SpEJay
06-01-2009, 02:00
Howdee folks, always been a regular reader here, never had the need to join until now as to be honest, i don't know all that much about things to help anyone!
Please stay with me as it's a long post, a lot to describe and question.
Basically i thought i'd ask for help regarding my issues, as i've looked for months now with no success and simply have no answer for my problems.
Iam on the 20mb, have been since it came out, gone up speeds from since virgin took over ntl, previous to that i was ntl of course, using the ambit 120 i believe it is... Silver modem, still using that.
Thing is with my connection, it's mostly stable, however the speeds have never got close to 20mb.... I believe i got a reasonable 14mb speed once upon a time, after several speed tests showed me the same result, but since then...
Well i've been looking at speeds from people in a post further down, and a couple are from my area. Someone has a full 10mb speed from a 10mb connection, which is the speed iam getting from my 20mb, so obviously now iam really not happy about this, and it's putting me off going for the 50mb.
Strangely enough i seem to have several random lil problems i can't resolve...
Using Bit torrent, it always used to be perfectly fine, now i notice i lose my connection for a few seconds then it comes back.... Happens quite frequently, by losing connection i mean to the internet.
I read quite a lot into things to solve my own problems, i came to the conclusion it was the amount of connections with my torrents, so i limited them down to a reasonable amount, with success... But now, once again iam losing connection to the internet again.... Same as before, but with lesser connections on my bit torrent client, so there's no reason i can find for it happening!
My upload speed is always very stable at the advertised speed, 730kbps ish no matter when i do a speed test..... However my download speed, as i said, doesn't manage to reach above a 10mb connection.
Weirdly, speedtest.net .... Didn't always finish testing my connection, it used to get stuck.... By that i mean, is constantly telling me my download speed, varying slightly as if it was still testing... But never completing the test lol...
Just tried now and it has finished the test, 10mb down.
Incase this gives some clues i thought i'd mention..... I used to use IE until like a couple years ago.... Because IE simply wouldn't download at all, it would get stuck.... Since then, firefox worked but about a month or two after i started using it.... Same problem.... Downloads will start, but then get stuck.
Anything i download since.... I have to pause then resume the download again, and then it will fully download.... Any possible reason for that??
And finally, the firewall i use is Agnitum Outpost.... This is a strange thing, especially when using bit torrent, upon me losing connectivity to the internet, my firewall asks exactly 3 times ... Twice.... To block or allow ''system''..... No matter what choice i make, it always asks three times, and makes no difference what option i select....
After looking into this i came to the conclusion that it's just there..... I don't have any trojans / spyware etc.... My computer is clean, just bizare it asks me that when i lose my internet connection.
Also... All the above issues happen on a fresh install of windows... As extra proof it's not related with any kind of malicious software.
Finally, i have followed every setting suggested off loads of websites to configure for 20mb.... Using TCP optimizer ....
Tcp recieve window : 1027840
With the other proper settings...
I've tried different Tcp recieve values and stayed with the above, as it was the fastest i could get.... If it matters iam using the link speed & duplex at 100mbps half duplex... As the full duplex trashed my speed in half.
That's about the extent of my annoying issues..... I regularly play with my ps3 online, and have no issues.... My actual download speed maxed on bit torrent, the playstation or from a good server through a browser download, is always around 1.1mb .... per second...
Looking at everyone else on 20mb, and the people from my area from the other post, they are all getting what they should near enough which is double my speed, practically on the 20mb mark..... Iam getting half of that....
If anyone can help me here it would be greatly appreciated obviously!!! I can live with bit torrent d/c me... I can live with pausing and resuming browser downloads.... But i can't live with having half the speed iam paying for.
Any help would be great! By the way i use that same modem for both my ps3 and on my pc, not on a network, no router, no wireless anything, just direct ethernet lead from modem to pc / console.... Same speed on both.
Could this be the modem chugging on old age?
Could it be an issue for me to contact virgin about?
Could it be settings on my pc for the speed?
Could it be my bandwidth being murdered by virgin because of there restriction things???
Btw... I don't excessively download.... Somedays i get a couple gigs.... Some weeks i go without using at all when iam away.... My regular usage would be pretty low every single day unless playing the playstation games uses a lot.... The only exception being when i download a game or demo with the playstation... But that's rare and usually around a 1gb ish in size... I make sure i don't download several gigs in one day, hoping i don't get the bandwidth cut, as iam not sure on the amount your aloud before it kicks in.
Just to point out, no matter what time of day.... Like now i've tested the speed a few times between 1am and nearly 2am now.......
I have noticed a couple of times the speedtest shows my speed jump to 13mb at the start, then instantly fall below 10mb...
