Whats Happend to the speed

[chrome]

hi there , anyone else having speed issues, 20 meg here in st1 area stoke on trent only getting this. been like this for a few hours now

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:01:58 UTC

Test 1: 1024K took 1235 ms = 829.1 KB/sec, approx 6832 Kbps, 6.67 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 1375 ms = 744.7 KB/sec, approx 6136 Kbps, 5.99 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 1156 ms = 885.8 KB/sec, approx 7299 Kbps, 7.13 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 2406 ms = 851.2 KB/sec, approx 7014 Kbps, 6.85 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 6820 Kbps, 6.66 Mbps

[Welshchris]

have u downloaded a lot if so u could have been STM'd.

It could be worth a go posting on the newsgroups to see if theres any probs.

[Noggo]

Wouldn't it be 5Mbps or just below if it was STM. A good indicator of STM is to check your upload speed. If it's around 700 kbps you're NOT STM'd and it's probably a fault or just high load on the UBR. Now if it's around 180ish kbps you're STM'd, try scheduling your downloads / upload a little better. For traffic management times and limits look here (http://allyours.virginmedia.com/html/internet/traffic.html)

Like this from www.speedtest.net:
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2009/03/39.png


Up and coming outages for Stoke (I'm assuming it's Stoke-on-Trent and not Stoke, North Devon :)) due to planned maintenance (I'm guessing 50Meg upgrade work) click here for details (http://status-cable.virginmedia.com/vmstatus/maintenanceissue.do;jsessionid=7342BE412C9199AE494 2D7FD4B642786.know-cdpapp1-2b:28009?ticket=160309)

[Ignitionnet]

Tis not 50Mbit work it's some general HFC maintenance and upgrade work. Should see improved signal quality once it's done.

[caph]

hi there , anyone else having speed issues, 20 meg here in st1 area stoke on trent only getting this. been like this for a few hours now

Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:01:58 UTC

Test 1: 1024K took 1235 ms = 829.1 KB/sec, approx 6832 Kbps, 6.67 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 1375 ms = 744.7 KB/sec, approx 6136 Kbps, 5.99 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 1156 ms = 885.8 KB/sec, approx 7299 Kbps, 7.13 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 2406 ms = 851.2 KB/sec, approx 7014 Kbps, 6.85 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 6820 Kbps, 6.66 Mbps

OK, OK, no need to rub it in. Some of us 20Mb customers only dream of getting those sorts of speeds!

Actually, I take it back, I just speed tested to paste my usual 1 - 3 Mb speeds (90% of the time since Christmas) and I'm testing at slightly under 20Mb. Top speed since Christmas was a one off of 13Mb. I swear Virgin are trying to make me look stupid! I'm not getting my hopes up though, Virgin did this to me for a full week at Christmas before my speeds nosedived again to normal sub 2Mb levels.

[scoobydoo[uk]]

Mines fine in stoke this morning...

Sun, 15 Mar 2009 12:17:44 GMT

Test 1: 1024K took 457 ms = 2240.7 KB/sec, approx 18463 Kbps, 18.03 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 431 ms = 2375.9 KB/sec, approx 19577 Kbps, 19.12 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 441 ms = 2322 KB/sec, approx 19133 Kbps, 18.68 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 915 ms = 2238.3 KB/sec, approx 18444 Kbps, 18.01 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 18904 Kbps, 18.46 Mbps