That'll do

[Girth]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/568958973.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

:wack:

Load balanced with a Be connection and some funky routing :nod:

No more fecking up online gaming within the house whilst downloading at a bijillion Peta-bytes a second :D


Soo geeky its :ghey:

[Jon]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/568978521.png

I hate you.

I had a pretty steady 1.7Mb/s until a couple of weeks ago when Sky made "improvements" on my line :(

[Girth]

Just to rub it in, I just downloaded an episode of True Blood (550 meg) quicker than I could take a piss :wack:

[Kamatayan]

Do you live on the exchange or something?

Mine is pretty poor and playing online game is a pain.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569035817.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[RTLKyuubi]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569042805.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

w00

[umpkin]

im on virgin too, and find my 10mb line is normally spot on the 10meg, :thumbs: to virgin

Edit**

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569154754.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

And today is no different 10 meg down, half meg up.

[karlf]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569164531.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

:cool:

[kj200sx]

how you test?????

[R3K1355]

www.speedtest.net



I had a pretty steady 1.7Mb/s until a couple of weeks ago when Sky made "improvements" on my line :(

Sky's rubbish, I'm with O2 now and I'm getting nearly double what sky could offer on the same line!
It's totally stable and the customer support ain't in India :thumbs:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569179942.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Pretty healthy upload speed for an ADSL line on the outskirts of a City :nod:

[DLowe]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569183547.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

not too bad for about 2 miles from he exchange

[disco-tom]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569193233.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Good ping for me there. It's a pretty stable connection with cable, it has to be said. Shame the V+ box is weaker than a six year old Forest Gump without his leg manacles.


Noticing good upload speeds with BE there.

[Clouder_sx]

:indiff:

Winds me up as the speeds keep going up and up and up in built up areas, and yet they fail to even provide 'average' broadband to everyone first :mad:

[Fezcock]

my girlfriends internet at her halls of residence last year, was so fast i could download full bluray quality movies in about 2/3 minutes lol and the ping i got was about 6 most of the time. in fact it was so low, i was often accused of masking my ping whilst playing counterstrike :wack:

[Clouder_sx]

Uni speeds are often very good :nod: our old uni halls were limited by the switches offering 10mb only, so we all maxed out constantly at just over 1mb/sec. This was 2003 though = very quick :nod:

I was sat eating lunch yesterday and got 2.6mb/sec download speed through the uni's network on my wireless laptop in a room full of people :nod:

Oh, and home computer :( check out that ping! :(

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569236464.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[TrIcK^]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569234603.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
http://www.speedtest.net/result/569235612.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
http://www.speedtest.net/result/569236160.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
http://www.speedtest.net/result/569236652.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Pretty consistent with only latency issues over distance.

[Fezcock]

ouch dude :( lol and yeah, the speeds i got at her place were on wireless too :wack: i think she's paid for some uber fibre optic broadband for the house she's in this year :) its quite close to the exchange thing or whatever it is, so im hoping it'll be good too :D not that i go see my girlfriend and play coutnerstrike all the time :smash:

[TrIcK^]

Pretty sure my BT contract is up and Be are offering some good packages :)

[Matty2Fatty]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569247641.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Not bad, can't remember what I'm supposed to have though :rolleyes:

for people who don't have great speeds, there's a setting in windows xp that hogs 20% of your bandwidth for windows use (updates and what not) if you change this setting it increases your speed a bit or least it did on mine :D it was around 10 meg a second, then I changed it and it jumped to almost 12.

I'll post up the instructions if you like, only takes a minute and as long as you know what you're doing is safe too :)

[veilside_rick]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569252657.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

mines pants, i have crap loads of lag when playing swg online :(

im with tiscali how can i get it faster?

[Ed]

Erm, tis isn't that good is it :wack:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569254642.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Who says the Arabs have everything :rolleyes:

[Marsden]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/568978521.png

I hate you.

I had a pretty steady 1.7Mb/s until a couple of weeks ago when Sky made "improvements" on my line :(

Funny you should say that John. My Sky BB has been soo bad over the past month its stupid. Most nights i have been lucky to get a connection.

Only reason im on here now is because im at my girlfriends.

EDIT: girlfriends house speed
http://www.speedtest.net/result/569256382.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

I will test it at her uni later on and at my house to compare if i can get online

[R3K1355]

for people who don't have great speeds, there's a setting in windows xp that hogs 20% of your bandwidth for windows use (updates and what not) if you change this setting it increases your speed a bit or least it did on mine :D it was around 10 meg a second, then I changed it and it jumped to almost 12.

I'll post up the instructions if you like, only takes a minute and as long as you know what you're doing is safe too :)

Please do :nod:

[Monkey]

my work PC,

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569289712.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

which considering, my PC is in lyndhurst office, its the routed to Southampton office, then too leeds office, then through our firewall company (iirc cable and clueless) the to the out side world, at the same time ihave loads of company crap software to "kepp me up to date" with work stuff, and other bandwithc hogging stuff on ther servers

[sideways14a]

for people who don't have great speeds, there's a setting in windows xp that hogs 20% of your bandwidth for windows use (updates and what not) if you change this setting it increases your speed a bit or least it did on mine :D it was around 10 meg a second, then I changed it and it jumped to almost 12.


???? What are you talking about? A setting in windows that hogs bandwidth is a load of balls.
There is Bits, which is the background transfer service but you shouldnt turn that off as you wont be getting windows updates which is a mega mega stupid idea

[ads.r]

my exchange is suppose to only run at 6meg? :confused:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569293157.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[JC]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569304776.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

I'm only on up to 3meg so my speed isn't too bad but the latency is horrific & does give me occasional problems when playing online.

Is there anything I can do to reduce the latency myself or do I need to talk to my ISP?,if so what do I need to do or what should I ask my ISP to do?

