speed issues leicester area

[JadeFalcon]

having really bad speed issues tonight LE3 area ?

done multiple speed tests from different sites even ftp'd into the virigin ftp site tried a large download quake4 patch ... 50KBps

am on 4 meg connection, i am not traffic managed as i have not downloaded anything for atleast 3 days, not even played online gaming today so no chance of hitting any limits

Cable Modem Downstream
Downstream Lock : Locked
Downstream Channel Id : 0
Downstream Frequency : 402750000 Hz
Downstream Modulation : QAM256
Downstream Symbol Rate : 5360.537 Ksym/sec
Downstream Interleave Depth : taps32Increment4
Downstream Receive Power Level : 11.4 dBmV
Downstream SNR : 41.9 dB
#Cable Modem Upstream
Upstream Lock : Locked
Upstream Channel ID : 1
Upstream Frequency : 34800000 Hz
Upstream Modulation : QPSK
Upstream Symbol Rate : 2560 Ksym/sec
Upstream transmit Power Level : 45.0 dBmV
Upstream Mini-Slot Size : 2

[Axegrinder]

The power levels look fine, watch the downstream power doesnt go too much higher than though though. Maybe its congestion issues?

[JadeFalcon]

i tried the speedtest.net test i get 4 meg to the maidenhead server but everything else clocks in at half a meg :S

i never have a problem with congestion in my area, not enough to notice, i use TeamSpeak every night and tonight its just choppy choppy i cant even get more than a two word sentence out of my friends before its slashing their words in half :S

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Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:16:27 GMT

Test 1: 1024K took 10907 ms = 93.9 KB/sec, approx 774 Kbps, 0.76 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 16796 ms = 61 KB/sec, approx 503 Kbps, 0.49 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 12954 ms = 79 KB/sec, approx 651 Kbps, 0.64 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 28781 ms = 71.2 KB/sec, approx 587 Kbps, 0.57 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 629 Kbps, 0.62 Mbps

---------- Post added at 22:35 ---------- Previous post was at 22:26 ----------

edit just done a speed test comparison with my girlfriend in glasgow using the speed test site, with destination aukland newzealand, i get 191kbps and she gets over 3000kpbs to exactly the same server lol

[JadeFalcon]

same thing again tonight... 9pm hit and blammo down to less than 100KBs

anybody here able to check my a/c for traffic management ?

[Tech_Boy]

192,168.100.1
username & password root
, log into your modem & check the config page, that'll tell you if you have been traffic managed

[JadeFalcon]

nope and has been confirmed as no traffic management on my line by the techs just got through to em, they did a hard reset of the modem so i will monitor this over the next few days and see what happens

strange tho it happened at 9pm both nights... perfectly fine up till this point :(

[centaur]

I'm in LE4 and for a couple of weeks now my d/l speeds have awful (should be 4 meg service) I also have a ping of 283 when it used to be 15 5 weeks ago.

I am not even bothering to waste my time phoning!

Any-one else with the same problems in the area ?

BTW Virgin have just sent me a new modem as they will upgrade to 10 Meg :o:

Perhaps the new modem will help as the Terayon is 7 years old now and I have to keep restarting it.

Sorry I should add this is cable not ADSL

[xxxxxx]

Wait for it....... look at these for fast 4mb speeds:

Wed, 27 Feb 2008 23:31:20 UTC

Test 1: 1024K took 53613 ms = 19.1 KB/sec, approx 157 Kbps, 0.15 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 44325 ms = 23.1 KB/sec, approx 190 Kbps, 0.19 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 53698 ms = 19.1 KB/sec, approx 157 Kbps, 0.15 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 80053 ms = 25.6 KB/sec, approx 211 Kbps, 0.21 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 179 Kbps, 0.18 Mbps

Note: I'm in the Liverpool area. It's been like this for like the last 8 days.

[d-sub]

im in le2 and also have slow internet im on 20mb and get about 8mb:(

[xxxxxx]

im in le2 and also have slow internet im on 20mb and get about 8mb:(

Wanna swap speeds? ;)

[d-sub]

Wanna swap speeds? ;)

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 19:01:39 UTC

Test 1: 1024K took 7016 ms = 146 KB/sec, approx 1203 Kbps, 1.17 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 4907 ms = 208.7 KB/sec, approx 1720 Kbps, 1.68 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 6183 ms = 165.6 KB/sec, approx 1365 Kbps, 1.33 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 16224 ms = 126.2 KB/sec, approx 1040 Kbps, 1.02 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 1332 Kbps, 1.3 Mbps


To repeat this test from the source server click here.

yea if you like:p:

[moon_t]

LE2 4mb here and I would give you my speed test results, however I got bored waiting for it to complete so gave up after 5 minutes of trying to refresh and obtain a result.

Just can't wait for the 10mb upgrade :rolleyes:, they couldn't deliver it when I paid for it so I went down to 4mb, will be very surprised therefore if they can provide it for free now.

TBH I think the LE2 and LE3 areas are always going to be screwed because it is mainly densely populated terraced housing and the contention ratio must be just too much for the VM network to handle without a major overhaul, a lot of the network infrastructure is from the Diamond Cable days all those years ago and just doesn't seem up to scratch.