Thinkbroadband speed test improved [Archive]

roughbeast

27-05-2011, 17:41

I have long complained about Thinkbroadband's speedtest because of its inaccurate measurements for VM. They told me this was because of the poor connection to the VM provided for them by VM. There seems to be an improvement, at least up to 50Mb.

I now get a consistent 46Mb from their tester, compared with <20Mb previously. Why is this good news? Well, the reason for my complaint was that VM was always poorly represented in the speed leagues and on their broadband maps. Now we have a chance, if we are so inclined, to redress the balance by getting in a few good tests and boost VM's stats. After all, TBB is used for information by prospective ISP customers. I hated seeing VM outstripped by BT sats!!

Here you can see that I have been busy putting the record right! TBB Map (http://maps.thinkbroadband.com/?utm_source=mainsite&utm_medium=banner&utm_campaign=maps&utm_content=speedtest#!lat=52.39646585608065&lng=-1.5106903518371562&zoom=15&type=terrain&speed-cluster)

kwikbreaks

27-05-2011, 21:35

I reckon somebody must be standing on the wire between mine and TBB. I've never seen a result approaching 50Mbps there and still don't...

Download Failed (1) (http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/130652830662367424815.html)

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/05/57.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

roughbeast

27-05-2011, 21:43

I reckon somebody must be standing on the wire between mine and TBB. I've never seen a result approaching 50Mbps there and still don't...

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/button/130652830662367424815.png (http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/130652830662367424815.html)

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/05/57.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Damn!! Here's me thinking they have sorted it out universally. Has nobody else noticed an improvement at TBB?

Chrysalis

27-05-2011, 22:12

imranm

27-05-2011, 22:12

no improvements here...

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/button/130653055322861325177.png

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/05/56.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

roughbeast

27-05-2011, 22:46

according to a reply I got back from VM's noc email address, ncuk (tbb) are using a backup link thats depreferenced.

When I posted on tbb's forums they blamed VM initially but then someone on another isp joined in with the same issue and they routed speedtests over a new server, this then fixed VM results, however this was only temp so they may have switched back. Since TBB is a pro adsl site I suspected possible foul play however it could well be due to congested VM transit who knows. There is a way to force speedtests to different TBB servers, tommorow if I have time I will post links.

Thanks. Looking forward to that.

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/button/130653289587692625569.png (http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/130653289587692625569.html)

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/05/55.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

TJS

27-05-2011, 23:57

Download Failed (1) (http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/130653671988192926072.html)

Best i ever get; the flash version is even worse that maxs at like 9 mb/s

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/05/54.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

http://top10.com/broadband/speedtest/ is another appalling one; considering this was intended to show the internet speed of other people on your street; and it seems to max out at about 20 mb/s which i really dont understand; as there is speedtests down the road from me showing 50 or so but when i click them it shows the results were from 2010 which leads me to believe there server capacity isn't enough anymore.

roughbeast

28-05-2011, 01:06

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/button/130653671988192926072.png (http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/130653671988192926072.html)

Best i ever get; the flash version is even worse that maxs at like 9 mb/s

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/05/54.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

http://top10.com/broadband/speedtest/ is another appalling one; considering this was intended to show the internet speed of other people on your street; and it seems to max out at about 20 mb/s which i really dont understand; as there is speedtests down the road from me showing 50 or so but when i click them it shows the results were from 2010 which leads me to believe there server capacity isn't enough anymore.

I got 49.9Mb on the Top10.com tester. I returned similar levels on subsequent tests.

Tbb took pride in their 200Mb test server which they were keen to demonstrate only a year ago. Somehow this capacity was never available to VM users. When I was on the 200Mb trial I never got more than 20Mb at Tbb.

Sirius

28-05-2011, 06:17

Tested at 06:17 this morning

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/button/130655974164627128295.png

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/05/53.png

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/06/99.png (http://www.thinkbroadband.com/ping/share/1f76ea8219f564d958e8d40231520325.html)

TJS

28-05-2011, 09:01

I got 49.9Mb on the Top10.com tester. I returned similar levels on subsequent tests.

Tbb took pride in their 200Mb test server which they were keen to demonstrate only a year ago. Somehow this capacity was never available to VM users. When I was on the 200Mb trial I never got more than 20Mb at Tbb.

strange; never ever got more then 20 mb/s on top10 speedtest or tbb; but other show back the full 50 and a majority of downloads go at 5.5/6 MB/s

kwikbreaks

28-05-2011, 09:10

The actual testers seem to be reporting what they see but they either have too little bandwidth or the transit is bad.

This is a Networkx graph from some tests (the cancelled one as when I somehow managed to start a test against a Norwegian test site)

http://www.kwikbreaks.webspace.virginmedia.com/images/speedtests.jpg

Ignitionnet

28-05-2011, 09:20

Would probably be more relevant if people could post the output of the TBB Traceroute tool (http://www.thinkbroadband.com/tools/traceroute.html) along with their test.

The numbers don't really matter the host is the more interesting bit, see if there's some correlation there performance wise.

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/button/130657074877954529572.png (http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/130657074877954529572.html)

# Host Sent Recvd Best Avg Worst
1 thinkbroadband-gw2.core-rs2.thdo.ncuk.net 15 15 0ms 2ms 3ms
2 gi0-1-10-star1.bdr-rt1.thdo.ncuk.net 15 15 0ms 0ms 0ms
3 gi4-47-10-star1.bdr-rt3.thdo.ncuk.net 15 15 0ms 4ms 67ms
4 linx-gw2.router.ntli.net 15 15 0ms 1ms 8ms
5 brnt-bb-1b-as0-0.network.virginmedia.net 15 15 1ms 3ms 30ms
6 brnt-bb-1b-ae5-0.network.virginmedia.net 15 15 1ms 1ms 9ms
7 brnt-bb-1a-ae0-0.network.virginmedia.net 15 15 1ms 7ms 26ms
9 mort-geam-1a-tenge71.network.virginmedia.net 15 15 2ms 4ms 15ms
10 mort-cmts-06-gigaether-141.network.virginmedia.net 15 15 2ms 4ms 19ms

roughbeast

28-05-2011, 10:03

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/button/130657281257827329874.png (http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/130657281257827329874.html)

OK. So I'm getting decent results from TBB. Here's my trace. How do you get your results so tidy Ignition?

# Host Sent Recvd Best Avg Worst
1 thinkbroadband-gw2.core-rs2.thdo.ncuk.net 15 15 0ms 2ms 6ms
2 gi0-2-10-star1.bdr-rt2.thdo.ncuk.net 15 15 0ms 0ms 0ms
3 gi4-47-10-star1.bdr-rt3.thdo.ncuk.net 15 15 0ms 0ms 0ms
4 linx-gw2.router.ntli.net 15 15 0ms 1ms 2ms
5 brnt-bb-1b-as0-0.network.virginmedia.net 15 15 1ms 1ms 1ms
6 brnt-bb-1b-ae5-0.network.virginmedia.net 15 15 1ms 31ms 197ms
8 brhm-bb-1b-as3-0.network.virginmedia.net 15 15 7ms 9ms 41ms
9 brhm-core-1b-ae1-0.network.virginmedia.net 15 15 8ms 14ms 90ms
10 cove-cmts-12-ge410.network.virginmedia.net 15 15 9ms 9ms 11ms

TJS

28-05-2011, 10:09

# Host Sent Recvd Best Avg Worst
1 thinkbroadband-gw2.core-rs2.thdo.ncuk.net 15 15 1ms 3ms 8ms
2 gi0-1-10-star1.bdr-rt1.thdo.ncuk.net 15 15 0ms 1ms 10ms
3 gi4-47-10-star1.bdr-rt3.thdo.ncuk.net 15 15 0ms 0ms 0ms
4 linx-gw2.router.ntli.net 15 15 0ms 0ms 1ms
5 brnt-bb-1b-as0-0.network.virginmedia.net 15 15 1ms 1ms 1ms
6 brnt-bb-1b-ae5-0.network.virginmedia.net 15 15 1ms 8ms 55ms
8 bagu-core-1a-as0-0.network.virginmedia.net 15 15 7ms 9ms 34ms
9 ----.network.virginmedia.net 15 15 8ms 8ms 8ms
10 ----.cable.virginmedia.com 15 15 14ms 16ms 27ms

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/button/130657346336927129974.png (http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/130657346336927129974.html)

---------- Post added at 10:09 ---------- Previous post was at 10:05 ----------

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/05/52.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Chrysalis

28-05-2011, 12:15

ignition its 'linx-gw2.router.ntli.net' which the NOC told me shouldnt be used and is a backup link on standby.