[mike_bristol83]

Am on 10mb from Virgin. Pretty much what i get consistantly, although it does drop at some peak times or if it all needs a re-set.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569323548.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Flik]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569342637.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Not so bad I guess but not fantastic :(

[Delboy]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569344482.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Pretty much steady at this all the time, not bad really. We're on an 8meg contract.

[BigD]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569346474.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

not to bad for a shitty little town i spose.

[frisbee]

Move to Sweden where 100Mbit up and down is pretty common.;)

[Ron Jeremy]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569450562.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

quick enough for pron!

[veilside_rick]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/568958973.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

:wack:

Load balanced with a Be connection and some funky routing :nod:

No more fecking up online gaming within the house whilst downloading at a bijillion Peta-bytes a second :D


Soo geeky its :ghey:

Christ how do you get them figures?

[MattyGee]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569495473.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Im on Sky's 8meg service, not bad i guess, im moving house next week so ill see what its like from there.

[Dave_S]

I hate you cable-owning bastards :( I guess this is what I have to put up with to be surrounded by fields :D

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569503086.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Dave

[Girth]

Christ how do you get them figures?

You mean these figures :wack:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569554881.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Virgin Media 50 meg, pretty good as well as a 6 meg Be connection.

Got it setup (live with couple of other computer geek types) so pretty much all traffic bar gaming traffic goes down the virgin, and the Be is there just purely for gaming and VPN's (Virgin dont do static ip's).

It was really done to stop downloads buggering up ping times (and the increased speed :D) Can hit about 5.9megs of actual data a second :nod:

[R.Sendout]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569557250.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

And thats on an 'up to' 8meg connection, was told I should see between 4 and 6.....yeah right:rolleyes:

[veilside_rick]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569557250.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

And thats on an 'up to' 8meg connection, was told I should see between 4 and 6.....yeah right:rolleyes:

:eek: shocking, get on to them your not getting what you pay for.

[Matty2Fatty]

???? What are you talking about? A setting in windows that hogs bandwidth is a load of balls.
There is Bits, which is the background transfer service but you shouldnt turn that off as you wont be getting windows updates which is a mega mega stupid idea

Well I changed this setting nearly 2 years ago, I still get all the windows updates when everyone else gets them without any problem, my PC still functions as well as it did before I made the changes, except with an apparent interweb speed increase :D

Well for the people who do want it here's the article:

Prevent Windows from Stealing Your PC's Bandwidth
A little known feature of Windows Vista & XP is that the system reserves 20% of your internet connections bandwidth for it's own background use.
A good way to squeeze a little extra speed from your connection is to reduce this amount. In fact you can safely reduce it to zero, which causes the system to use only the bandwidth it needs. You won't achieve a full 20% gain in speed, because the system will still be using a certain amount, but speed tests should indicate a noticable increase.
To change this setting follow these steps:
1. Choose Start > Run (or press the windows key and R), type gpedit.msc and press Enter to launch the Group Policy Editor.
2. In the Computer Configuration section, expand Administrative Templates, then Network and click on QoS Packet Scheduler.
3. In the right pain, double click Limit reservable bandwidth.
4. Although the setting is shown as 'Not configured', clicking the Explain tab reveals that the system does nevertheless reserve 20% of your connection's bandwidth by default. On the Setting tab, select Enabled and set the Bandwidth limit to 0 then click OK.

I think, but am not sure, this only works on XP Pro and not Home, but I could be wrong.

Again I'm not going to promise it will work or do anything, but it did on mine :) This came from "Professional Windows Solutions" magazine that I got as part of my Microsoft qualifications (www.windows-solutions.co.uk) so it's not really something dodgy I found scribbled on a napkin on the train to work.

Hope it's helpful to some people. :)

Oh & I accept no responsibility for it doing something untoward on your machine, but this have worked fine on about 20 or so machines I've made the change to (be it my work one, my friends or families)

[Clouder_sx]

Well, without trying the above, i do struggle to see 20% being true. For a long time i've ran Xp Pro on a fixed 1mb exact connection. I downloaded consistently at 119.0kb/sec - which, i believe, is near enough exactly maxing out the connection, and is not 80% of it :wack:

[Stu]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/568978521.png

I hate you.

I had a pretty steady 1.7Mb/s until a couple of weeks ago when Sky made "improvements" on my line :(


Erm, tis isn't that good is it :wack:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569254642.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Who says the Arabs have everything :rolleyes:


http://www.speedtest.net/result/569557250.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

And thats on an 'up to' 8meg connection, was told I should see between 4 and 6.....yeah right:rolleyes:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/570038970.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Who has the shitest connection??!! Seeing as we are on "up to 8Mb" lines, can we pay "up to £12" monthly line rental? If we only receive 5% of the capability of other BT lines should we not just need to pay 5% of the line rental? I fcuking hate BT cnuts and their fcuking shitty archaic copper network!!! :rant:

[ben8000]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/570046299.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Quite surprised really. Isle of Wight and wireless.

[R.Sendout]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/570059708.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

SLIGHTLY better today, still no where near what they said I would get though:(

[Easy007]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/570063639.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

:)

[Mikesx13]

I'm getting about 5.5 mb/s on TalkTalks 8mb service but unfortunately can't use peer to peer very succesfully as they try to block any of that kind of 'activity' and i'm too thick to trick them into thinking i'm not doing that kind of 'activity'.

[spencer_foxwell]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/570092374.png

Loving our 16mb service! :thumbs:

[donnylad]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/570158565.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[The Artist]

I hate you cable-owning bastards :( I guess this is what I have to put up with to be surrounded by fields :D

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569503086.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Dave

Yeah me to, out in the sticks here and only could get broadband at all a few years back

http://www.speedtest.net/result/570270728.png

[Stick23]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/570287803.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

A bit slower today than my last test but still not bad for wireless :D

http://www.speedtest.net/result/565760712.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[BigD]

on my phone :) lol.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/570325606.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Stu]

There should be a ban on investment on broadband technologies beyond 2Mb until 99.5% of the population can at least receive that. It's a fcuking disgrace in this day and age that some people can get an internet connection of 50Mb when others still can't receive ADSL at all. All the investment seems to continually go into the same areas boosting speeds for the same customers over and over again with fcuk all done to deliver a service to the rest. We pay the same for a fraction of the service. :down:

[Monkey]

3 mobile BB, with a PS£ connected downloading aswell.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/570385741.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

notbad IMO

[sideways14a]

Its not just the bit of wet string from your door to the exchange that needs better connectivity, but the whole backbone of your ISP, the connections to other counties/networks and to be honest the entire sodding internet needs a majour kick up the arse if the world is to see all the promised crap being plodded about these days.

