Reason for slower than usual speed?

[Sirpingalot]

Perhaps the reason we're all getting dire speeds (especially those of us on the 10mb) is because Virgin have to remove capacity from the network to then implement some more!

It makes sense, considering the upgrade is due very soon.


We may all be experiencing slow speeds only in the evening because this is when most people are using the bandwidth, and there simply isn't enough until Virgin replace what they have removed. Anyway, their website states they're doing work this week, so we may find ouselves on 20mb before the weekend, although I doubt it.

Michael

[SnoopZ]

No slow speeds in Cambridge, not for me anyway.

[Mr Clean]

No slow speeds in Derby either. All good round my way.

[Druchii]

Perhaps the reason we're all getting dire speeds (especially those of us on the 10mb) is because Virgin have to remove capacity from the network to then implement some more!

It makes sense, considering the upgrade is due very soon.


We may all be experiencing slow speeds only in the evening because this is when most people are using the bandwidth, and there simply isn't enough until Virgin replace what they have removed. Anyway, their website states they're doing work this week, so we may find ouselves on 20mb before the weekend, although I doubt it.

Michael
That makes quite a lot of sense, although i'd expect them to add new hardware, then remove the old tuff. Then agian if there isn't room... who knows...

[awibble]

Doesnt make much sense to me, but maybe someone would like to correct me.

If you go to replace some hardware then usually you would have the new hardware ready to inststall, remove the old one, push in the new one, do some last minuite config changes and that would be it. Ive seen datacenters replace routers and switches with just minuites of downtime.

Whenever i have been getting slow speeds, i have been able to get fast speeds to mirrors.virginmedia.com which says to me that the problem is not with their internal capacity, but thier external capacity. This in turn says to me that any upgrades should be to the size of their external connections. Adding in a nice gigabit connection to somone like Verio, globalcrossing, even bt core could help a lot.

As we cannot see whats going on within the network, we may never know, but my suspision is that its not with the internal network.

[Ramrod]

My speed is dire this morning and some sites are unreachable.....I'm hoping that this is going to lead to better things :D

[Cableminow]

Maybe it's something related to this?

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/cgi-bin/news/viewnews.cgi?id=EEZZFFVuEyeWZEzZxP

It might be down to all the national maint work VM are doing at present. Over the past couple of weeks speeds have been up and down when I'm back at home, especially games. Currently at work and the same sites places on our network here are fine.

Hope it improves.

[Woolly One]

Maybe it's something related to this?

http://www.ispreview.co.uk/cgi-bin/news/viewnews.cgi?id=EEZZFFVuEyeWZEzZxP

It might be down to all the national maint work VM are doing at present. Over the past couple of weeks speeds have been up and down when I'm back at home, especially games. Currently at work and the same sites places on our network here are fine.

Hope it improves.

That's interesting - My yougest son plays a US multiplayer game called RuneScape on the PC. Could be part of the reason ours slows right in the afternoon, although apparently it did the same this morning before he went to school.

Regards - Woolly One

[Sirpingalot]

Well, my latency always seems pretty consistent and generally under 20ms (when connecting to a UK server)

[Mechanicus]

Still bad here, getting 500kbps, 0.5mb, at the moment.

[Sirpingalot]

Probably will be until after 6 tommrow morning. I believe this is when the updates will be completed.

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But if it remains poor, even after the 20mb is implemented then that is cause for concern.

[dev]

latency has always been fine for me, then again speeds *were* fine too

[newbie]

10Mb is terrible for me. Anyone else in the Pompey area experiencing the same?

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/04/59.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[S.O.F.T.]

look at this on 10 meg i think its a bit low lol

[Sirpingalot]

http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/results.php?t=1177618214&v=1208773

Mine, from speedtest.bbmax.co.uk - Looks like my download manager may be helping me out (orbit download manager), though ( I can see the icon on the test)

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https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/04/57.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Again, with speedtest.net - I can definately see the download manager icon. Does anyone else with orbit know if it helps, or is it just that may connection is all good again?

[Druchii]

http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/results.php?t=1177618214&v=1208773

Mine, from speedtest.bbmax.co.uk - Looks like my download manager may be helping me out (orbit download manager), though ( I can see the icon on the test)

---------- Post added at 21:13 ---------- Previous post was at 21:11 ----------

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/04/57.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Again, with speedtest.net - I can definately see the download manager icon. Does anyone else with orbit know if it helps, or is it just that may connection is all good again?
Doesn't help :) Just fixed again :D

[Sirpingalot]

Yay, all fixed - touchwood

[obscura2k]

never dropped below 9mb here until today, has been sat at 4.6mb all day ... maybe some network changes in the Kirkless area?

better stop soon ...

[Sirpingalot]

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2007/04/56.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Still good here. Mixed feelings - =0 & =)

[slowvirgin]

Perhaps the reason we're all getting dire speeds (especially those of us on the 10mb) is because Virgin have to remove capacity from the network to then implement some more!

It makes sense, considering the upgrade is due very soon.


We may all be experiencing slow speeds only in the evening because this is when most people are using the bandwidth, and there simply isn't enough until Virgin replace what they have removed. Anyway, their website states they're doing work this week, so we may find ouselves on 20mb before the weekend, although I doubt it.

Michael

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Doesn't help :) Just fixed again :D

In Walthamstow since Virgin arrived my experience and that of a friend, both on 10Mb, is about 500Kb in the eves and 10Mb in the mornings and no admission from support that that the infrastructure is insufficient!

They have reduced my subscription by 50% but I am thinking of moving!

I've subscribed to Be but due to the quality of BT lines can only get 5.5 Mb - but that is 10X better than Virgin in the eves ---- not much choice!

[Sirpingalot]

May have just been the scheduled updates. How long was it going on for?

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Oh, sorry, I didn't read it thoroughly. I suppose it doesn't justify that, then.

[slowvirgin]

It's been slow for about 4 weeks!

[Amadeus]

interesting obscura, im on 20mb and in the evenings mine is maxed at 4.6 too, in morning rockets to 15.....so must be network implementation

Am

[smashie]

my 4mb = 2mb today:(

[verticalforce]

That's interesting - My yougest son plays a US multiplayer game called RuneScape on the PC. Could be part of the reason ours slows right in the afternoon, although apparently it did the same this morning before he went to school.

Regards - Woolly One

I'm being stupid by posting this but i just want to tell you that Runescape is actually a UK game, made, designed and maintained by UK people.

I would know, I was addicted to the game once...heh... :p:

[kar]

my 4mb = 2mb today:(

Funny you should say that the EXACT same thing has happened to me last night, and again today. I'm in the Watford area.

It's precisely 2mbit so either something has retrained my modem or I dunno :/

If I reconnect my modem I get 4MB again, but after 15 mins or so back to 2mb.

[Amadeus]

hmm and my 10mb is stuck at 4.6.....half the speed....??

[Druchii]

hmm and my 10mb is stuck at 4.6.....half the speed....??
My 10Mb is.... Recovering form a bad day. 7.2Mb now.

http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/results.php?t=1177716117&v=1216366

[Sirpingalot]

Hey, Druchii, still got work to do, or can you go on steam?

[Druchii]

Hey, Druchii, still got work to do, or can you go on steam?
Still have a ton of work, just took a 5min break to get a drink and say goodnight to the loved one ;) Might be a few days until i'm back online all night, and then i will let steam load on startup again :)

[Sirpingalot]

Ok mate :)