Well i think that's everything, thanks a lot for taking the time to read my post,
Regards,
Steph.
Please stay with me as it's a long post, a lot to describe and question.
Basically i thought i'd ask for help regarding my issues, as i've looked for months now with no success and simply have no answer for my problems.
Iam on the 20mb, have been since it came out, gone up speeds from since virgin took over ntl, previous to that i was ntl of course, using the ambit 120 i believe it is... Silver modem, still using that.
Thing is with my connection, it's mostly stable, however the speeds have never got close to 20mb.... I believe i got a reasonable 14mb speed once upon a time, after several speed tests showed me the same result, but since then...
Well i've been looking at speeds from people in a post further down, and a couple are from my area. Someone has a full 10mb speed from a 10mb connection, which is the speed iam getting from my 20mb, so obviously now iam really not happy about this, and it's putting me off going for the 50mb.
Strangely enough i seem to have several random lil problems i can't resolve...
Using Bit torrent, it always used to be perfectly fine, now i notice i lose my connection for a few seconds then it comes back.... Happens quite frequently, by losing connection i mean to the internet.
I read quite a lot into things to solve my own problems, i came to the conclusion it was the amount of connections with my torrents, so i limited them down to a reasonable amount, with success... But now, once again iam losing connection to the internet again.... Same as before, but with lesser connections on my bit torrent client, so there's no reason i can find for it happening!
My upload speed is always very stable at the advertised speed, 730kbps ish no matter when i do a speed test..... However my download speed, as i said, doesn't manage to reach above a 10mb connection.
Weirdly, speedtest.net .... Didn't always finish testing my connection, it used to get stuck.... By that i mean, is constantly telling me my download speed, varying slightly as if it was still testing... But never completing the test lol...
Just tried now and it has finished the test, 10mb down.
Incase this gives some clues i thought i'd mention..... I used to use IE until like a couple years ago.... Because IE simply wouldn't download at all, it would get stuck.... Since then, firefox worked but about a month or two after i started using it.... Same problem.... Downloads will start, but then get stuck.
Anything i download since.... I have to pause then resume the download again, and then it will fully download.... Any possible reason for that??
And finally, the firewall i use is Agnitum Outpost.... This is a strange thing, especially when using bit torrent, upon me losing connectivity to the internet, my firewall asks exactly 3 times ... Twice.... To block or allow ''system''..... No matter what choice i make, it always asks three times, and makes no difference what option i select....
After looking into this i came to the conclusion that it's just there..... I don't have any trojans / spyware etc.... My computer is clean, just bizare it asks me that when i lose my internet connection.
Also... All the above issues happen on a fresh install of windows... As extra proof it's not related with any kind of malicious software.
Finally, i have followed every setting suggested off loads of websites to configure for 20mb.... Using TCP optimizer ....
Tcp recieve window : 1027840
With the other proper settings...
I've tried different Tcp recieve values and stayed with the above, as it was the fastest i could get.... If it matters iam using the link speed & duplex at 100mbps half duplex... As the full duplex trashed my speed in half.
That's about the extent of my annoying issues..... I regularly play with my ps3 online, and have no issues.... My actual download speed maxed on bit torrent, the playstation or from a good server through a browser download, is always around 1.1mb .... per second...
Looking at everyone else on 20mb, and the people from my area from the other post, they are all getting what they should near enough which is double my speed, practically on the 20mb mark..... Iam getting half of that....
If anyone can help me here it would be greatly appreciated obviously!!! I can live with bit torrent d/c me... I can live with pausing and resuming browser downloads.... But i can't live with having half the speed iam paying for.
Any help would be great! By the way i use that same modem for both my ps3 and on my pc, not on a network, no router, no wireless anything, just direct ethernet lead from modem to pc / console.... Same speed on both.
Could this be the modem chugging on old age?
Could it be an issue for me to contact virgin about?
Could it be settings on my pc for the speed?
Could it be my bandwidth being murdered by virgin because of there restriction things???
Btw... I don't excessively download.... Somedays i get a couple gigs.... Some weeks i go without using at all when iam away.... My regular usage would be pretty low every single day unless playing the playstation games uses a lot.... The only exception being when i download a game or demo with the playstation... But that's rare and usually around a 1gb ish in size... I make sure i don't download several gigs in one day, hoping i don't get the bandwidth cut, as iam not sure on the amount your aloud before it kicks in.
Just to point out, no matter what time of day.... Like now i've tested the speed a few times between 1am and nearly 2am now.......
I have noticed a couple of times the speedtest shows my speed jump to 13mb at the start, then instantly fall below 10mb...
Well i think that's everything, thanks a lot for taking the time to read my post,
Regards,
Steph.