Very slow 4Mb in PO9 area

[ee61re]

Anyone else having problems?

Its been like this all weekend.

From speed test:

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 19:29:29 UTC

1st 512K took 5875 ms = 87.1 KB/sec, approx 718 Kbps, 0.7 Mbps
2nd 512K took 7298 ms = 70.2 KB/sec, approx 578 Kbps, 0.56 Mbps
3rd 512K took 4235 ms = 120.9 KB/sec, approx 996 Kbps, 0.97 Mbps
4th 512K took 4470 ms = 114.5 KB/sec, approx 943 Kbps, 0.92 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 809 Kbps, 0.79 Mbps

[tony]

This is what 2mb is like in swansea

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 19:39:29 GMT

1st 512K took 5453 ms = 93.9 KB/sec, approx 774 Kbps, 0.76 Mbps
2nd 512K took 9234 ms = 55.4 KB/sec, approx 456 Kbps, 0.45 Mbps
3rd 512K took 11953 ms = 42.8 KB/sec, approx 353 Kbps, 0.34 Mbps
4th 512K took 5360 ms = 95.5 KB/sec, approx 787 Kbps, 0.77 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 593 Kbps, 0.58 Mbps.

[samsungdude]

im in the po5 area, this is the speed i just got,

Sun, 12 Nov 2006 22:35:09 GMT

1st 512K took 10485 ms = 48.8 KB/sec, approx 402 Kbps, 0.39 Mbps
2nd 512K took 16250 ms = 31.5 KB/sec, approx 260 Kbps, 0.25 Mbps
3rd 512K took 7078 ms = 72.3 KB/sec, approx 596 Kbps, 0.58 Mbps
4th 512K took 11641 ms = 44 KB/sec, approx 363 Kbps, 0.35 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 405 Kbps, 0.39 Mbps

iv had speeds like this for about 2 months now, ntl have sent 3 ppl out, nothing resolved, there cumin out again on 20th of this month to fit a stand alone modem, if that doesnt work (imo it wont) then ill be changing isp, iv had this problem on and off for about 9months ish

[Locky]

10 meg manchester (oldham)
Sun, 12 Nov 2006 22:41:35 GMT

1st 512K took 438 ms = 1169 KB/sec, approx 9633 Kbps, 9.41 Mbps
2nd 512K took 625 ms = 819.2 KB/sec, approx 6750 Kbps, 6.59 Mbps
3rd 512K took 703 ms = 728.3 KB/sec, approx 6001 Kbps, 5.86 Mbps
4th 512K took 453 ms = 1130.2 KB/sec, approx 9313 Kbps, 9.09 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 7924 Kbps, 7.74 Mbps

that is with a ftp goin at little over 2 meg (240 kb/s)



To repeat this test from the source server click here (http://homepage.ntlworld.com/paul.marsden/newspeedtest.html?1163371297750).

[ee61re]

seems ok now in PO9

Mon, 13 Nov 2006 20:15:02 UTC

1st 512K took 1125 ms = 455.1 KB/sec, approx 3750 Kbps, 3.66 Mbps
2nd 512K took 1204 ms = 425.2 KB/sec, approx 3504 Kbps, 3.42 Mbps
3rd 512K took 1189 ms = 430.6 KB/sec, approx 3548 Kbps, 3.46 Mbps
4th 512K took 1172 ms = 436.9 KB/sec, approx 3600 Kbps, 3.52 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 3601 Kbps, 3.51 Mbps

[ee61re]

It was rubbish again last night. DNS timeouts, packet loss, the works.

Anyone else?

[ee61re]

Mon, 27 Nov 2006 15:49:35 UTC

1st 512K took 3469 ms = 147.6 KB/sec, approx 1216 Kbps, 1.19 Mbps
2nd 512K took 2000 ms = 256 KB/sec, approx 2109 Kbps, 2.06 Mbps
3rd 512K took 1562 ms = 327.8 KB/sec, approx 2701 Kbps, 2.64 Mbps
4th 512K took 4672 ms = 109.6 KB/sec, approx 903 Kbps, 0.88 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 1732 Kbps, 1.69 Mbps

[ee61re]

Its rubbish again:

Wed, 29 Nov 2006 19:56:38 UTC

1st 512K took 3484 ms = 147 KB/sec, approx 1211 Kbps, 1.18 Mbps
2nd 512K took 3297 ms = 155.3 KB/sec, approx 1280 Kbps, 1.25 Mbps
3rd 512K took 3719 ms = 137.7 KB/sec, approx 1135 Kbps, 1.11 Mbps
4th 512K took 3390 ms = 151 KB/sec, approx 1244 Kbps, 1.21 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 1218 Kbps, 1.19 Mbps

[ee61re]

Rubbish once more:

Thu, 1 Feb 2007 19:20:13 UTC

1st 512K took 3251 ms = 157.5 KB/sec, approx 1298 Kbps, 1.27 Mbps
2nd 512K took 4673 ms = 109.6 KB/sec, approx 903 Kbps, 0.88 Mbps
3rd 512K took 5392 ms = 95 KB/sec, approx 783 Kbps, 0.76 Mbps
4th 512K took 5017 ms = 102.1 KB/sec, approx 841 Kbps, 0.82 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 956 Kbps, 0.93 Mbps

It was like this yesterday evening, and again today, from mid afternoon onwards.

Whatever the problem was last time, it got fixed, but only for a couple of months.

[allanprg]

I'm in the PO5 area. No trouble with speeds for some months now.I'm on 2mb.:)



Thu, 01 Feb 2007 19:34:26 GMT

1st 512K took 2110 ms = 242.7 KB/sec, approx 2000 Kbps, 1.95 Mbps
2nd 512K took 2250 ms = 227.6 KB/sec, approx 1875 Kbps, 1.83 Mbps
3rd 512K took 2156 ms = 237.5 KB/sec, approx 1957 Kbps, 1.91 Mbps
4th 512K took 2172 ms = 235.7 KB/sec, approx 1942 Kbps, 1.9 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 1944 Kbps, 1.9 Mbps

[ee61re]

It looks like it might be a transparent proxy problem.

My transparent proxy is Cosham 8. If I manually configure my browser to use Cosham 10, my speed is better.

I can also get to http://www.shop4parts.co.uk which I never could when using the proxy transparently - it just used to time out.