View Full Version : Stunning 10mb performance....
Mr Angry
07-04-2007, 11:34
not!
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/04/144.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
NTLVictim
07-04-2007, 12:37
Flamin' heck that's bad!
nicke261192
07-04-2007, 13:31
You are 350 miles away but that should not effect it too much i am less than 150 miles away from the same server in sheffield and mine comes in about 9920kbps every speed test
thats unbelievable:shocked:
How crap...I'm 350 miles away too and mine always looks like this:
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/04/156.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
When i ping Dublin which is closer, i get about 6Mb...
dcclanuk
07-04-2007, 13:57
im less than 50 miles... still maxing out 2mb
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/04/155.png, so i doubt location matters [too much that is]
zing_deleted
07-04-2007, 14:01
If you notice the ping its maxed some server along the way is causing this.Mr A have you tried different speed tests?
run a tracert to somewhere like www.bbc.co.uk (http://www.bbc.co.uk) to see if there is a local problem ie in your internal network . You may not get a problem at all meaning your route there is sound. That would then simply mean there is a problem somewhere else and nothing to do with your connection
May I make a suggestion with regard to your use of speed testers, namely that they are not the most accurate way of determining your actual speed. The best way (in reality) is to download a very large file. Click on this link:
http://gamefiles.virginmedia.com/blueyondergames/battlefield1942/demo/win32/
and select: bf1942_sp_demo.zip (which is 133Mb) download the file and make a note of the transfer speed, I (on average) achieve (around) 800Kbs (maintained throughout the download) which for a 10meg connection is pretty good. If (on the other hand) I was getting around half that (400-500Kbs) then I would be ringing 151. Try other files further up the directory tree and see what you "actually" get.
Speed testers don't "work" the system hard enough to get an accurate result.
Check it out.
Si thee
zing_deleted
07-04-2007, 14:27
^^^ isnt even accurate if you were to run a multi threaded download tool and the host server supports multiple connections all things being equal you should achieve full bandwidth
I always get 1.2MB using newsgroups and decent fpt/http servers.
So the speedtest seems pretty accurate to me...
I'm currently getting stunning stable 10Mb performance ....
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not!
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/04/144.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
Go outside and investigate the bright thing in the sky! Or I'm back on Tues if you need... ;)
Go outside and investigate the bright thing in the sky!
Great advice :Sun:
I'm currently getting stunning stable 10Mb performance ....
http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/3440/10mbnw6.png
your torrenting thats why its low speed, depends on where are the seeders in the world and how many leechers n shizzle.
try downloading itunes from apple and see what speed u get then.
dcclanuk
07-04-2007, 17:00
your torrenting thats why its low speed, depends on where are the seeders in the world and how many leechers n shizzle.
try downloading itunes from apple and see what speed u get then.
He is getting 1MB/s, which is 1000KB/s+
I dont see how there is a speed problem!
He is getting 1MB/s, which is 1000KB/s+
I dont see how there is a speed problem!
Precisely, since going upgrading to 10Mb a couple of months ago, i've always received near top speeds.
1 VERY happy VM customer !! :D
shadyrome
07-04-2007, 19:53
4mb broadband here, keep getting 2mb -3mb :S
Precisely, since going upgrading to 10Mb a couple of months ago, i've always received near top speeds.
1 VERY happy VM customer !! :D
Make that 2 :D
I get full speed 24/7 from Newsgroups, Torrents and Decent FTP servers.
1.18MB/s cant be bad.
Bring on the 20MB thats what I say ;)
Go outside and investigate the bright thing in the sky! Or I'm back on Tues if you need... ;)
arr yes, a little Moonshine is good for you ;)
its saturday so i wouldnt think they have/are moving him over to a temp bit of kit while they upgrade the headend, or do they do that work saturdays too?.
@TheOne, what settings are you using to get that dload speed on utorrent?
Ukeâ„¢
08-04-2007, 00:58
So that's how fast my connection would be if I hadn't been DDoSed constantly since upgrading :o:
im on 4meg and get this...
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/04/152.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
is this gd?
zing_deleted
08-04-2007, 08:13
did you try anything I suggested MR A????
unfortunately this has just turned into another speed test thread
@TheOne, what settings are you using to get that dload speed on utorrent?
Default settings will achieve that, the secret of good speed in my opinion on Bit Torrent is to use Private Trackers.
Default settings will achieve that, the secret of good speed in my opinion on Bit Torrent is to use Private Trackers.
ye, i havent changed any of the settings since downloading the UTorrent client
did you try anything I suggested MR A????
unfortunately this has just turned into another speed test thread
Always does. :angel:
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/04/146.png
janipewter
09-04-2007, 00:20
not!
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/04/144.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
Wow! Well you beat me for downstream, but my upstream destroys yours :cool:
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/04/145.png
Gotta love the 10Mb.
Hi all - new here but old to problems with NTL. I cancelled my phone and TV with them when they couldn't tell me why my TV concked out every Saturday night. Maybe they were trying to tell me something. When they offered me a cheaper service to stay I replied "Making it cheaper just makes it cheap crap, no thanks."
I stuck with them for the broadband, seeing as BTs' 8 Meg turned out to be scraping 2mb if I was lucky.
Not had any bother with broadband apart from the usual outages/maintenance crap (I'm on 10mb. I've always been on whatever the fastest speed NTL offered, expected to go onto 20mb but now...?), download at 1.2 meg/second etc.