Video on demand, yeah if demand means waiting an hour or even in the best case 10mins :D

[Quail]

Connection at my GFs is ****.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/570398029.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Marsden]

Finally got my crappy Sky BB back working and im suprised its over 1 meg tbh
http://www.speedtest.net/result/570411774.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Hugh Janus]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/570419308.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[k-kustom]

Well having looked at a few of these its fair to say VIRGIN / TELEWEST are really up to what they say thay are..

http://www.speedtest.net/result/570468058.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Paying for 20mb, getting 18mb..

Not bad.. I DID have sky BB.. up to 8mb.. Actually got around 1.5mb.. = SHAT

[spencer_foxwell]

Finally got my crappy Sky BB back working and im suprised its over 1 meg tbh
http://www.speedtest.net/result/570411774.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

How odd... we're both with sky and both have the same :censored: service... Which package do you have?

[Carta]

Just to rub it in, I just downloaded an episode of True Blood (550 meg) quicker than I could take a piss :wack:

My achievement was downloading 5gig in 36mins!

[Iceworx]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/570671887.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Thats the one at work, will test mine later, its meant to be 50mbit

[Matty2Fatty]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/570677764.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

thought I'd give my work connection a go, not sure what's heppened there :confused:

[RTLKyuubi]

gotta love dattebayo subs :D Just downloaded naruto 127 which is 170mb (hd quality ftw) in less than 6mins at 700kbs.

[Girth]

gotta love dattebayo subs :D Just downloaded naruto 127 which is 170mb (hd quality ftw) in less than 6mins at 700kbs.

pffffttttt..... 6 mins, I could do that in less than 30 seconds :p

[Carta]

Indeed! I downloaded Dirty Dancing for my girlfriend,(800mb) it took I think 2mins!

[JC]

3 mobile BB, with a PS£ connected downloading aswell.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/570385741.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

notbad IMO
Fooking hell & I thought my latency was bad! :eek:

[McRearout]

Got the boss (wife) to do this when she gets home from the shops.
I'm genuinely worried as to what it will say. It's a BT 8meg line.

Normally get 4 green bars on xbox live though...

[JC]

When I was in the UK I had Sky up to 8meg through a BT rented line & I regularly saw 6.5-7meg,mind you I was less than 1/4 mile from the exchange!

[Liam]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/570712424.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Iceworx]

Thats one hell of a link!!!

University?

[Quail]

When I was on my uni connection it had a ridiculous upload speed. Bigger than the download speed, which was also huge!

[McRearout]

My results are in and:
5.36meg dl
0.37meg ul

The BT postcode checker says 5.5 so not far off.

[MisterAdam]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/571249694.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

is that good?

[sideways14a]

My max at work (Janet) is currently hovering around the 80-85Mb mark, upload in the high 20s

[Easy007]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/571249694.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

is that good?

Depends if you have the 10meg pipe.

[MisterAdam]

Depends if you have the 10meg pipe.

I've no idea tbh, probably though?

[Marsden]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/571249694.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

is that good?

Its around twice as fast as speedtest.net says is average in England. So yeah for home its not too shabby

[-Jamie-]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/571270139.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Good or bad?

[Egon]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/571320743.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

What a crock of shit....:(

[The Big Yin]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/571341090.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

not bad I have a 20meg line

[Keith88]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/571367589.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Load of crap!!!!!

[SidewaysThough]

Im on a 10meg line, wireless with broadband! Im 2 stories up from the router, in a solid stone and brick house! Wasnt expecting the best, but im happy

http://www.speedtest.net/result/571418413.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[woosey]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/571502141.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
;)

[Liam]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/571502141.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
;)

thats pretty average

http://www.speedtest.net/result/390112071.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[joes13sx]

this is mine is it any good? my broadband should be 10meg
http://www.speedtest.net/result/571583029.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[SidewaysThough]

thats pretty average

http://www.speedtest.net/result/390112071.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

What sony site you working for? I used to work down at Southwater!

[Jon]

I had a pretty steady 1.7Mb/s until a couple of weeks ago when Sky made "improvements" on my line :(


Funny you should say that John. My Sky BB has been soo bad over the past month its stupid. Most nights i have been lucky to get a connection.


I seem to have posted some random shite on SXOC around the midnight mark several times this week, but it seems I also sent a ranting 1am email to Sky broadband too.

It worked.


Thank you for contacting Sky Help Centre and providing us with detailed information regarding your line.
I have configured your connection to the best possible speed that your line can achieve.
Your line has now been configured at 4544kbps.
Due to your distance from the exchange and the quality of line entering your property, you will not be able to receive a greater speed than this.


For the last ten days or so I was connecting at 0378kbps :wack:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/573876544.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

:D

[Dan@DB-Power]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/573915091.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

not bad considering it's a basic business line package :)

[VIDAL BABBOON]

I seem to have posted some random shite on SXOC around the midnight mark several times this week, but it seems I also sent a ranting 1am email to Sky broadband too.

It worked.



For the last ten days or so I was connecting at 0378kbps :wack:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/573876544.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

:D

Just for reference :)

What information did you provide them with ?

[Marsden]

Top work John :thumbs:

anychance you could send me a PM with some details as to what you sent and who to. I may have to give this ago as my connection is rather shocking.

Cheers,
Ben

[Jon]

with some details as to what you sent and who to.

This took a while to work out/remember.

Note - All the stuff to follow could have been done in a phone call, if only we could know what number/who to ring. I've had Sky TV for 5years, and Sky Broadband for two years, and always feared making THAT call if anything went wrong. 90 minutes on an 0870 number seems to be quite a usual experience with Sky problems.



I logged into MySky. You'll need whatever username and password was used if the Sky Customer has ever used MySky website before.

then go here:
https://mysky.sky.com/portal/site/skycom/skyhelpcentre/contactus/kana

The first page is contact details type stuff but the next page gives the option to report a slow connection.

That generated an email to me asking some standard diagnostic broadband questions.


I replied, but putting in some spiel before answering the standard questions,


I'm replying to the autoreply email after reporting a slow connection problem.
A little history might help before I do the standard questions.

I did have a steadyish 1.7mbps connection (2.0mbps according to the router) since buying Sky broadband service in October 2007. Not 8mbps as advertised but the best I can expect from my line, being 3miles from the exchange, 1.7mbps would still be OK for me.

In August 2009 I had an email from Sky saying you were making improvements on my line.
In early September my speed dropped to typically 0.5mpbs and unacceptably unreliable over the last few days. Zero useable connection for several hours yesterday and today.

I did have four extensions from the master socket and had cordless phones attached. Everything has now been disconnected, so only the Sky router and one wired telephone is on the master socket, through a Sky supplied microfilter.

Now a solid and consistent but unacceptable 0378kpbs connection speed (according to the router) but still patchy connection through a browser or email on the PC.
I'd like to try my old spare router, but Sky don't allow me the access username and password for Sky ADSL to let me try that.

I'm aware of other Sky Broadband customers who's service has also (pardon the language) crapped out over the last month, presumably during/after the same line improvements.

I average about 10Gb traffic per month, so am not a very heavy user, so I don't think I've been cut off.

To the diagnostic questions. My replies shown in among the auto-email below as sent to me.

Whatever the result of the diagnostic questions, please undo whatever changes were made to my line recently.

Regards,
Jon


I'm mostly impressed with the spelling, as I was so pissed I never knew I'd sent the thing

The 'other Sky customers' was Marsden :D

My replies to their automatic diagnostic questions followed in the same email


In order for us to establish the cause of your connection issues with your Broadband Box, can you please follow the steps outlined below and supply us with the necessary information in the spaces provided then kindly return our email so that we can assist you further:


How many telephone sockets do you have in your property and out of these how many are in use?
>
>Your Answer?
One

Is your Broadband Box connected to the master BT telephone socket?
This is usually the first socket at the point in which your telephone line enters your property. If you are still in doubt please call BT to check which is the master socket .
Your Answer?
Yes

In order to connect your Broadband Box to your telephone socket are you using only the cables we supplied or have you added different cables or telephone extensions? The preferred set up is shown below.

The microfilter should be the first piece of equipment plugged into the master socket.
The grey cable we supplied should then be connected into the ADSL/Modem side of the microfilter with the other end into the back of the Broadband Box.
All other telephony equipment should be plugged into the phone side of the microfilter, an adapter can be used here if necessary.
>

Your Answer?
Yes.
As a broadband problem solving routine, there is a non-cordless phone plugged into the microfilter.
All other extensions including the TV Sky box (which was on a long extension) have been disconnected.

Can you make us aware if you have a pre-filtered faceplate as shown below?

Your Answer?
My master socket has modern wiring colours (blue/orange/green etc to numbers 2,3 & 5) but is an old box. It is not pre-filtered.

If you do not have a pre-filtered faceplate have you placed a microfilter on all of your telephone sockets which are in use?

Your Answer?
Previously yes, but for today all extensions are disconnected.


Can you please let us know which lights are displayed on your Broadband Box and what colour they are? (Delete as appropriate)

Router colour: Black / White White - Netgear, I think model 384GT but it doesn't say that on the unit.
>Power Light: Green / Flashing Green Green
>Test Light: Amber / Flashing Amber / Off Shows orange tick briefly on switch on, then stays off.
>Wireless Light: Green / Flashing Green Off, switched off by me. I do not want wireless to work.
>Internet Light: Green / Flashing Green / Amber Green
>LAN status: On / Off Green

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The image below shows a typical Master socket. If you have one of these can you please unscrew the two screws on the socket and remove the lower half of the faceplate to reveal the test socket behind. Please switch and use the test socket to see if your issue is resolved.

What was the result?
My master socket is an older type without a removeable face.


If your issue is a slow or intermittent connection and you are connecting wirelessly, have you tried the yellow Ethernet cable to see if the issue is the same?

What was the result?
All connections within this house are by ethernet.
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Kind regards



Sky Help Centre
http://www.sky.com
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[Rubix_Cube]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/576962782.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Anyone wanna take a guess is to why my upload speed is so Gash?

[wobbit]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/576962782.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Anyone wanna take a guess is to why my upload speed is so Gash?

Is it because you're with Tiscali? :D

[Rubix_Cube]

Thanks.... Anyone got anything constructive? I'm not with Tiscali directly. I'm with a firm called Nildram. I'm also on one of these "Up to 8Mb" lines...joys of being miles away from the exchange is I get **** all :(

[wobbit]

Thanks.... Anyone got anything constructive? I'm not with Tiscali directly. I'm with a firm called Nildram. I'm also on one of these "Up to 8Mb" lines...joys of being miles away from the exchange is I get **** all :(

TBH mate you've just answered your own question there. ADSL speeds drop dramatically the further away from the exchange you get.

I've seem BT have some gizmo to put on your line which can improve speed.... let me see if i can find a link...

Here http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/socket.htm. Some people have found big differences with these NTE5 Faceplates

Sorry, BT call their product the iPlate... lol nice name :s

http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop/ShopDetail.asp?ProductID=7256

[Infinity]

My connection at work:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/576991805.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Jut

[Asht_200]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/576992504.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[banana_andrew]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/577264734.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Good old Virgin 10mb.

