50mb Speed Test Thread...

[PowerUser]

Hey all

Mine isn't being installed until tuesday so until then
i'd like to know what other users have experianced with it..

So please could you post them so I can see what results people are
getting...

Speedtest.net or thinkbroadband are ok

Cheers

[co103]

My results have varied from 30mb to 49mb on speedtest.net. I even had one reult when I tested to Dublin and got 50131 :) whoa ! I will try and post them from home.

[PowerUser]

My results have varied from 30mb to 49mb on speedtest.net. I even had one reult when I tested to Dublin and got 50131 :) whoa ! I will try and post them from home.

;)

[Kymmy]

VM officially states that the ONLY speedtest that can cope with 50Mb is thinkbroadband, Speedtest.net they say is fine for 20Mb or less

[broadbandking]

If you look at my sig your see my results normally I get 47 - 50Mb so all good here

[Paul]

Can a few people on 50M please post the results from our own speedtest ;

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/speed.php

And also this one ;

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/speed50.php

I'm curious how well they perform.

Thanks.

[kevinanderson4]

was upgraded to 50mb this afternoon, so far results are all over the place!! speeds fluctuating all the time ranging from 2mb to 46mb. here's my last result after rebooting the modem
http://www.speedtest.net/result/414208644.png
While tech was here he phoned up tech support to check the speed they told him to use this ip address 80.0.239.14 which if you go to is the virgin 50mb speed checker. Speedtest is showing 29mb but virgin test is showing 46mb so not sure which one is more accurate?

[PowerUser]

If you look at my sig your see my results normally I get 47 - 50Mb so all good here

Wow is that really 1.6 Mb/s upload!...Or have I read that wrong

[Pushkar]

Can a few people on 50M please post the results from our own speedtest ;

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/speed.php

And also this one ;

http://www.cableforum.co.uk/board/speed50.php

I'm curious how well they perform.

Thanks.


Number 1:

Test 1: 1024K took 208 ms = 4923.1 KB/sec, approx 40566 Kbps, 39.62 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 222 ms = 4612.6 KB/sec, approx 38008 Kbps, 37.12 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 232 ms = 4413.8 KB/sec, approx 36370 Kbps, 35.52 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 531 ms = 3856.9 KB/sec, approx 31781 Kbps, 31.04 Mbps

Number 2:

Test 1: 2048K took 654 ms = 3131.5 KB/sec, approx 25303 Kbps, 24.71 Mbps
Test 2: 2048K took 570 ms = 3593 KB/sec, approx 29031 Kbps, 28.35 Mbps
Test 3: 4096K took 1848 ms = 2216.5 KB/sec, approx 17909 Kbps, 17.49 Mbps
Test 4: 4096K took 1806 ms = 2268 KB/sec, approx 18325 Kbps, 17.9 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 22642 Kbps, 22.11 Mbps

The new one is worser off, and to prove it's not just the time of day: https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2009/02/18.png

[Noggo]

why not try Virgin Media one at: http://www.vmpilot.net/
Have notice some of the locations are usernsname / password protected

should get something like this

Download #1
------------------------------------------------------------------
File size transferred : 100.0 MB (104857600 bytes)
Total time taken : 48.48 seconds (48484 milliseconds)
Throughput : 2162.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second]
= 2.16 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second]
= 17296.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second]
= 17.3 Mbps [Megabit-per-second]

[g0mit]

this is mine

File size transferred : 100.0 MB (104857600 bytes)
Total time taken : 17.31 seconds (17312 milliseconds)
Throughput : 6056.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second]
= 6.06 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second]
= 48448.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second]
= 48.45 Mbps [Megabit-per-second]

[broadbandking]

Wow is that really 1.6 Mb/s upload!...Or have I read that wrong

Yeah that 1.6Mbit upload

[anduin]

My 50mb got installed today ..

playing wirelessly at the minute through the supplied stuff from VM...

speeds good, varying from:


https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2009/02/14.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

to


https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2009/02/15.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

and thereabouts :)

[the porter]

i had mine installed yesterday too

File size transferred : 100.0 MB (104857600 bytes)
Total time taken : 45.11 seconds (45111 milliseconds)
Throughput : 2324.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second]
= 2.32 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second]
= 18592.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second]
= 18.59 Mbps [Megabit-per-second]

this is mine wirelessly evidently its a known problem which netgear are working on which i should of been informed of before install so im not really impressed at the mo

[PowerUser]

I know Virgin Media Tecs don't support speed tests/claims from outside there network but I've never had a single problem from Giganews..So I put my new 50mbit to the test..

As you can see I'm over the moon with it...5.90MB/s and stable for 4 mins

http://img261.imageshack.us/my.php?image=giganews50mbit.jpg

File size transferred : 100.0 MB (104857600 bytes)
Total time taken : 18.13 seconds (18125 milliseconds)
Throughput : 5785.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second]
= 5.78 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second]
= 46280.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second]
= 46.28 Mbps [Megabit-per-second]

[HSp8]

File size transferred : 100.0 MB (104857600 bytes)
Total time taken : 37.47 seconds (37469 milliseconds)
Throughput : 2798.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second]
= 2.8 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second]
= 22384.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second]
= 22.38 Mbps [Megabit-per-second]


but just downloaded 4.5 gig file from Astraweb, which shows fairly constant of 42Mb - think I'll go with my newsgroup provider's results

[telfordcable]

what is the username and password on vmpilot ?

[Jonathan90]

Same used to use that one was good but now they put username and password anyone know it?

[Ignitionnet]

It's a secret, Joe Public isn't supposed to have access to it I'm afraid. The servers aren't that high capacity and when customers had open access to them they were bogging them down so engineers weren't able to get accurate results when doing installs.

[telfordcable]

my speed had drop from 50.67Mbps down to 1.21Mbps and staying there for 15 minutes now. Not happy now :(

Just done 5Gb so far (1 x windows 7 32 bit 2.47gb and 1 x windows 7 64 bit 2.67gb)

[Jonathan90]

Capped fail. lol upload speed?

[telfordcable]

still 1.60Mb upload but 1.34Mb download (I can't believe it as I think they throttling after large downloading etc)

[Jonathan90]

Obv doesn't drop 48 megabits just like that.

[telfordcable]

Ok I had 50 Meg so far since Friday, it was up and down speed at all times

Fri 10am to 2pm 50 Mb down to 2Mb
Fri 2pm to 9pm 50Mb down to 13Mb
Fri 9pm to Sat 9am 50Mb down to 40Mb
Sat 9am to 3pm 50Mb down to 11Mb
Sat 3pm to 9pm 50Mb down to 34Mb
Sat 9pm to Sun 9am 50Mb down to 12Mb
Sun 9am to 3pm 50Mb down to 3Mb
Sun 3pm to now 50Mb down to 27Mb

So, it not fully 50Mb at all (speed varies from 50Mb down to 2Mb) Downloading so far since friday is 17Gb.

[Pushkar]

Ok I had 50 Meg so far since Friday, it was up and down speed at all times

Fri 10am to 2pm 50 Mb down to 2Mb
Fri 2pm to 9pm 50Mb down to 13Mb
Fri 9pm to Sat 9am 50Mb down to 40Mb
Sat 9am to 3pm 50Mb down to 11Mb
Sat 3pm to 9pm 50Mb down to 34Mb
Sat 9pm to Sun 9am 50Mb down to 12Mb
Sun 9am to 3pm 50Mb down to 3Mb
Sun 3pm to now 50Mb down to 27Mb

So, it not fully 50Mb at all (speed varies from 50Mb down to 2Mb) Downloading so far since friday is 17Gb.

