Bad 20mb speeds.

Nameless · 02-04-2009, 23:58

Well i have actually treally only noticed this over the past few weeks, it all started when i phoned virgin media to enquire about 50mb anyways in the end i decided not to take it he then said i was due for a modem upgrade even though i had the new modem? so the engineer comes out and fits it??

anyways lately i have been noticing.

A) Bad download Speeds
B) Loss to all servers when gaming
C) Timing out quite a bit

Funny thing is though my brother has 2mb yes 2mb and lives just a few streets away he gets a 16ms ping on the same server as me when i get 60?? i got 20/30 loss he gets 0 ??

Im paying for 20mb yet reciving like a 1mb service? fair dos sometimes on speedtest it may actually go upto 6mb!

Just looking for advice before i ring the techs up they ask me todo all my computer checks even though the computer is brand new now running a fresh vista ultimate install and still the same :/

any help/input appreciated

Code:

Thu, 2 Apr 2009 22:58:13 UTC

Test 1: 1024K took 6567 ms = 155.9 KB/sec, approx 1285 Kbps, 1.25 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 1871 ms = 547.3 KB/sec, approx 4510 Kbps, 4.4 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 5334 ms = 192 KB/sec, approx 1582 Kbps, 1.54 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 12149 ms = 168.6 KB/sec, approx 1389 Kbps, 1.36 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 2192 Kbps, 2.14 Mbps


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Its just totally random

moaningmags · 03-04-2009, 00:09

I did that test too, I got
Thu, 2 Apr 2009 23:07:11 UTC

Test 1: 1024K took 872 ms = 1174.3 KB/sec, approx 9676 Kbps, 9.45 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 924 ms = 1108.2 KB/sec, approx 9132 Kbps, 8.92 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 759 ms = 1349.1 KB/sec, approx 11117 Kbps, 10.86 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 1403 ms = 1459.7 KB/sec, approx 12028 Kbps, 11.75 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 10488 Kbps, 10.25 Mbps

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To prove my connection was fine I started a download from the newsgroups and lo and behold, full 20Mbps.

Nameless · 03-04-2009, 01:29

great.. neever had a problem with vM, Funny how my brother lives just up the road on 2mb! and hes gets better latency and most the time better download speed

Another test

---------- Post added at 01:29 ---------- Previous post was at 00:12 ----------

very odd, all seems good now speed tests ping back to 10ms from newcastle - london

Fri, 3 Apr 2009 00:29:11 UTC

Test 1: 1024K took 421 ms = 2432.3 KB/sec, approx 20042 Kbps, 19.57 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 437 ms = 2343.2 KB/sec, approx 19308 Kbps, 18.86 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 421 ms = 2432.3 KB/sec, approx 20042 Kbps, 19.57 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 858 ms = 2386.9 KB/sec, approx 19668 Kbps, 19.21 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 19765 Kbps, 19.3 Mbps

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