How odd!

[Paranoimia]

Due to some extra downloading and an extended gaming session, I became affected by the traffic shaping last night, somewhere between 7pm and 9pm. I can't be more specific, since the PC was unattended at the time.

However, my PC has been off since around 1:30am, and I still seem to be restricted to 5MB downstream. However, my upstream seems to be back to normal, despite the modem settings!

Downstream Frequency: 402750000 Hz
Upstream Frequency: 25800000 Hz


And yet...

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2008/03/77.png (http://www.speedtest.net)


Any ideas? This is the first time I've ever encountered shaping, so I don't know how long it takes to get back to normal.

[Noggo]

What ever it is, it isn't traffic shaping. Your upload speed hasn't changed from the normal 20Meg upload limit around 768 Kb/s and when STM'd it should be 192 Kb/s.

[xpod]

Try checking your actual download results by downloading some large files rather than relying on any speedtests.
That speedtest in particular is probably the last one i`d ever put my faith in.

http://mirrors.virginmedia.com/

I generally try one of these place with a multithreaded download manager of some description.IF you use FF then the "Down Them All" extension is quite good.

Better than relying on any speedtest anyway.

---------- Post added at 11:24 ---------- Previous post was at 11:15 ----------

I will say though...the test above has never been far off any download tests i`ve done these last 3 or 4 months now.

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 11:17:09 GMT

Test 1: 1024K took 370 ms = 2767.6 KB/sec, approx 22805 Kbps, 22.27 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 259 ms = 3953.7 KB/sec, approx 32578 Kbps, 31.81 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 466 ms = 2197.4 KB/sec, approx 18107 Kbps, 17.68 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 1367 ms = 1498.2 KB/sec, approx 12345 Kbps, 12.06 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 21459 Kbps, 20.96 Mbps


Since November-ish it`s generally been spot on with whatever downloads tests i`ve done.Of course,prior to that our 20Mb was as dire as it could possibly be for the preceding 5 months,right from the initial upgrade last June in fact.

I would still never rely on the test alone though.

[Paranoimia]

Whatever it was, it seems to have passed now. I just got this result:

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2008/03/76.png (http://www.speedtest.net)


So I tried downloading a large file (OpenOffice), and I got speeds approaching 2400kB/s !!!

I can't recall the modem's usual upstream figure, but I know the downstream usually started with 2048 - so something's definitely different there.

Anyhoo, it's back to normal now, so I don't care!

Thanks for the input.

[moaningmags]

Downstream Frequency: 402750000 Hz
Upstream Frequency: 25800000 Hz

That's the frequency your modem modem locks onto not your downstream and upstream rate.

Bit Rate 20480000 bits/sec
Bit Rate 768000 bits/sec
This is your up n downstream rate.

[Paranoimia]

You're right, of course... and I knew that.

Apologies - I've no idea where my head was this morning to post those figures. :blush:

Neighbours had a party last night... must be lack of sleep. :dozey: