[DSL Upgrades] Post here after you've been upgraded *ONLY*

pedro ferio-vti

Was speaking with BT earlier Peter and there is a problem with either our or a neighbouring exchange due to the flooding on Saturday or whatever day it was. They reckon it will either be sorted by this evening or tomorrow. If it isn't i'll be giving them a shout back to see if there is a short term solution planned for this and if there isn't i'll be cancelling and going with an alternative.

If NTL is available I would consider it. It's the downtime while switching companies that I don't want to deal with tbh.

peterk19

I was onto Eircom myself earlier and they didnt mention any flooding they just said my line may not be capable of the new speeds which is fair enough the downtime is the only thing thats putting me off changing to NTL although i reckon ill just cancel the DSL after the new line is installed i also have a really good Cisco adsl router that i dont want to waste by changing

pedro ferio-vti

Hmm, and here was me buying a new router to replace my 2247 after reading threads here about the upgrade. If your Cisco box is wireless and you need the Wireless aspect around your house you'll need it after you get your NTL one as they don't ship out Wireless ones from memory.

Another thread is suggesting high interleaving may be also contributing to the issue so I will be contacting them later in the week with a view to getting this changed to low or fastpath if my line is capable. If they aren't willing to change then might go with NTL, we'll see.

PS: Good idea on changing with no downtime

Ronan

pedro ferio-vti you aren't based in North County dublin by any chance? Out here in Portmarnock/Malahide we were out from 9:00 pm sat till 5 pm sunday because of flooding.

Edit: ignore me - I see you are in Belcamp

pedro ferio-vti

Exchange is Belcamp, I live in Kilmore. The flooding was pretty bad so maybe the exchange story the girl gave me has some merit, I suppose we'll see later in the week. Is your service completely restored now?

Ronan

It is restored, but since the upgrade my net is pretty close to unusable

pauly3

UTV Internet, was 3072/384, now 7616/672



Getting 796KB/sec constant download speed from microsoft.com
and 774KB/sec from heanet.ie

1.3km from Newbridge exchange, pings are ~36ms to boards.ie

Router Stats: Eircom Netopia 2247NWG

Downstream Upstream
Max Allowed Speed (kbps) 7616 672
SN Margin (dB) 14.50 12.00
Line Attenuation (dB) 20.00 11.00
CRC Errors 304 2

SN margin varies between 6 and 16

lmimmfn

It would be great if OP could add all the exchanges that have had confirmed upgrades already rather than having zillions of threads on individual exchanges

greatgoal

upgraded on eircom from 2mb to 3mb in balbriggan,it gives me 30gb cap this month but next month it says it will return to 20gb cap,all that waiting for nothing...time for a change methinks.

coillte

Kiltimagh, Co. Mayo exchange upgraded. I was on 2mb, now 3mb & they've lowered my allowance from 30GB to 20GB. That change word is calling...

Hank Scorpio

lol they`ve actually lowered the download cap on higher packages?
How pathetic can they get

greatgoal

nuxxx wrote: »

lol they`ve actually lowered the download cap on higher packages?
How pathetic can they get

i already was on the 2mb package with 20 gb cap...free upgrade to 3mb with 30gb cap but it says on their support page{stats check} that my cap will return to 20gb next month,but still with 3mb speed,ridiculous.

alastair

Anyone know what the status of Summerhill exchange is?
No evidence of an upgrade here, despite the weekend timetable.

blubloblu

Your exchange: Dun Laoghaire
Your ISP: Eircom
Your broadband package: Broadband Home Professional (3mb before upgrade)
Sync speed after upgrade: 7616kbps down/ 672 kbps up
Modem model: Netgear DG834G
Speedtest.net:
Actually get speeds during normal use closer to 2.7 mbps, I was faster before 'upgrade'
Ping result to www.boards.ie:

Pinging www.boards.ie [89.234.66.107] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=453ms TTL=60
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=827ms TTL=60
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=491ms TTL=60
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=499ms TTL=60

Ping statistics for 89.234.66.107:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 453ms, Maximum = 827ms, Average = 567ms

redshoulder

greatgoal wrote: »

i already was on the 2mb package with 20 gb cap...free upgrade to 3mb with 30gb cap but it says on their support page{stats check} that my cap will return to 20gb next month,but still with 3mb speed,ridiculous.