What have you been downloading? :monkey:

[Sirius]

Ok I had 50 Meg so far since Friday, it was up and down speed at all times

SNIP


So, it not fully 50Mb at all (speed varies from 50Mb down to 2Mb) Downloading so far since friday is 17Gb.

Now if you were in Warrington you would get this all the time.

BTW at least 35 gig this week.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2009/04/31.png

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2009/04/32.png

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2009/04/33.png

So by my reckoning as near 50 meg as you can get on a contended service

[Ignitionnet]

Now if you were in Warrington you would get this all the time.

BTW at least 35 gig this week.

So by my reckoning as near 50 meg as you can get on a contended service

Yes, well, some areas (Warrington) did have months spent on them cleaning them up, some just had a sweep with no real noise busting and a hope for the best ;) Warrington is a long way from typical but I'm sure that there are people even in Warrington with issues too, one has posted on here.

OTOH there is no promise of high speeds all the time. It is a contended service, that said sub-5M performance goes a tad beyond having contention as an excuse, especially on a brand new service. IMHO sub-20Mbit even on the 50Mbit mother of all broadband, etc, etc, is extracting the urine though not impossible given the rushed and half arsed rollout that has been forced. It really doesn't bode well on a platform that should be pretty underused given that it's brand new.

[roughbeast]

Been away on my hols. It looks like the Derby server has been sorted out. I've averaged 46.22mb since Saturday.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2009/04/29.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[glenn.xyz]

Just had 50Mb installed, now I'm getting what I should have had on my 20Mb connection (~17Mbps)

I think I'll cancel.

I'm in Poole BTW. Anyone else in the area with similiar speed issues?

[shiwayb]

Meh my speeds fluctauate from 1 - 51 Mb.


Usually around 20 - 40.

Think Broadband says i get 22 Mb.


Speedtest says 40 - 51.


Downloads (using Internet Download Manager) keeps the speeds stable at 45 - 50 Mb.


So if you are gettung speed fluctuations install that and it should help.

---------- Post added at 18:58 ---------- Previous post was at 18:58 ----------

Been away on my hols. It looks like the Derby server has been sorted out. I've averaged 46.22mb since Saturday.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2009/04/29.png (http://www.speedtest.net)


Your Ping is EXTREMELY HIGH.

I get 10 ping to Amsterdam which is 300 Miles away.

[glenn.xyz]

Just tested a download using giganews, now I'm getting about ~41Mbps sustained. Seems to be erratic during the day, which is a shame seeing that's when I use it the most.

I think I'll still go back to 20Mbps and wait for fibre city to wire up my toilet.

[roughbeast]

Don't be surprised if you get different speed test results from different test outfits and different servers. Speed testing is a very inexact science. Latency tests are even worse unless you ping from the command prompt. The speedtest.net ping test is Java applet based, so your apparent latency is more to do with how fast your PC runs.

The test site that gives me the most consistent results over time is http://www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk/ I have never had a reading of less than 45mb from this server and never over 52mb.

Glen.xyz who is getting 17mb on a 50mb connection sounds very unlucky. Either he is testing speed at a crap server or he needs to connect through ethernet cable to his router. The wireless link provided by VM is pretty poor. 17mb sounds about right for that.


Download Failed (1) (http://www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk)


https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2009/04/28.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[glenn.xyz]

Thanks for the response. Rebooted everything, took a chill pill and now even on wireless I'm getting 30Mbps. On a wired connection 47Mbps.

I'm feeling a little better now.

Thanks for the support.

[shiwayb]

Don't be surprised if you get different speed test results from different test outfits and different servers. Speed testing is a very inexact science. Latency tests are even worse unless you ping from the command prompt. The speedtest.net ping test is Java applet based, so your apparent latency is more to do with how fast your PC runs.

The test site that gives me the most consistent results over time is http://www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk/ I have never had a reading of less than 45mb from this server and never over 52mb.