I have access to dozens of uk servers in various dc's and networks and not a single one of them goes over the same routing as tbb does.

---------- Post added at 12:15 ---------- Previous post was at 12:08 ----------

ok I done just now, the main tester flatlined me max speed in dumeter graph.

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/button/130658104572016231278.png (http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/130658104572016231278.html)

the flash tester was erratic but did hit max speed at the start ended up on 27.34mbit/sec. Before they improved things the flash tester was always faster for me.

couldnt find the info regarding what I said earlier but if I remember right speedtest2 was their fixed server so if thats slow there is still other issues.

Ignitionnet

28-05-2011, 13:07

Can't replicate the slowness here.

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/button/130658428876404031804.png (http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/130658428876404031804.html)

Virtually identical result from Flash.

linx-gw2.router.ntli.net doesn't actually exist. Must be old DNS or some weirdness from TBB's DNS, the actual device is telc-ic-1.network.virginmedia.net and is most certainly not a 'back up'. VM run their LINX ports more than hot enough to not have the luxury of ports as backup links.

Nopanic

28-05-2011, 13:39

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/button/13065862083098532085.png

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/05/48.png

TJS

28-05-2011, 13:45

The think broadband flash test is appalling for me :/ the needle jumps between 6 + 13 MB/s ; but strangely the upload speed is accurate

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/05/46.png
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/05/47.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/button/130658682061579332169.png (http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/130658682061579332169.html)

Skie

28-05-2011, 13:46

Flash gets me 47/4.08. Not running the other one, dont want Java installed (get bored of updating it every other day because of new exploits and it trying to install toolbars each time)

# Host Sent Recvd Best Avg Worst
1 thinkbroadband-gw2.core-rs2.thdo.ncuk.net 15 15 0ms 2ms 5ms
2 gi0-2-10-star1.bdr-rt2.thdo.ncuk.net 15 15 0ms 1ms 17ms
3 gi4-47-10-star1.bdr-rt3.thdo.ncuk.net 15 15 0ms 0ms 0ms
4 linx-gw2.router.ntli.net 15 15 0ms 0ms 0ms
5 brnt-bb-1b-as0-0.network.virginmedia.net 15 15 1ms 1ms 1ms
6 brnt-bb-1b-ae5-0.network.virginmedia.net 15 15 1ms 1ms 1ms
7 leed-bb-1a-as6-0.network.virginmedia.net 15 15 6ms 9ms 24ms
9 live-geam-1a-pc111.network.virginmedia.net 15 15 9ms 10ms 16ms
10 live-cmts-19-ge300.network.virginmedia.net 15 15 9ms 10ms 23ms
11 cpc4-live19.know.cable.virginmedia.com 15 15 15ms 18ms 30ms

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/05/45.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

I should point out that I have QoS on my upload set at just over 4meg

roughbeast

28-05-2011, 14:14

Has anyone with a sharp eye noticed a pattern in the trace readouts yet? It all looks contradictory to me. I'm getting higher latency on VM network sections than anybody else, but satisfactory results on the TBB speed test.

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/button/130658817640331232372.png (http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/130658817640331232372.html)

# Host Sent Recvd Best Avg Worst
1 thinkbroadband-gw2.core-rs2.thdo.ncuk.net 15 15 0ms 3ms 9ms
2 gi0-2-10-star1.bdr-rt2.thdo.ncuk.net 15 15 0ms 0ms 0ms
3 gi4-47-10-star1.bdr-rt3.thdo.ncuk.net 15 15 0ms 7ms 111ms
4 linx-gw2.router.ntli.net 15 15 0ms 0ms 0ms
5 brnt-bb-1b-as0-0.network.virginmedia.net 15 15 1ms 1ms 1ms
6 brnt-bb-1b-ae5-0.network.virginmedia.net 15 15 1ms 3ms 31ms
8 brhm-bb-1b-as3-0.network.virginmedia.net 15 15 7ms 7ms 7ms
9 brhm-core-1b-ae1-0.network.virginmedia.net 15 15 8ms 16ms 107ms
10 cove-cmts-12-ge410.network.virginmedia.net 15 15 9ms 9ms 9ms

Ignitionnet

28-05-2011, 14:42

My results on the test and latency are fine, we are all taking the same path from there.

