looselipsuk
24-02-2009, 15:03
Hoping somebody can point me in the right direction here.
Am on 20MB connection and all has been well for some time.
Recently have been getting wild fluctuations with downstream speed.
Only use speed tests as a very rough guide but here is what is happening.
Boot PC and check speed. This ranges between 3 - 4MB download.
Power off modem and power back on and let settle.
Test speed and back up to around 18MB. After a short while speed drops back again until I reboot modem. Sometimes improves during the day by itself.
Tested again this morning about 10 o'clock and still doing the same.
Am running Vista but also have XP installed on a second drive and get same results using that.
Modem is an NTL200 and all signal levels are as they should be. PC is hard wired to modem so no router involved.
Am not using P2P and PC is virus and malware free.
Any help and suggestions would be much appreciated.
Am on 20MB connection and all has been well for some time.
Recently have been getting wild fluctuations with downstream speed.
Only use speed tests as a very rough guide but here is what is happening.
Boot PC and check speed. This ranges between 3 - 4MB download.
Power off modem and power back on and let settle.
Test speed and back up to around 18MB. After a short while speed drops back again until I reboot modem. Sometimes improves during the day by itself.
Tested again this morning about 10 o'clock and still doing the same.
Am running Vista but also have XP installed on a second drive and get same results using that.
Modem is an NTL200 and all signal levels are as they should be. PC is hard wired to modem so no router involved.
Am not using P2P and PC is virus and malware free.
Any help and suggestions would be much appreciated.