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LagRealm
20-01-2006, 01:34
Hello all again.

I am back with more problems.

I just did some speed test and the speed rating came back to me was 0.00Mbps. I am currently on a 2MB line. Although I made a complaint to NTL, and we sorted some things between us. But that was not enough... unfortunately.

Well the thing is, I want to clarify and also find out from you guys if there is anything I could do abt it.

Firstly, do I need to be the one to suffer with the slow connectivity/slow dload or upload/ whatever that is slow meanwhile other users in my area squeezing out all the juice thats left in bandwidth? To me, that is very unfair. Because I have been using NTL for the past 4 years, and this is the first time I ever suffered this. I very much hope that NTL would monitor the usage of that particular user and clamp him/her down for excessive bandwidth usage and causing no traffic usage for other users.

Secondly, I hope from some of you, ladies and gentlemen, would able to give me some postive feedback and hope to me that NTL would fix this mess or best take my case very seriously. Some may think I might be suffering from slow speed like 1-10s slower than usual, but you are wrong there. It took me roughly 8 mins to finish loading this new thread page. And I have just wasted 8 mins of my life trying to load a page. Tell me is it worth it?

I have followed all the procedure that NTL would ask me to do over the phone, I cant possibilly think of any other way to solve this horrible mess. I have read forums after forums and I couldnt solve anything. Believe me, I felt like I am on a doomed train.

I do hope that I could able to change ISP, but the only problem with that is that, my area that I am living in, or should I say house that I am living in, cannot support any other ISPs other than NTL. That is really like no choice but stick with it.

I R-E-A-L-L-Y REALLY hope that someone out there would able to help me. I do really need my internet connection. I am a computer literated person, w/o internet its like no life to me. I have no-one to turn to.... .

MovedGoalPosts
20-01-2006, 09:20
What are ntl currently saying to you when you contact them about this. If the connection is that slow that it's worse than dial up, a fault condition exists - even if that were possibly due to oversubscription in your area - and ntl should be duty bound to address this.

LagRealm
20-01-2006, 14:39
NTL told me that I have a bottleneck in my area's box and there is nothing they could do about it. They said they would require an upgrade, but they didnt say when.

Fri, 20 Jan 2006 13:40:20 GMT

1st 512K took 20624 ms = 24.8 KB/sec, approx 188 Kbps, 0.2 Mbps
2nd 512K took 17922 ms = 28.6 KB/sec, approx 217 Kbps, 0.2 Mbps
3rd 512K took 44500 ms = 11.5 KB/sec, approx 87 Kbps, 0.1 Mbps
4th 512K took 16749 ms = 30.6 KB/sec, approx 233 Kbps, 0.2 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 181 Kbps, 0.18 Mbps

LagRealm
22-01-2006, 00:54
Look at this poor routing... i have friends with much better routing to this CS 1.6 game server.

http://www.loonyasylum.net/imagehosting/hosted/zen_ntldie_67248.jpg

*waving*Need help *waving*

wlm
22-01-2006, 16:50
I have the same problem as you i think i did the speed the test it came out with. Im currently on 2mb line aswell
Sun, 22 Jan 2006 15:43:38 UTC

1st 512K took 17390 ms = 29.4 KB/sec, approx 223 Kbps, 0.2 Mbps
2nd 512K took 14297 ms = 35.8 KB/sec, approx 272 Kbps, 0.3 Mbps
3rd 512K took 46281 ms = 11.1 KB/sec, approx 84 Kbps, 0.1 Mbps
4th 512K took 42624 ms = 12 KB/sec, approx 91 Kbps, 0.1 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 168 Kbps, 0.18 Mbps

Wod
22-01-2006, 17:41
Phone NTL,just nag them about your problem for a bit,then tell them your thinking of moving isp's.See what they offer you.If your problem continues than you really need to change isp's.Lagrealm,have you tryed every isp?
Are you on NTL phone aswell?
Thanks

---------- Post added at 16:41 ---------- Previous post was at 16:40 ----------

p.s if you cant change isp's then you will have to move house im afraid.
How can you live without the internet? lol