It has to be a glitch, because if you check the home and business 3mb packages, both have 30gb caps.

0ph0rce0

Your Exchange: Dun Laoghaire
Your ISP: Eircom
Your broadband package: Home Plus (2mb before upgrade)
Sync speed after upgrade: 2638 kbps down/ 315 kbps up
Modem model: Netopia 3300

Pinging www.boards.ie [89.234.66.107] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=60
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=60
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=60
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=60

Ping statistics for 89.234.66.107:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 13ms, Maximum = 13ms, Average = 13ms

Yakuza

Your Exchange: Clontarf (about 1km from exchange as crow flies).
Your ISP: Eircom
Your broadband package: Home Professional (3mb before upgrade)
Sync speed after upgrade: 7616/672
Modem model: Netopia 3347W (October 2004 Vintage, only 11b wireless, but upgraded to 7.4.2r2).

Pinging [URL="http://www.boards.ie"]www.boards.ie[/URL] [89.234.66.107] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=44ms TTL=60
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=48ms TTL=60
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=47ms TTL=60
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=45ms TTL=60
Ping statistics for 89.234.66.107:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 44ms, Maximum = 48ms, Average = 46ms

Pings have gone up from around 20 ms to the above. I've not tried any games yet, but don't do much so not too bothered about it for now. SNR has gone from around 19 to 14, a bit better than I expected.

batman2000

Your Exchange: Rush and Lusk (3.8Km from Exchange)
Your ISP: Imagine
Your broadband package: 3Mb Always On
Sync speed after upgrade: 3072/384
Modem model: Linksys WAG54GS




Code:
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

c:\>ping www.boards.ie

Pinging www.boards.ie [89.234.66.107] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=68ms TTL=59
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=59
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=13ms TTL=59
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=59

Ping statistics for 89.234.66.107:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 11ms, Maximum = 68ms, Average = 26ms

Nick_oliveri

Your Exchange: Tullamore
Your ISP: Eircom
Your broadband package: Home Professional
Sync speed after upgrade: 7616/448
Modem model: Netopia 2247-02

Wtf @ upload!

Pinging www.boards.ie [89.234.66.107] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=44ms TTL=61
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=44ms TTL=61
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=44ms TTL=61
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=44ms TTL=61

Ping statistics for 89.234.66.107:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 44ms, Maximum = 44ms, Average = 44ms

masteroftherealm

Your Exchange: Tuam
Your ISP: Eircom
Your broadband package: Home Professional (3mb before upgrade)
Sync speed after upgrade: 7616/672 (kbps)
Line Attenuation: 9/5 dB



C:\Users\Jay>ping www.boards.ie

Pinging www.boards.ie [89.234.66.107] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=61
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=61
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=61
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=61

Ping statistics for 89.234.66.107:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 36ms, Maximum = 37ms, Average = 36ms

C:\Users\Jay>

Fiach Dubh

Exchange: Belcamp
Your ISP: Eircom
Your broadband package: Home Professional (3mb before upgrade)
Sync speed after upgrade: 4896/512 (kbps)
Line Attenuation: 49/31 dB
SN Margin (dB) 6.00 14.00



Pinging www.boards.ie [89.234.66.107] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=42ms TTL=61
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=43ms TTL=61
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=43ms TTL=61
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=43ms TTL=61

Ping statistics for 89.234.66.107:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 42ms, Maximum = 43ms, Average = 42ms

lmimmfn

Your exchange : Mullingar
Your ISP : UTV
Your broadband package : 3mb before
Sync speed after upgrade : 3936/386
Line Attenuation: 47/31.5 dB
SN Margin (dB) 6.50 12.00
Modem model : BT Voyager 205
Speed test result from [url]www.speedtest.net:[/url]


Ping result to [url]www.boards.ie:[/url]
G:\>ping boards.ie

Pinging boards.ie [89.234.66.107] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=59ms TTL=57
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=57
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=59ms TTL=57
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=57

Ping statistics for 89.234.66.107:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 59ms, Maximum = 60ms, Average = 59ms

god's toy

god's toy wrote: »

RATHDRUM exchange.