And what does the ping speed mean? mines well high it seems :)

[Quail]

Connection at my GFs is ****.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/570398029.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

My Portsmouth connection (Sky) compared to my GF's connection (above).

http://www.speedtest.net/result/577323124.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Stu]

TBH mate you've just answered your own question there. ADSL speeds drop dramatically the further away from the exchange you get.

I've seem BT have some gizmo to put on your line which can improve speed.... let me see if i can find a link...

Here http://www.kitz.co.uk/adsl/socket.htm. Some people have found big differences with these NTE5 Faceplates

Sorry, BT call their product the iPlate... lol nice name :s

http://www.broadbandbuyer.co.uk/Shop/ShopDetail.asp?ProductID=7256

I honestly didn't expect much from this but it has more than doubled my shitty download speeds!!! :eek:

Previously:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/570038970.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Now:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/578952714.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Still slow in comparison but top tip for those with really shit connections!! :thumbs:

[Murt]

Speedtests dont like me very much.... But here is a shot of downloading :)

Works out to be 50mb/s (Look bottom right. 6121.50KB/s)

http://www.themurt.com/computer/dload.jpg

[Si]

Orange are better than Tiscali were a month ago, but still, booo :( Up to 8mb, again limited by exchange distance :(
http://www.speedtest.net/result/578962980.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

EDIT: Cocknballs, why's the fecker done it in K?! :confused:
EDIT again: a bit better, still meh...

[Chriscooke]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/578964106.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Bit average really:indiff:

[SidewaysThough]

Well tested mine outa boredom, 2am, wireless, 24m from router, Virgin 10mb

http://www.speedtest.net/result/582286622.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Girth]

Cant belive this thread is still going :wack:

But Im still getting

http://www.speedtest.net/result/582292763.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

I need to get a speed test on the giga-bit link at one of the offices :D

[SidewaysThough]

Jesus, that at home? Would fancy me a bit of that for downlods

[Fake Ben Taylor]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/582299465.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

works :wack: stupid german server :rolleyes:

[TheBigShow]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/582307458.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

some of us can only dream about virgins optical stuff :(

[Girth]

Jesus, that at home? Would fancy me a bit of that for downlods

Its at home, with a up to 24 meg Be connection (5 meg or so) load balance, but all internet gose through the Virgin at the mo and I would it I could :D


http://www.speedtest.net/result/582299465.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

works :wack: stupid german server :rolleyes:

I take it your not in Hull at the mo?

[Chrisnismo]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/582309687.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Not bad considering it's free!

[voodoo_melon]

New internet line in work :D

http://www.speedtest.net/result/675816134.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[MattyGee]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569495473.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Im on Sky's 8meg service, not bad i guess, im moving house next week so ill see what its like from there.

Well i moved house, now on sky's 10 meg service, they predicted when I moved that my internet would be better at my new house:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/676094403.png (http://www.speedtest.net)


errr yeah... :annoyed:

I dont see why my nearest server has changed to birmingham, ive only moved about 4 miles across Nuneaton :confused:

EDIT: just logged into MySky thing and it says I should be getting 3 meg :rolleyes: yeah a deffo improvment from the almost 6 meg I had before :(

[Jon_H]

Not bad for copper!
http://www.speedtest.net/result/678272864.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[weiner_patrol]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/678291399.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Copper...1.7 miles away from the exchange

[clai cerrig]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/678786705.png (http://www.speedtest.net)


Copper 5.17 Kms from Exchange

[MattyGee]

After my shitty connection speed above i signed up for virgin media 10 meg at the weekend, gonna downgrade my sky to their 2 meg which is free rather than be paying for 10meg and only getting 1.7 :annoyed:

Just hope Virgin can do better :nod:

[McRearout]

After my shitty connection speed above i signed up for virgin media 10 meg at the weekend, gonna downgrade my sky to their 2 meg which is free rather than be paying for 10meg and only getting 1.7 :annoyed:

Just hope Virgin can do better :nod:

My newly installed Virgin line has been getting me 9.7 to 10.5 on my 10 meg line :nod:

[weiner_patrol]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/678872355.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Pretty bad at work...this should be upgraded soon though

[GAV200]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/678874157.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

:D

[Hobo]

University connections are awesome:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/679858521.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Shame my home connection isn't so good.

[--lorien--]

Work connection:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/679895885.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Carta]

My Work Connection:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/679907841.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[MattyGee]

My newly installed Virgin line has been getting me 9.7 to 10.5 on my 10 meg line :nod:

that would be amazing compared to what ive got now :)

my work one:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/679946680.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[roscopervis]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/680007510.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

This is the work setup. not sure that is right as it's not as quick normally as the home connection which is about 16 meg at the moment.

[dread]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/680094443.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Thats rather dissapointing actually, were on a 24meg Be connection here at work...

[Nicks14a]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/680100942.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

My Work Connection, fairly sure my home one is :wack:

[Carta]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/681185818.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
I pay for 20mb, any ideas? Would this because router issues?

[Stu]

I pay for 20mb, any ideas? Would this because router issues?

On a cable or ADSL line? If it's cable it will more than likely be traffic shaping/speed throttling.

[Carta]

Cable indeed, i assumed that throttling only came into effect after certain amount has been downloaded? I have just turned my computer on after 3 days it being off

[Stu]

Not sure what their policy is now but they used to throttle everyone back through the day and only allow the full 20Mb after 11pm or something equally shite. Someone else with a cable line may be able to confirm.

[Carta]

I just did a trial download through the news software I use and I get 2200mbits a second so its fast, but the speedcheckers come back with that shit results

[Carta]

would my router have anything to do with it?

[Quail]

My uni connection:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/698041782.png

When I did the test a few years ago from my dorm, the upload was higher than the download!