Glen.xyz who is getting 17mb on a 50mb connection sounds very unlucky. Either he is testing speed at a crap server or he needs to connect through ethernet cable to his router. The wireless link provided by VM is pretty poor. 17mb sounds about right for that.


http://www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk/results/03566424.png (http://www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk)


https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2009/04/28.png (http://www.speedtest.net)




How do you change your network card settings to full duplex?

(Im On Windows Vista).

[roughbeast]

How do you change your network card settings to full duplex?

(Im On Windows Vista).


I think it is about the same as XP.

Go to your local area network connection. You can find this in control panel/network connections. Click on it. Click on Properties. At the top of the box should be listed your ethernet card, eg Realtek in my case. Click on Configure. Select Advanced.

Highlight speed @ duplex in the properties box. You will probably be on Auto Negotiation. If you are already getting 100mps connection then leave it at that. If not, select Full Duplex 100mps. Click on OK and then confirm through after that. You may have to reboot.

I take no responsibility for total loss of connection etc. ;)

[leexgx]

Thanks for the response. Rebooted everything, took a chill pill and now even on wireless I'm getting 30Mbps. On a wired connection 47Mbps.

I'm feeling a little better now.

Thanks for the support.

set the wireless to WPA2 mode and you should get full download speed as long as you are useing an Pre-n device like the one that comes with the router, some laptops have it as well

there are still some issues with 50mb that drops speeds to 2-3mb (200-300KB/s) + lots of packet loss

[ricke17]

Got upgraded today,

There's a drop of 10 megs via wifi so am connecting via ethernet.

Here's my speeds:

http://premium1.uploadit.org/ricke17//speed.jpg

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2009/04/25.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

http://premium1.uploadit.org/ricke17//Image1.jpg

Any thoughts re. the drop in wifi speed?

Rick.

[gungygussit]

Beat this!

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2009/04/18.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2009/04/19.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

In fairness, there is a fault with my connection... Upgraded from 20mb to 50mb on Thursday, speed was fine at first - Now my speed is up and down like a hooker on crack, and my cable modem keeps losing it's external connection...fun, I'm so happy to have forked out £80 for a ten minute installation, and then have to wait 5 days for an engineer to come out, on top of the part where they booked the engineer for the wrong day, so I had to take two days off work.

I'm not letting go of their throats until I get six months free, wish me luck.

[roughbeast]

In fairness, there is a fault with my connection... Upgraded from 20mb to 50mb on Thursday, speed was fine at first - Now my speed is up and down like a hooker on crack, and my cable modem keeps losing it's external connection...fun, I'm so happy to have forked out £80 for a ten minute installation, and then have to wait 5 days for an engineer to come out, on top of the part where they booked the engineer for the wrong day, so I had to take two days off work.

I'm not letting go of their throats until I get six months free, wish me luck.


Sorry to hear of your problems. Does the fact that you are on a Telewest ISP suggest that your 50mb is being run on old kit?

Anyway. I have only one problem with your submission. You didn't pursue your lovely 'hooker' simile to a metaphorical conclusion. I would be asking for a hooker on lithium, free for 6 months.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2009/04/17.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Ignitionnet]

Sorry to hear of your problems. Does the fact that you are on a Telewest ISP suggest that your 50mb is being run on old kit?

There is no 50Mbit service run on old kit and it just means that the IP ranges on that CMTS are from an IP range still registered to Telewest, not Virgin. I think Speedtest.net use geolocation to find who owns IP addresses, in my own case for example:

inetnum: 82.43.120.0 - 82.43.127.255
netname: BROADBANDAUDIT
descr: BROADBAND CROY UBR02MORT

Advertised to the outside world as the following:

route: 82.32.0.0/12
descr: Telewest Broadband
descr: UK Broadband ISP

route: 82.43.112.0/20
descr: Virgin Media
descr: UK Broadband ISP

Not entirely sure why there's 2 routes there, perhaps one is for internal use as the rest of the world as far as I know just sees 82.32.0.0/12 as it should be.