Maybe it's a different route to/from the speed testers, who knows.

Speedtest1.thinkbroadband.com has a neighbouring IP address to www.thinkbroadband.com, they will take the same route, speedtest2 is on a different subnet so could take a different route if required.

Chrysalis

28-05-2011, 15:30

might explain why I got told it shouldnt be used then :) although not sure then why they would say its depreferenced as well. Possibly some confusion.

before they fixed, speedtest1 was aweful, I got adsl like performance on it.

Ignitionnet

28-05-2011, 16:24

'Depreferencing' just means making traffic less inclined to take that route, doesn't affect traffic on the route.

pip08456

28-05-2011, 16:37

I like the way a VM fanboy thread has disintergrated to a TBB thread!:D:D

TJS

28-05-2011, 17:03

I like the way a VM fanboy thread has disintergrated to a TBB thread!:D:D

How was this in any way; shape or form a fanboy thread?

pip08456

28-05-2011, 17:30

How was this in any way; shape or form a fanboy thread?

Well, the reason for my complaint was that VM was always poorly represented in the speed leagues and on their broadband maps. Now we have a chance, if we are so inclined, to redress the balance by getting in a few good tests and boost VM's stats.

Seems like it to me!:D:D:D

Chrysalis

28-05-2011, 18:37

'Depreferencing' just means making traffic less inclined to take that route, doesn't affect traffic on the route.

I checked some BGP documentation after I was given the phrase.

What I read told me it means it will get used if an alternate route with higher preference is not available. If traffic uses the route regardless of availability then it would suggest the depreferencing is useless :) maybe I have misunderstood it again.

Your old rdns info means I should disable hostname resolving next time I check routes so I can compare the ip's instead of looking for a matching hostname.

roughbeast

28-05-2011, 18:56

How was this in any way; shape or form a fanboy thread?

Yeah! How? :p:
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Originally Posted by roughbeast View Post
Well, the reason for my complaint was that VM was always poorly represented in the speed leagues and on their broadband maps. Now we have a chance, if we are so inclined, to redress the balance by getting in a few good tests and boost VM's stats.

Oh! :o:

craigj2k12

28-05-2011, 19:02

yeah, I have to agree, the thinkbroadband speed test sucks for me, if someone looks at my speedtest they would think im on the 30mb package, and they would be wrong. I can tell im on 50mb because of the upload speed testing at 3.6mb, while the download is at 28mb, they ask you what speed you are supposed to be receiving before the test, so its making VM look bad, as you tell them your expected speed is 50mb and then its tests at 30mb

pip08456

28-05-2011, 20:35

Yeah! How? :p:
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Quote:
Originally Posted by roughbeast View Post
Well, the reason for my complaint was that VM was always poorly represented in the speed leagues and on their broadband maps. Now we have a chance, if we are so inclined, to redress the balance by getting in a few good tests and boost VM's stats.

Oh! :o:

Glad you agree!!!!!:D:D:D

TJS

28-06-2011, 12:20

Sorry to revive this but i noticed somthing

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/download/

downloading the 1 GB file; the only way to possibly achieve even near to what ic an normally download from websites is using 'download them all' plugin on firefox which is set to download from 16 concurrent connections

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/06/5.png

If i try to download from thinkbroadband normally

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/06/6.png

Yet other downloads can get past 2 mb/s fine.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/06/7.png
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/06/8.png
It almost seems like TBB are limiting the speed per connection to virgin media?