[MattyGee]

I rang sky and asked them why my internet was so slow, they had a go at speeding it up, this is the result:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/698121265.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

better than before, but still not what I want, the man from Virgin is coming on saturday to install their stuff so ill try again then :)

[The Big Yin]

This over my wireless in the house
http://www.speedtest.net/result/698895507.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Quail]

I did my home connection the other day and only got 3 or 4 (it was obviously very busy online), but I just did it now and got 17. Can't believe it fluctuates that much!

http://www.speedtest.net/result/699179331.png

[aidstap]

this is mine its a 3g dongle thing that you plug in to the computer but its handy as i can take it anywhere with me.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/699228523.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
ping test thing
http://www.pingtest.net/result/9178931.png (http://www.pingtest.net)
i guess this is part of the reason i struggle playing COD on the xbox some nights

[MattyGee]

The Virgin man did his thing this morning, the results:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/699620036.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

It is a Saturday morning though so i guess its off-peak somewhat :)

[Marsden]

/\/\/\/\/\/\/\/\ nearlt exacly the same as my g/f virgin BB

http://www.speedtest.net/result/699628160.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[def]

www.speedtest.net




Sky's rubbish, I'm with O2 now and I'm getting nearly double what sky could offer on the same line!
It's totally stable and the customer support ain't in India :thumbs:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569179942.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Pretty healthy upload speed for an ADSL line on the outskirts of a City :nod:

Until it goes wrong. then there shocking. There customer service is shite:nod: told me 6 meg never got 1meg asked why and they told me it is a known fault on most Active price plan customers. So they lied from the off then:nod: 4 days o2 lasted. they then cut me off 11 days before my new ISP


http://www.speedtest.net/result/569557250.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

And thats on an 'up to' 8meg connection, was told I should see between 4 and 6.....yeah right:rolleyes:

When I was with tiscali they were great 6 megs all day long and never any lag. one day they did something and it was never the same again. Tech support was a joke they read from a script and have no tech knowleage at all.


BT
Didnt sign up as there customer service is a joke and they couldnt give me more than 6 meg.

Talk Talk. 12 meg all day long but again customer service is shocking:nod: waiting 3 weeks now for a call back from a manager and get promised every time I call them they will call back. NO ONE EVER HAS:annoyed:. They have tried to take my DD 2 days before it is meant to be so will be liable for the bank charges:nod:

They claim they cant change the date but Trading Standards are not sieeng it there wy:whip:

We agreed on a date and you have broken it:whip:

So to sum up they will all take your money but none will look after the customer.
:censored:all ISP,s

[JC]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/569304776.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

I'm only on up to 3meg so my speed isn't too bad but the latency is horrific & does give me occasional problems when playing online.

Is there anything I can do to reduce the latency myself or do I need to talk to my ISP?,if so what do I need to do or what should I ask my ISP to do?
Thought I'd give this another go now I'm back in the UK & have a half decent connection,slight improvement over the last one I think & check out the latency! :eek: :D

http://www.speedtest.net/result/767668034.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[JC]

Had Virgin Media installed last week,fibre optic terminates at the green box just yards from my house so the cable run to the house is very short & the exchange is less that 1/4 mile from the house - bonus!

http://www.speedtest.net/result/856671030.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

http://www.pingtest.net/result/19262139.png (http://www.pingtest.net)

[riske]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/856713555.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Thats not bad

[Teggers]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/856739089.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Shite. Thats what I get for living and working in the sticks though. Honestly don't think I cold live in a town/city again.

BTW, the home test I did a month or so ago, download speed was a massive 0.86mbps...

[voodoo_melon]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/856739089.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Shite. Thats what I get for living and working in the sticks though. Honestly don't think I cold live in a town/city again.

BTW, the home test I did a month or so ago, download speed was a massive 0.86mbps...

http://www.speedtest.net/iphone/41553493.png

From my mobile :wack:

[Quail]

I did my home connection the other day and only got 3 or 4 (it was obviously very busy online), but I just did it now and got 17. Can't believe it fluctuates that much!

http://www.speedtest.net/result/699179331.png

Just got broadband set up at my new place in MK.

Nothing compared to my old speeds with Sky :(

(This is with O2 btw)

http://www.speedtest.net/result/908007771.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[clarity]

Had to post this crazy speed I just got whilst on 20MB virgin broadband

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1039706013.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Quail]

^ Bloody Hell

Just did my work connection which I thought was impressive, but now I feel inadequate.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1272168858.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[--lorien--]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1272209636.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Tidy! :D

[sideways14a]

Had to post this crazy speed I just got whilst on 20MB virgin broadband

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1039706013.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Lol, interesting speed report there - unless you were running 8 or so bonded lines :D

[weiner_patrol]

At work:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1272377621.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
I guess we need the upload too here lol...still pretty pants though.

EDIT: where the hell do you guys work the ones with more than 40mb/s o.0

[Ashleyyy]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1272380214.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

It'll have to dooo!

[Teggers]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/856739089.png (http://www.speedtest.net)



Interestingly, a year (almost) later:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1272438139.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Wooooooooooo. :indiff:

[piman2k]

This is our office, not too bad actually!

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1272444505.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Daz]

Talk Talk which at about 9 or 10pm every night will just cut out.

Quite impressed with the speed though.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1272444561.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[TheBigShow]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1000650480.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

at my old house, be fore i moved and now get 1.5meg. lol

[Mikesx13]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1272727375.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Fairly happy to get this from my 20mb connection.

[Rubix_Cube]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/576962782.png (http://www.speedtest.net)


So back in 2009 I had that.... now I have this:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1272829747.png (http://www.speedtest.net)


I ****ing hate BT for not actually getting their ****ing finger out and updating our lines :mad::horse::furious:

[TheBigShow]

but at least your ping is better wullie. lol

[deftone]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1274954064.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

somehow I cant see this being right considering it took me 5mins just to log into the forum!