The new IP range for the shiny new CMTS 05 in this area will also show as Telewest Broadband:

route: 77.96.0.0/13
descr: Telewest Broadband

[telfordcable]

my 50Mb is still steady at 50.79Mbps and 1.61Mbps. Downloading at 6.1Mb transfer rate.

[gungygussit]

Hi Rough, it is true what broadbandings said, they replaced my old 20mb kit (only a cable modem) with the new 50mb version, although on another metaphorical side note I'd be much happier with a dead hooker, previously employed by Virgin Media to head up the customer satisfaction department. At least I'd be somewhat satisfied.

I've been looking at the event logs and operation config on the modem itself, and keep getting this:

Time Not Established Time Not Established Critical (3) Unicast Ranging Received Abort Response - initializing MAC;CM-MAC=[Mod Edit (Rob M)];CMTS-MAC=[Mod Edit (Rob M)];CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;

That's only started happening since yesterday.

Also, when I loose my external connection the operation config tab shows:

General Configuration
Network Access : Allowed
Maximum Number of CPEs : 1
Baseline Privacy : Enabled
DOCSIS Mode : DOCSIS 3.0
Config File : 9873254k;fg87dsfd;k

Primary Downstream Service Flow
Error!

Primary Upstream Service Flow
Error!

I have tried everything with it, so I think there is some other major fault with my configuration that they are not telling me about...

[Maggy]

my 50Mb is still steady at 50.79Mbps and 1.61Mbps. Downloading at 6.1Mb transfer rate.

Is that on Virgin Media? :erm:

[Peter_]

Is that on Virgin Media? :erm:
He went "BACK AGAIN" after allegedly leaving Virginmedia and cancelling everything by the way!!

[Jonathan90]

Lol i had had respect for telfordcable no is all lost lol what a noob. :)

[roughbeast]

Hi Rough, it is true what broadbandings said, they replaced my old 20mb kit (only a cable modem) with the new 50mb version, although on another metaphorical side note I'd be much happier with a dead hooker, previously employed by Virgin Media to head up the customer satisfaction department. At least I'd be somewhat satisfied.

I've been looking at the event logs and operation config on the modem itself, and keep getting this:

Time Not Established Time Not Established Critical (3) Unicast Ranging Received Abort Response - initializing MAC;CM-MAC=[Mod Edit (Rob M)];CMTS-MAC=[Mod Edit (Rob M)];CM-QOS=1.1;CM-VER=3.0;

That's only started happening since yesterday.

Also, when I loose my external connection the operation config tab shows:

General Configuration
Network Access : Allowed
Maximum Number of CPEs : 1
Baseline Privacy : Enabled
DOCSIS Mode : DOCSIS 3.0
Config File : 9873254k;fg87dsfd;k

Primary Downstream Service Flow
Error!

Primary Upstream Service Flow
Error!

I have tried everything with it, so I think there is some other major fault with my configuration that they are not telling me about...

Broadbandings was talking about your area kit. I thing he has refuted a myth that new requirements of speed are being run on old malfunctioning gear. Your modem and router are of course new equipment, or at least they should have supplied those.

Have you checked your cable modem config on http://192.168.100.1 ? There you will be able to identify what speed your up and downstream are set at and whether or not DOCSIS 3.0 is properly enabled.

It might also be worth checking that your n-Router is properly set up on http://192.168.1.1/ The engineer should have checked, for instance, that the most recent firmware has been installed.

Other than that I can't help. I hope the engineer does the trick for you and that he / she isn't as crap as my installer.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2009/04/15.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Sirius]

Lol i had had respect for telfordcable no is all lost lol what a noob. :)

:LOL:

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2009/04/14.png

[frogstamper]

Is that on Virgin Media? :erm:

He went "BACK AGAIN" after allegedly leaving Virginmedia and cancelling everything by the way!!