Package: Deluxe 3072/384

After upgrade: 5152/672 (kbps)

Margin (dB)8.76/19.00

Line Attenuation (dB) 34.27/19.00

Modem: Netopia 3347w




Ping boards.ie: round-trip min/avg/max = 50/50/50 msec



Suppose I'm not getting the full speeds I could but for now it's fine.

And here is what happens when you change DSL filter.




I'm happy now

lmimmfn

god's toy wrote: »

And here is what happens when you change DSL filter.




I'm happy now

did you try it beforehand without any filter?

god's toy

Yep and it didn't sync up at all without one.

Yesterday the line kept dropping so pulled out a new filter just to see if that was it.

Still holding strong at 7616/672 today, better than it's ever been from the time of the upgrade.

calum

Don't actually know when this happened (was scheduled for 9th August according to the BT website, but I'm sure I've checked my modem since then). Can't say it's made any noticeable difference anyway...

Your exchange : WHITEHALL (Dublin 9)
Your ISP : BT
Your broadband package : 3072/384
Sync speed after upgrade : 6144/512
Margin: 10 /14 db
Line Attenuation: 39/22
Modem model : Linksys WAG354G
Speed test result from [url]www.speedtest.net:[/url]


Ping result to [url]www.boards.ie:[/url]
PING boards.ie (89.234.66.107): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 89.234.66.107: icmp_seq=0 ttl=58 time=45.862 ms
64 bytes from 89.234.66.107: icmp_seq=1 ttl=58 time=44.299 ms
64 bytes from 89.234.66.107: icmp_seq=2 ttl=58 time=43.161 ms
64 bytes from 89.234.66.107: icmp_seq=3 ttl=58 time=44.432 ms
64 bytes from 89.234.66.107: icmp_seq=4 ttl=58 time=47.043 ms
64 bytes from 89.234.66.107: icmp_seq=5 ttl=58 time=43.209 ms
64 bytes from 89.234.66.107: icmp_seq=6 ttl=58 time=43.615 ms
64 bytes from 89.234.66.107: icmp_seq=7 ttl=58 time=42.975 ms
64 bytes from 89.234.66.107: icmp_seq=8 ttl=58 time=44.217 ms
64 bytes from 89.234.66.107: icmp_seq=9 ttl=58 time=43.587 ms
64 bytes from 89.234.66.107: icmp_seq=10 ttl=58 time=45.151 ms
64 bytes from 89.234.66.107: icmp_seq=11 ttl=58 time=43.292 ms
64 bytes from 89.234.66.107: icmp_seq=12 ttl=58 time=45.312 ms
64 bytes from 89.234.66.107: icmp_seq=13 ttl=58 time=43.231 ms
^C
--- boards.ie ping statistics ---
14 packets transmitted, 14 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 42.975/44.242/47.043/1.167 ms

needhelpguy

Your exchange : Swords
Your ISP : BT
Your broadband package : 8mb
Sync speed after upgrade :
DownStream Connection Speed 18366 kbps
UpStream Connection Speed 1023 kbps
Modem model : Net Gear
Speed test result from [url]www.speedtest.net:[/url]




I was only supposed to be upgraded to 8mb I thought?! It's been like this for a few days now, I'm not complaining

yoyo

Syncing at 6144/512, SNR:12.5Db, Attenuation: 34.5Db

Nick

Onikage

needhelpguy wrote: »

I was only supposed to be upgraded to 8mb I thought?! It's been like this for a few days now, I'm not complaining

BT raised speeds up to 24MB on certain exchanges, it's on the BT site and has been discussed in other threads.

rc28

Your exchange Dunshaughlin
Your ISP Eircom
Your broadband package 2048/256
Sync speed after upgrade 3072/384
Modem model Netopia 3347nwg
Attenuation before/after upgrade: 51/52
SNR before/after upgrade: 25/18(!)

Pinging www.boards.ie [89.234.66.107] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=61
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=12ms TTL=61
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=61
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=61

Ping statistics for 89.234.66.107:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 10ms, Maximum = 12ms, Average = 11ms

Only got the upgrade today even though the exchange was upgraded on the 9th. Interesting that since the 9th pings to most sites trebled but then when we got the upgrade today pings are back down to a healthy 10 (must have set us to fastpath?).