[Matty2Fatty]

Here's my new work one:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1279121810.png

Had it for about a year now :wack: it's great for downloading :D get an ISO from Microsoft website in less than a minute (it's also great for torrenting on the DMZ :D ) Still takes about 2 hours to download a 5Mb printer driver from HP though :wack: :furious: sort it out HP :whip:

[def]

Talk Talk which at about 9 or 10pm every night will just cut out.

Quite impressed with the speed though.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1272444561.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Never had that problem with them TBH

[Jam00]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1279266598.png

My work connection in Dublin :)

Home connection is shocking and the router craps the network every 20 mins or so :(

Had 2 new routers sent out since, one worked for 2 days and fried, the other never worked :mad: so back on original.

[Infinity]

This is my works' connection:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1279586144.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Nice ping too :)

My home connection is a bit pikey in comparison :(

[voodoo_melon]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1279601910.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Good for downloading stuff ;) Mostly idle (100mbit line) but it's cheaper than the 10mbit we had before so we upgraded :nod:

[Murt]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1279601910.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Good for downloading stuff ;) Mostly idle (100mbit line) but it's cheaper than the 10mbit we had before so we upgraded :nod:

Very nice, i take it this is your home connection, and that you are running Fibre? Also how much is it if you dont mind me asking :) :wave:

[Wantone]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1279601910.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Good for downloading stuff ;) Mostly idle (100mbit line) but it's cheaper than the 10mbit we had before so we upgraded :nod:

:eek:

[lil ben]

:cool:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1279604114.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Murt]

:cool:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1279604114.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

They haven't increased my upload yet :(

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1279612326.png

[voodoo_melon]

Very nice, i take it this is your home connection, and that you are running Fibre? Also how much is it if you dont mind me asking :) :wave:

Nope, it's at work and it's around £600 per month.

I'd never torrent on it. Definitely not. Even in the DMZ that bypasses the proxy. Nope.

[Teggers]

How pathetically bad is this?? My internet speed through those wonderful people at BT...

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1308843579.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

I've given up using the web at home now. If it doesn't improve at our new place, we'll cancel BT and go mobile for everything.

[BreadBin]

How pathetically bad is this?? My internet speed through those wonderful people at BT...

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1308843579.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

I've given up using the web at home now. If it doesn't improve at our new place, we'll cancel BT and go mobile for everything.

On a good day I get 2-3Mb/s via 3G :nod: even on a bad day it still manages close to 1M

edit: Heres one I just did - it's better late at night
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1308862009.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[clai cerrig]

Just did a test on my new system as its been off line for 24hrs due to a lightening strike

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1527782674.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Not too shabby me thinks :D:D

[clai cerrig]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/678786705.png (http://www.speedtest.net)


Copper 5.17 Kms from Exchange

Hell of an improvement over this one :eek::eek:

[dgr]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1528785358.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

seems spot on (although im only looking at download, I dont understand the others.). Im with virgin media, 10MB. thats with 3 laptops all doing stuff at the moment too, mainly online games.

[lil ben]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1690677974.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
Nerdgasm :D

[TrIcK^]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1690677974.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
Nerdgasm :D
You're taking the piss :p


http://www.speedtest.net/result/569234603.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1690755967.png

Thats a bit better :) But if it routes through a different server I can end up with:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1690760972.png

Not so good. Is there any way you can force your connection to route how you want?

[Easy007]

I'm the same on my 20Mb

if i go through Manchester i get 10, Bimingham i get 17.5 and Milton Keynes i get 19.8 :confused:

[JC]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1690897905.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[driftk1ng]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1691112989.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
mines not even cable lol

[Clouder_sx]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1691167024.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

One day, one day :(

[TrIcK^]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1691112989.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
mines not even cable lol

Bt do offer cable though

[Easy007]

Was going to upgrade to 30Mb but the cheeky feckers wanted £30 of me to send a new modem.... I PAY YOU ENOUGH ALREADY.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1691173684.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[driftk1ng]

Bt do offer cable though

mines fibre optic bt infinity we dont get virgin cable round here
edit. when i said cable in first post i should have said virgin cable ..

[lil ben]

You're taking the piss :p


It's complete over kill for what I use the net for but still :cool:

[driftk1ng]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1696991623.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
i know bt hasnt the best reputation but my infinity connection is always consistant and reliable , hoo ray

[BreadBin]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1697530941.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
Quite pleased with that, for a 3G connection :)

[Infinity]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1697530941.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
Quite pleased with that, for a 3G connection :)

That's faster than my ADSL connection :nod:

[Liam]

All so very slow.

http://speedtest.net/result/1519109693.png

[BigD]

All so very slow.

http://speedtest.net/result/1519109693.png



jesus :O how the hell is it that quick ?

mine on copper wire.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1699122823.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[TrIcK^]

Its not all cream during peak.

Seriously **** Virgin
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1873466981.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
http://www.pingtest.net/result/60219096.png (http://www.pingtest.net)

Getting progressively worse as time goes on.

[Daz]

Virgin Media here :).

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1873492781.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Hugh Janus]

mine, not bad for a 30mb connection :)
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1873504577.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[TrIcK^]

That's supposed to be 30mb as well. Over utilisation in my area and locked into contract.

[Chris B]

This isn't good, is it? The connection has been awful for a week or two now :(
http://www.pingtest.net/result/60404976.png
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1879179199.png

[TrIcK^]

Nope, you will find you cant watch porn without continual buffering....

[Chris B]

Bit different now:
http://www.pingtest.net/result/60431602.png

[TrIcK^]

Assuming yours wasnt a fluke bad period or some other issue it will be over subscription in your area. The ISP in general doesn't give a flying **** about your line quality so during peak hours it degrades never mind just slows down.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1880307095.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
http://www.pingtest.net/result/60447907.png (http://www.pingtest.net)

[Chris B]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1882242335.png
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1882244204.png
Pingtest is taking forever... guess that's a clue

I quite that and tried again:
http://www.pingtest.net/result/60514718.png
http://www.pingtest.net/result/60514869.png
http://www.pingtest.net/result/60515450.png

Admittedly I've got the PS3 and phone connected to the wifi, but they're not really doing anything right now.