Lol i had had respect for telfordcable no is all lost lol what a noob. :)

:LOL:

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2009/04/14.png

Your all forgetting that Telfordcable was the first to inform us on this site the "new colours" for stm;)
If you remember this was at great risk to "best-mates" job:)
Where else can you find out in advance this kind of cutting edge info?
I'm still hoping for red on the 20mb service.:D

[gungygussit]

Hi Rough, yeah sorry, wrong end of the stick - I would have assumed that if I can frequently get 50mb then the proper infrastructure is in place, unless it's just a fluke?, unlikely though...

I checked the frequencies for up/down stream, they're set to 299.001343 MHz / 37.504002 MHz

And according to the config page, the cable modem is docsis 1/2/3 compliant, and that it's currently docsis 3.0 enabled/allowed.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2009/04/13.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

On a side note, I have my own router (D-Link one) but I've pretty much written that off as the problem, as the problem still occurs the same even if I plug the cable modem directly into the PC, so lets hope the engineer does the trick...

Cheers

[Raistlin]

Hi gungygussit,

I've removed the MAC addresses from your post above - never a good idea to post them on a public forum.

[Ignitionnet]

Just a quick note - the CMTS MAC is perfectly harmless to be on forum posts - saves you a small job in future Rob.

To be honest the MAC address of the modem 'should' be safe, whether it is or not is of course somewhat different.

[gungygussit]

Thanks Rob, wasn't paying any attention.

[gungygussit]

Hi guys, the engineer came - Took a look, couldn't find any immediate faults, he did a signal check of my cable and confirmed it was receiving a full signal.

We tried to get on the virgin speed test page and failed cause my java r deadified, so we used a laptop with a 10/100 card, worked fine and downloaded fairly fast - I was able to download at 6,000 using UseNet without any issues (plugged in directly to my pc)

Since I got home from work it's been fine, no connection drops - stable lights etc, so the engineer left and gave me his mob incase it dies again.

Since I plugged the CM back into my d-link dir655...my god, the maximum I can download is at 4,500 kb/ps which is pretty crap considering this router is fairly good and is 10/100/1000 compliant (entire 1gigabit network) using cat5e cables galore.

So I've opened a ticket with D-Link, the engineer also did some TCP/IP Optimization thing, as to what's wrong with the router....no idea - any suggestions?

Configured mostly as default for now,

Cheers

[Turkey Machine]

Get shot of the router and use something better - Linksys, Draytek or Netgear.

[Ignitionnet]

Get shot of the router and use something better - Linksys, Draytek or Netgear.

Hmm.

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/content/view/30087/96/1/3/

Easily capable of 50Mbit routing throughput.

http://www.smallnetbuilder.com/component/option,com_chart/Itemid,189/

None of the brands you mentioned come close in throughput - router might be faulty but should be more than capable.

[gungygussit]

Well, although we couldn't reproduce the errors it was all looking good...

Up until about 7:30 when my connection perished, since then it's been going on and off every few minutes, it's slowed down a bit now and its lasting about ten minutes at a time (hurrah, well worth the money now)...getting about 3,500kbps from demonNews SSL (fail), as opposed to my mate about ten miles away downloading at 6,100kbps the git.

I wouldn't say my router is incapable of decent speeds, it certainly does the job for the gigabit ethernet, it's streaming 50gb blurays to 3 different laptops at the moment from the NAS, seems to handle that okay (and yes I've tested again whilst those streams weren't running, no improvement).