Since this weekend surfing has been a complete pain. Waiting for web sites to load? Eh? Downloads? Slow?
Today I tested the speed on speedtest.
3.7 kb/sec
Yep, 3.7 k/b sec download. Upload was in the 400's or so.
Got onto tech service, only to find it's outsourced to India now, and they seem to think that to get their point through they need to shout down the phone at you.
Since spending ages on the phone trying to understand what they were saying, and resetting this, safe mode that, nothing else running, going through the modem not a router etc, I pretty much gave up.
I am downloading the Battlefield 2 demo as above at 180 KB/sec so at least it's speed up from earlier, but I got no joy from customer services. Is there anything I can do to reset the modem (does leaving it off for a few hours give a new IP address, will that do anything?) or give me back the speed I had? Is it just a 'glitch' or are the last few days shape of things to come? If so they can stick their 20mb up their ****.
http://img62.imageshack.us/img62/9614/crapspeedkr9.jpg (http://imageshack.us)
That's from a supposed '10 MB' connection that was good before the weekend, and now is crap, and has stayed crap. Checked the service status page, nothing there, rung customer services, waste of time, couldn't understand what they said a lot of the time and then they started shouting at me thinking I would understand it better, so I shouted back. Ridiculous.
Am in Leeds. Has anyone else had any problems in this area?
I'll turn my modem off completely and check the speed again tommorrow, and ring CS again, after that if no joy I'm ditching this lot, had enough. Nnnngh!
I am in NW Leeds on 4Mb - running as normal (4mb).
Good luck.
a good help
09-04-2007, 22:41
lol
..
(if its a sacm)
i would firstly do a ping test to say google and see what loss you have, then cal customer services, i would suggest the modem PSU is faulty.
Well, mine's been pants in the evening for the last few weeks. It used to be rock solid @ 4mb. These days, I'm lucky to get 2 meg in the evening. Tonight is particularly poor:
1st 512K took 3141 ms = 163 KB/sec, approx 1343 Kbps, 1.31 Mbps
2nd 512K took 4703 ms = 108.9 KB/sec, approx 897 Kbps, 0.88 Mbps
3rd 512K took 3828 ms = 133.8 KB/sec, approx 1103 Kbps, 1.08 Mbps
4th 512K took 2672 ms = 191.6 KB/sec, approx 1579 Kbps, 1.54 Mbps
Overall Average Speed = approx 1231 Kbps, 1.2 Mbps
Great... During the day I get close to 4meg so I suppose it must be congestion. It did get congested rather suddenly though. I never had any problems until a month ago.
slowcoach
10-04-2007, 00:23
Great... During the day I get close to 4meg so I suppose it must be congestion. It did get congested rather suddenly though. I never had any problems until a month ago.
That's the Virgin effect. :Yikes: Everyone is signing up in droves, just wait for the speed upgrade and you will be lucky to get a connection. :erm:
After initial problems this is the throughput i get on my 10Mb line.
Good luck Mr A.
That's the Virgin effect. :Yikes: Everyone is signing up in droves, just wait for the speed upgrade and you will be lucky to get a connection. :erm:
I guess this Virgin Effect hasnt reached my town yet then as Im still getting 1.18MB/s as I always have or perhaps this Virgin Effect doesnt really exist and you are just a VM Basher ;)
I today upgraded to 10mb today, i asked them if they had any deals as i want to trial it. They gave me 3 months at half price. I phoned about an hour ago...
My speedtests are still registering that im connected to the 4mb service.
I rung them up, they told me that it takes 24-48hrs to complete the upgrade. When ive upgraded/downgraded in the past it was instant.
I dont feel too confident that it will happen in the next 48hrs.. speaking to an 'international' call centre didnt really boost that confidence.
Guys, if you have your own problems with connections, can you please create your own threads. With many people reporting problems in one thread, it becomes hard to keep track of them, and makes the thread hard to follow. We do have members here, who may be in a position to help, but they almost certainly won't if the thread is too hard to follow.
Also, we have enough speed test threads, please don't just post speed test results in this one. It is not helpful to the OP to know your connection is fine when his is clearly having problems.
Just did mine and its actually running below par today, normally maxes completely.
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/04/143.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
Certainly interesting, my internet has just upgraded to 10mb but now i get https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/04/142.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
Where's the improvement??
Guys, I would advise you to look at my sig, and also the post below.
Guys, if you have your own problems with connections, can you please create your own threads. With many people reporting problems in one thread, it becomes hard to keep track of them, and makes the thread hard to follow. We do have members here, who may be in a position to help, but they almost certainly won't if the thread is too hard to follow.
Also, we have enough speed test threads, please don't just post speed test results in this one. It is not helpful to the OP to know your connection is fine when his is clearly having problems.
zing_deleted
10-04-2007, 21:32
Guys, if you have your own problems with connections, can you please create your own threads. With many people reporting problems in one thread, it becomes hard to keep track of them, and makes the thread hard to follow. We do have members here, who may be in a position to help, but they almost certainly won't if the thread is too hard to follow.
Also, we have enough speed test threads, please don't just post speed test results in this one. It is not helpful to the OP to know your connection is fine when his is clearly having problems.
:tu: I did actually make suggestions at the start of this thread but MR A has not been back :(
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