (after 2Gig of downloads, during peak hours the speed gets capped to 6Mb) which enables me to still be able to work from home when on call.

TBH if this continues I'll look into getting BT to reactivate the phone line in the hall and see what decent broadband options we can get.

Actually it's after 3gb and it gets reduced to 5mb ;)

No problems with Vm here....(aka blueyonder).

Burble

14-09-2007, 18:10

Actually it's after 5gb and it gets reduced to 5mb ;)

Actually it's after 3Gb and yeah, you're limited to 5Mbit down/256Kbit up.

Robert

14-09-2007, 18:55

I meant 3gb :whistle:

Seriously I did...typo :)

Garp

14-09-2007, 19:09

There was talk of BT re-pricing centrals. Did that not happen/not going to happen?

Last I heard, nope. We still can't afford to buy an additional DSL pipe from BT without wiping out our profit margins entirely, and we're far from the cheapest ISP.

Richard Slater

15-09-2007, 11:28

http://www.speedtest.net/result/184706519.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

That is Zen again but without the Wireless network in the way, st.tstools.co.uk gives me 5022.69 Kbps.

Mark

17-09-2007, 00:32

The connection at work was upgraded a few months back...

http://www.speedtest.net/result/185064529.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

I don't know what connection that is, but do I look like I care? :evil: ;D

PS - If you want a little speed boost, minimise your web browser as soon as possible after starting the test and leave it for a minute or so. There will be no fancy graphics to update (and slow the test down). Over VPN this makes a huge difference, but it'll be less if you're going direct.

LeperousDust

17-09-2007, 02:13

http://www.speedtest.net/result/185078113.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Nothing fancy in my flat in Ed, but then it is the lowest Virgin package, at least its the correct speed though :D

Feek

28-09-2007, 21:47

This is how much Eclipse are throttling at the moment.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/188301037.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Burble

28-09-2007, 21:49

Ouch.

Stan_Lite

29-09-2007, 00:09

This is how much Eclipse are throttling at the moment.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/188301037.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

:shocked:

'kin 'ell dude, that sux.

Dymetrie

29-09-2007, 00:18

On a 20MB (allegedly) unthrottled line at 00:17....

http://www.speedtest.net/result/188334822.png

Garp

29-09-2007, 07:58

On a 20MB (allegedly) unthrottled line at 00:17....

http://www.speedtest.net/result/188334822.png

At least we've got them to acknowledge there is a congestion issue and have a promise of a fix... though I'll believe it when I see it.

Generally its been better in the evenings since I phoned them, though still a long way from the 5Mb/sec cap.

edit: Oh, and speedtest.net is crap. I've just succesfully downloaded from the Ubuntu archives at nearly 20Mb/sec speeds, and yet speedtest is telling me we've got a 3Mb connection.

Zirax

29-09-2007, 08:59

http://www.speedtest.net/result/188404024.png

UKFSN off peak so everyone is hammering the connection. Note that this is more line speed limited rather than crap throughput

Wossi

29-09-2007, 12:05

http://www.speedtest.net/result/188432102.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

From home, supposed to 4mb down with ntl, so with this it's not too bad. If I actually download a regular file I get the full speed.

Burble

29-09-2007, 12:15

Will

29-09-2007, 12:51

Is your foot on the cable? :p

Mark

29-09-2007, 13:15

I've had that problem this morning too, and not just with the forum. Seems to be clearing now though.

Burble

29-09-2007, 14:35

I wasn't referring to the forum, Mark, I was talking in general.

Mark

29-09-2007, 15:02

Aye - I did say it wasn't just with the forum. Had trouble with sites like Wikipedia too.

Garp

29-09-2007, 17:19

My download speeds are great, I can get > 2Mb/s but browsing speed is absolutely horrific - it takes anything up to a minute for pages to start to load.

I thought at first it was DNS being slow but it isn't.

What are your ping times like?

WinMTR will help (or MTR if you're using *nix) as you can leave that running a while.

Burble

29-09-2007, 17:32

What are your ping times like?

WinMTR will help (or MTR if you're using *nix) as you can leave that running a while.

Pings are pretty good:

C:\Documents and Settings\Paul>ping jolt.co.uk

Pinging jolt.co.uk [82.133.85.65] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=54
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=54
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=54
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=54

Ping statistics for 82.133.85.65:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 9ms, Maximum = 11ms, Average = 10ms

Justsomebloke

29-09-2007, 17:53

Well i am happy with my speeds since dropping from 20 to 4. I haven't noticed a difference in gaming & am still one of the first on a 64 man BF2 map. RFactor plays as well as it has always done & browsing is still speedy.
I'm glad i switched down :)

Wellington

29-09-2007, 18:07

http://www.speedtest.net/result/188505643.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Sure mines meant to be alot faster than that :s

Feek

29-09-2007, 18:23

I'm glad i switched down :)

What was your reason for switching, malc? I assume you're on cable?

Justsomebloke

29-09-2007, 18:33

^^ My last bill had less discount & was 45 quid instead of 35.I just thought to myself **** i used to play on loads less & do well so why am i paying for more than i needed. I rang them and asked about deals & they offered me 4 meg a Large TV ppackage & my house phone for just over 20 quid. I told them i would think about it. Anyway after a week i though sod it I'm switching down & rang them again. I said "I want to switch down from 20 to 4" The bloke said you already did mate a week ago ;D
I had played BF2 & RFactor during that week thinking i was on 20. Like i said there is no difference in gaming or browsing & that was a proper field test even if i didn't ask for it :D

Feek

29-09-2007, 18:49

All sounds fair to me, I guess that it's noticeable when downloading shedloads but just not for normal use.

Good call

karbon

07-10-2007, 18:21

I HAS INTERNETS

i'm just checking if the 4 meg result i got is due to this laptop or not though.

14 down and 1 up make me a happy rikki.

Mat

12-10-2007, 12:48

Just out of interest, this is what I get at work:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/192167958.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

I'll try to remember to do my home one tonight...

Ok, here it is:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/192245718.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Thats off an 8MB ADSL24 line.

Daz

09-12-2007, 21:18

http://www.speedtest.net/result/210462843.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Not too bad do far, though I'm within their 10 day 'optimisation' period. Sync'd at 8MB though so I'm pleased with that. When they go ADSL2 next year it could be a pretty good line here.

Grandad

09-12-2007, 22:04

My home connection

http://www.speedtest.net/result/210477006.png

Joe 90

10-12-2007, 12:31

http://www.speedtest.net/result/210623580.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

:evil:
gotta love this speed. makes for good FTP use (abuse)

will post my crappy shared flat interwebs speed later... 8mb or something but the ping to most things is crazy.. 60 one second, 360 the next. Makes for some annoying CoD4 - emptied nearly a whole RPD ammo box into a guy last night, then he turned around a killed me.

Stan_Lite

10-12-2007, 12:45

http://www.speedtest.net/result/210623697.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Not too bad for a 2Mb line :)

Mark

10-12-2007, 20:47

I'm using wi-fi and the signal is rather poor, so I used this to make sure I'm good to go for Skype.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/210762513.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Check out the location. :D