I've been running download tests from the VM 50mb test website, and it's just random crap, take a look at some of these:

4 x 100mb Test:

Download #1
------------------------------------------------------------------
File size transferred : 100.0 MB (104857600 bytes)
Total time taken : 21.85 seconds (21852 milliseconds)
Throughput : 4798.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second]
= 4.8 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second]
= 38384.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second]
= 38.38 Mbps [Megabit-per-second]

Download #2
------------------------------------------------------------------
File size transferred : 100.0 MB (104857600 bytes)
Total time taken : 34.18 seconds (34183 milliseconds)
Throughput : 3067.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second]
= 3.07 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second]
= 24536.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second]
= 24.54 Mbps [Megabit-per-second]

Download #3
------------------------------------------------------------------
File size transferred : 100.0 MB (104857600 bytes)
Total time taken : 25.24 seconds (25240 milliseconds)
Throughput : 4154.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second]
= 4.15 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second]
= 33232.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second]
= 33.23 Mbps [Megabit-per-second]

Download #4
------------------------------------------------------------------
File size transferred : 100.0 MB (104857600 bytes)
Total time taken : 31.45 seconds (31446 milliseconds)
Throughput : 3334.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second]
= 3.33 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second]
= 26672.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second]
= 26.67 Mbps [Megabit-per-second]






Then

Download #5
------------------------------------------------------------------
File size transferred : 100.0 MB (104857600 bytes)
Total time taken : 26.79 seconds (26791 milliseconds)
Throughput : 3913.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second]
= 3.91 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second]
= 31304.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second]
= 31.3 Mbps [Megabit-per-second]

Download #6
------------------------------------------------------------------
File size transferred : 1.0 MB (1048576 bytes)
Total time taken : 0.47 seconds (472 milliseconds)
Throughput : 2221.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second]
= 2.22 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second]
= 17768.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second]
= 17.77 Mbps [Megabit-per-second]

Download #7
------------------------------------------------------------------
File size transferred : 1.0 MB (1048576 bytes)
Total time taken : 3.05 seconds (3052 milliseconds)
Throughput : 343.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second]
= 0.34 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second]
= 2744.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second]
= 2.74 Mbps [Megabit-per-second]

Download #8
------------------------------------------------------------------
File size transferred : 1.0 MB (1048576 bytes)
Total time taken : 0.58 seconds (577 milliseconds)
Throughput : 1817.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second]
= 1.82 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second]
= 14536.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second]
= 14.54 Mbps [Megabit-per-second]

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Download #15
------------------------------------------------------------------
File size transferred : 1.0 MB (1048576 bytes)
Total time taken : 0.47 seconds (466 milliseconds)
Throughput : 2250.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second]
= 2.25 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second]
= 18000.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second]
= 18.0 Mbps [Megabit-per-second]

Download #16
------------------------------------------------------------------
File size transferred : 1.0 MB (1048576 bytes)
Total time taken : 2.85 seconds (2850 milliseconds)
Throughput : 367.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second]
= 0.37 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second]
= 2936.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second]
= 2.94 Mbps [Megabit-per-second]

Download #17
------------------------------------------------------------------
File size transferred : 1.0 MB (1048576 bytes)
Total time taken : 0.5 seconds (499 milliseconds)
Throughput : 2101.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second]
= 2.1 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second]
= 16808.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second]
= 16.81 Mbps [Megabit-per-second]

Download #18
------------------------------------------------------------------
File size transferred : 1.0 MB (1048576 bytes)
Total time taken : 1.06 seconds (1062 milliseconds)
Throughput : 987.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second]
= 0.99 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second]
= 7896.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second]
= 7.9 Mbps [Megabit-per-second]

Download #19
------------------------------------------------------------------
File size transferred : 1.0 MB (1048576 bytes)
Total time taken : 1.19 seconds (1194 milliseconds)
Throughput : 878.0 KB/sec [Kilobyte-per-second]
= 0.88 MB/sec [Megabyte-per-second]
= 7024.0 Kbps [Kilobit-per-second]
= 7.02 Mbps [Megabit-per-second]








This sort of correlates back to my speedtest.net results, up and down - left right and center, the engineer is going to escelate to a senior techy apparently, reassuring now I've been without stable internet for 5 days....

[monkey2468]

For most of those tests you are only downloading a 1Mb file which will not give accurate results.

[Ignitionnet]

See what VM can say really perhaps try to eliminate the router totally from the equation just incase.