[Hugh Janus]

Assuming yours wasnt a fluke bad period or some other issue it will be over subscription in your area. The ISP in general doesn't give a flying **** about your line quality so during peak hours it degrades never mind just slows down.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/1880307095.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
http://www.pingtest.net/result/60447907.png (http://www.pingtest.net)


You say over subscription, in terms of what exactly? It's not like it used to be where you could technically have one house with 20 live accounts at one address, it's now only one account per house

[TrIcK^]

Over subscription in my understanding is when your ISP, for example Virgin in my case aggressively advertises itself to gain new accounts and cant handle the traffic with its current infrastructure. Yes I may be able to get up to 4meg/s download, wonderful but I cant stream a pissing video due to jitter for 50% of the time.

[voodoo_melon]

*Bump*

Weee, new internet line :D

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2651513110.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

I think the speedtest servers can't keep up, it should be a lot faster than that :whip:

[sideways14a]

Prob limited by the gigabit connection to the desktop.

Still thats a nice fat pipe :D

[voodoo_melon]

That was from a server running 4gbit straight into the core switch. Should be a 1gb link, maybe I should fire a few torrents up and see what I get :D

[Rude Dog]

Not too shabby..

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2653547318.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[munkul]

why do we get **** broadband speeds out here in the sticks? :(

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2653561041.png

[R3K1355]

out here in the sticks?

Probably your answer there.

Any idea when Infinity will get to you?

[Dan@DB-Power]

Ha I can beat all of you:-

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2653670452.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Lower is better right :wack:

[Actual_Ben_Taylor]

I win :wack:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2653748172.png

[Infinity]

Any idea when Infinity will get to you?
I'm on my way :wack:

[sideways14a]

I win :wack:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2653748172.png


Cough, just like the 90's and ISDN.

80635

Yay for draytec rate limiters :wack:

[Murt]

Since its upgrade..

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2654254483.png

[Rusty]

I deem this acceptable:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2657678700.png

[skyshack]

@ Ben. Was it ever better than that? Have you tried a new router? I had a router die slowly. First the ADSL became slow. Suffered it for about 4 months, tried everything except spending money. Came down to either buy a router or call out BT. Got a new ADSL router, speed back to "normal" and used the old one as an Ethernet router but that function has now died too. My new ADSL2+ router was a bit faster on ADSL before the line was switched to ADSL2+ than the "new" 5 year old one. With a speed as slow as yours, it you can get it ADSL2+ may be a bit more stable. ADSL2+ has huge speed increase on good short lines. It has little improvement on lines with speeds below 3000Kb/s but above 1000Kb/s and big improvements on very long poor lines.

The pointy top cabinets run out about 2 miles up the road from me. My line comes from an exchange 4 miles in the opposite direction which is likely to get fibre sometime never.

This what I was getting last summer
http://speedtest.net/result/2316664965.png

Then they fixed the line or something
http://speedtest.net/result/2592758184.png

Just been "upgraded" to ADSL2+ it's a bit unstable
Best I have had.
http://speedtest.net/result/2625133566.png
Worst
http://speedtest.net/result/2618337368.png
and today
http://speedtest.net/result/2657702709.png

[Actual_Ben_Taylor]

I've had 1.2 before so yes it's a fair bit slower than usual. Router is BT home hub 3

[Vez]

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2659950373.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

A little slow today! :)

[DLowe]

Can't remember if I updated this since going to BT infinity....

but not bad considering she's streaming some 1080p on youview at the same time:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2660350052.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[Random Tim]

Mine out in the depths of East Leicestershire

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2660402023.png

[Mr C]

Not tested it for a while, not bad.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/2675034840.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

[voodoo_melon]

*Bump*

Weee, new internet line :D

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2651513110.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

I think the speedtest servers can't keep up, it should be a lot faster than that :whip:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2685475762.png (http://www.speedtest.net)

Getting better results now but it's still not anywhere near 100% loaded while doing these tests.

[dow]

Yes but that's not your home connection so it doesn't count :D Unless when you want to download the latest Battlefield 3 patch you just take your PC into work... Go on, admit it, at home you have to leave your PC on overnight like the rest of us!

Actually, loads of my clan mates are now on all sorts of whizzy connections now. I'm moaning about a patch taking 3 hours and they just go to the toilet or make a brew and theirs is done.

I would really like a faster upload because I would like to be able to stream my gameplay.

[voodoo_melon]

I get about 2.5mbit at home on a good day. Hopefully that'll go up when I move though.

As for downloading stuff, as long as it's not (too) dodgy I might do it at work; anything else my laptop is on most of the time anyway.

[R3K1355]

Get yourself a VPN service and do all your downloading at work, doesn't matter what it is then cos work won't be able to see it and it cannot be traced back to them.

[voodoo_melon]

I'd have to change firewall rules to allow it through though and I don't think people would be happy about that :wack:

[Joe1989]

Get yourself a VPN service and do all your downloading at work, doesn't matter what it is then cos work won't be able to see it and it cannot be traced back to them.


Dunno about anyone else but my 12meg connection in my house is much better than the shitter they have in work haha.

Also if your company allow outgoing VPN connections then there very foolish indeed.

[Asht_200]

I got 40 meg when I first had Sky Fibre installed, but then performance started to degrade when we first got snow. Talking to Sky, they said the DSL profile was wrong and got Openreach to change it back and it was good for about a week and then started dropping again after we had more snow.

After a marathon troubleshooting session with an Openreach on site, it was determined that trees had stretched my telephone cable to a point where 3mm of copper had been exposed from the insulation where the cable joins the house and was causing a short circuit every time it got wet. Cable replaced and now back running at 40Meg :)

[kiruji]

My download has slowed a touch recently.

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2693478886.png