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/button/130925940211020129209.png (http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/130925940211020129209.html)

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/06/9.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

---------- Post added at 12:20 ---------- Previous post was at 12:12 ----------

Also downloading a single file 1.5 mb/s

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/06/10.png

yet if I download 6 concurrent files they still all go arround 1 mb/s (all download speeds combined = 6100 kb/s)

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/06/11.png

_wtf_

28-06-2011, 13:11

My results on my 50Mb connection.

http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/button/13092621897967929624.png (http://www.thinkbroadband.com/speedtest/results/id/13092621897967929624.html)

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/06/4.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

qasdfdsaq

28-06-2011, 20:07

Skie

28-06-2011, 20:31

VM is just inherently bad at delivering your full pipe speed over one connection, no surprises there, but obviously some sites will be worse affected than others.

Honestly, as bad as VM are on some things, I find I can quite often get the full 50meg I'm paying for. Its usually the website that can't (or wont) deliver the full speed with one connection, which can usually be corrected with Down them all :p

TJS

28-06-2011, 21:07

VM is just inherently bad at delivering your full pipe speed over one connection, no surprises there, but obviously some sites will be worse affected than others.

Did you actually read my post? I showed other screen-grabs showing that i can get very close to full speed on other downloads just fine; only tbb was having problems.

---------- Post added at 21:07 ---------- Previous post was at 21:06 ----------

Honestly, as bad as VM are on some things, I find I can quite often get the full 50meg I'm paying for. Its usually the website that can't (or wont) deliver the full speed with one connection, which can usually be corrected with Down them all :p

Exactly! :)

Nopanic

28-06-2011, 21:16

VM is just inherently bad at delivering your full pipe speed over one connection, no surprises there, but obviously some sites will be worse affected than others.

Rubbish .. look at the offcom reports ..

qasdfdsaq

29-06-2011, 03:44

TJS

29-06-2011, 10:56

The ofcom reports are *exactly* what show VM are the worst at delivering full speed over single connections (i.e. without multithreading)

So how about you take a look yourself.

---------- Post added at 03:44 ---------- Previous post was at 03:42 ----------

Did you actually read my post? I said VM are relatively bad at getting full speed from single connections, and some sites are affected worse than others. Very close to full speed isn't full speed. From a technical point of view anything other than 100% of full speed without due cause is a problem.

No you didn't. yo said it is 'inherently' bad.

And the only reason the 2 other downloads i showed were slightly off full speed was down to the websites they were being downloaded off.

Considering i can manage 4 - 6 MB/s downloads of a majority of websites; but then think broadband apparently being a leading online company for determining performance of internet connections cant pass 1.5 MB/s shows the problem is at their end.

Here is a trace route to think broadband. I'm about 99.9% sure that shows the problem is their end. It just carries on with hops of * * *. completely outside of the virgin media network.

Here is a screenshot (http://i.imgur.com/X5kP5.png) to; as you seem like somone who would try and discredit copied and pasted stuff.

Traceroute has started…

traceroute to thinkbroadband.com (80.249.99.130), 64 hops max, 52 byte packets
1 10.93.176.1 (10.93.176.1) 11.220 ms 7.976 ms 8.801 ms
2 bagu-core-1b-ae3-2368.network.virginmedia.net (80.5.167.249) 8.419 ms 8.587 ms 10.412 ms
3 leed-bb-1b-as4-0.network.virginmedia.net (80.5.161.157) 10.890 ms 11.381 ms 11.225 ms
4 leed-bb-1a-ae0-0.network.virginmedia.net (62.253.187.185) 10.000 ms 9.941 ms 47.225 ms
5 brnt-bb-1b-as2-0.network.virginmedia.net (213.105.175.26) 17.663 ms 16.450 ms 15.709 ms
6 brnt-tmr-1-ae5-0.network.virginmedia.net (213.105.159.50) 16.187 ms 14.989 ms 15.861 ms
7 telc-ic-1-as0-0.network.virginmedia.net (62.253.185.74) 39.248 ms 16.405 ms 15.930 ms
8 linx-gw1.thdo.ncuk.net (195.66.226.240) 16.238 ms 17.257 ms 16.632 ms
9 gi0-24-10-star1.core-rs2.thdo.ncuk.net (80.249.97.9) 18.203 ms 21.893 ms 17.336 ms
10 * * *
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kwikbreaks

29-06-2011, 11:18

> I'm about 99.9% sure that shows the problem is their end.