In the interim I understand Blu-rays are available from http://www.amazon.co.uk and http://www.play.com amongst others.

[gungygussit]

Broadbandings, you misinterpret what I say, I said I was streaming BD's from my NAS.

I own about 50 BD's, and I rip them to the NAS so i don't have to buy loads of bluray players, not to mention my brother destroying my disks.

Monkey, would 10x 100mb tests be sufficient?, I can do more if need be

Cheers

[Ignitionnet]

Broadbandings, you misinterpret what I say, I said I was streaming BD's from my NAS.

I own about 50 BD's, and I rip them to the NAS so i don't have to buy loads of bluray players, not to mention my brother destroying my disks.

Monkey, would 10x 100mb tests be sufficient?, I can do more if need be

Cheers

Oki.

Doing endless speedtests won't really do much for you. You could try http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest.html it's VM approved.

If VM are happy you've a speed issue then you've a speed issue.

[Rik]

In the interim I understand Blu-rays are available from http://www.amazon.co.uk and http://www.play.com amongst others.

I cant see the Linux Bluray Discs tho Broadbandings? :D

[Ignitionnet]

I cant see the Linux Bluray Discs tho Broadbandings? :D

Shoo digital hermit! :)

[mogster]

ok there are meny factors to speed issues
to meny real time protection things are runnning if you have windows defender on turn this off and use avira free antivrius and this cover spyware and malware and viruses and torjens
also can use superantispyware free adittion i say free one as the free one has real time protection automaticly disabled wtich is what your wont for speed and it is only a back up incase anything gets past avira witch has real time protection should scann with both once a week
if you dont know were windows defeneder is just typ windows defender in search/program files look up i garentee if you do them 2 things you will get full speed that is availble to you basikly too meny cups spoile the broth saying is true when you have too meny real time protections running and too meny things eating your system rescorses avira is light on your system and still offers good realtime protection
second thing that could play apart is how far you are from virgin medias points but this should only efect you buy 9mb max if on 50mb conection so if you live far away from virgins point porbly reseve 41mb
and last thing is to use eather londons or kingstons server on speedtest.net and these are the only real reliable severs for uk speed testing at this time
to porve what i say is true heres a speed test resulthttps://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2010/05/29.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
as you can see its 45mb but im told that i am pritty far from nearest virgins point
like i say i had magour problem b4 doing these settings and programs with my 50mb seeed was getting around 2.6mb's witch converted is about 26mb conection try them settings and only use them programs and see for your self what the resluts are

[pip08456]

mogster you are quite correct as to many factors affecting speed issues. What works for you is good but by no means the only way. That being said, the basis of your post is correct, it would just be easier if it didn't have to be translated to be able to understand it.

I don't use any of the programmes you talk about, all mine are bought and paid for, but for the ordinary person what you say is good advice.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2010/05/28.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[mogster]

yeah you are correct there not the only porgrams but i was basikly just trying to provide free alteritives to payfor programs that i had tested and work well together and will not leave you open for security risk
basikly was saying
1 make sure you dont have meny real time protection programs running and windows defender real time protection takes alot of speed from you overall speed try and make sure you use 1 real time protection program
2 make sure the programs you do use are light wait programs because if you use alot of system resorces that will effect your speed too
3 if your far way from virgins point you will get a speed drop up to 9mb= 41mb max on 50mb conection
4 make sure you clean your temp internet files and junk files in recycal bin ccleaner is good for that

with that said and done i allso forgot to add on the other post for firewall i use windows firewall as it has gone up in the market from what it used to be and pritty effective now firewalls can allso effect you speed depending on intencaty and compony anyway if you follow them programs i said and disable windows defender you should beable to acheve you max possable speed and have protection for free

[pythagoras]

http://www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk/results/30064381.png (http://www.mybroadbandspeed.co.uk)

[roughbeast]

A little birdy tells me that 200mbs trials are just about to start in Coventry. Shhhhh. ;)