On this occasion the 1% wins. The tracert proves nothing at all other than a router in the path cba to respond to low priority traffic which is how your tracert is classed.

That said I never get a decent speedtest result from TBB either so there is something wrong in the path or test.

===

Just tried this from my home connection and my own tracert looks fine....

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Windows\System32>tracert thinkbroadband.com

Tracing route to thinkbroadband.com [80.249.99.130]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 10 ms 15 ms 11 ms cpc9-nrte22-2-0-gw.8-4.cable.virginmedia.com [81.109.113.1]
3 8 ms 11 ms 19 ms nrth-core-1b-ae1-2555.network.virginmedia.net [213.106.255.209]
4 9 ms 7 ms 9 ms nrth-bb-1b-so-511-0.network.virginmedia.net [212.43.162.241]
5 11 ms 11 ms 15 ms brnt-bb-1a-as2-0.network.virginmedia.net [212.43.162.217]
6 11 ms 11 ms 15 ms brnt-bb-1b-ae0-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.105.174.226]
7 14 ms 9 ms 11 ms brnt-tmr-1-ae5-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.105.159.50]
8 11 ms 12 ms 15 ms telc-ic-1-as0-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.253.185.74]
9 14 ms 17 ms 15 ms linx-gw1.thdo.ncuk.net [195.66.226.240]
10 15 ms 17 ms 15 ms gi0-24-10-star1.core-rs2.thdo.ncuk.net [80.249.97.9]
11 12 ms 18 ms 13 ms www.thinkbroadband.com [80.249.99.130]

Trace complete.

C:\Windows\System32>

Looks like your last hop was TBB itself.

_wtf_

29-06-2011, 11:22

Here's mine

Tracing route to thinkbroadband.com [80.249.99.130]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms DD-WRT [192.168.1.1]
2 16 ms 7 ms 7 ms ****-****-*-*-**.****.cable.virginmedia.com [**.***.***.*]
3 9 ms 15 ms 15 ms ****-geam-1a-ge212.network.virginmedia.net [**.*.***.***]
4 9 ms 7 ms 16 ms ****-geam-1a-pc113.network.virginmedia.net [**.*.***.**]
5 11 ms 16 ms 7 ms ****-core-1a-ae0-0.network.virginmedia.net [**.*.***.*]
6 14 ms 15 ms 12 ms winn-bb-1a-as0-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.105.175.157]
7 14 ms 21 ms 16 ms brnt-bb-1b-as5-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.105.172.234]
8 14 ms 14 ms 15 ms brnt-tmr-1-ae5-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.105.159.50]
9 15 ms 21 ms 15 ms telc-ic-1-as0-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.253.185.74]
10 15 ms 17 ms 13 ms linx-gw1.thdo.ncuk.net [195.66.226.240]
11 13 ms 16 ms 17 ms gi0-24-10-star1.core-rs2.thdo.ncuk.net [80.249.97.9]
12 22 ms 14 ms 15 ms www.thinkbroadband.com [80.249.99.130]

Trace complete.

Your point?

asbo dog

29-06-2011, 12:26

Mine to the 1gb file ip, speedtest on TBB have been giving 3-4mb on this 30mb during peak, all other sources run full speed
Tracing route to download.thinkbroadband.com [80.249.99.148]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 21 ms 6 ms 7 ms 10.34.248.1
2 8 ms 7 ms 7 ms manc-core-1a-ae3-691.network.virginmedia.net [86
.28.65.93]
3 22 ms 105 ms 7 ms manc-bb-1a-as0-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.10
5.175.1]
4 90 ms 55 ms 20 ms brnt-bb-1b-ae1-0.network.virginmedia.net [212.43
.163.86]
5 16 ms 13 ms 15 ms brnt-tmr-1-ae5-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.10
5.159.50]
6 15 ms 15 ms 51 ms telc-ic-1-as0-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.253.
185.74]
7 14 ms 17 ms 15 ms linx-gw1.thdo.ncuk.net [195.66.226.240]
8 18 ms 15 ms 16 ms gi0-24-10-star1.core-rs2.thdo.ncuk.net [80.249.9
7.9]
9 14 ms 27 ms 37 ms download.thinkbroadband.com [80.249.99.148]

Trace complete.