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Slow Eircom speeds in Limerick city?

  • 27-07-2008 04:25PM
    #1
    Sunn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 391 ✭✭


    For the last 8 months by eircom download speed has slowed considerably.

    I used to get over 200kbs (on average) while downloading. But for some reason this has has dropped to around 56kbs and not risen above it. I live in the Limerick city area and there is a large construction project less than a 1/4 of a mile from where I live ( the limerick tunnel) and was thinking they may have upped the people using the copper wire (if so I recieved no letter about it).

    Its defiently not an issue with my pc and this is the only explanation I can think of. I am going to ring tomorrow as I have lost patience.

    Was just curious to see if anyone else had a similar issue.


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  • #2
    smellslikeshoes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭smellslikeshoes


    Post line stats, the usual cause of a problem like this is almost always the simplest, eg. internal wireing, faulty filters, faulty modem etc. And very very rarely a problem or change on Eircoms end.


  • #3
    Sunn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 391 ✭✭Sunn


    my download speed is 360/kbs while my upload is 311 kb/s which I found odd.


    Its not the OS as I have used windows xp, ubuntu and now vista and the problem is still the same.

    Firmware is up to date.

    Can't figure it out. :confused:


  • #4
    smellslikeshoes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭smellslikeshoes


    Sunn wrote: »
    my download speed is 360/kbs while my upload is 311 kb/s which I found odd.


    Its not the OS as I have used windows xp, ubuntu and now vista and the problem is still the same.

    Firmware is up to date.

    Can't figure it out. :confused:
    Thats about as useful as a glass hammer. Go into your modem menu and get your line stats, you're looking for Line attenuation, connected speed and SNR. You're modem menu will probably be here http://192.168.1.254/


  • #5
    Sunn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 391 ✭✭Sunn


    Speed
    384/384 (kbps)

    Line Attenuation
    37/24 dB


  • #6
    smellslikeshoes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭smellslikeshoes


    Sunn wrote: »
    Speed
    384/384 (kbps)

    Line Attenuation
    37/24 dB

    Go into expert mode -> statistics -> Dsl. And post what it says there, its a more detailed description.


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  • #7
    Sunn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 391 ✭✭Sunn


    Downstream Upstream
    Max Allowed Speed (kbps) 384 384
    SN Margin (dB) 23.23 17.00
    Line Attenuation (dB) 37.55 24.00
    CRC Errors 0 0


    Line State Up
    Modulation DMT
    Data Path Fast


  • #8
    smellslikeshoes
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭smellslikeshoes


    Sunn wrote: »
    Downstream Upstream
    Max Allowed Speed (kbps) 384 384
    SN Margin (dB) 23.23 17.00
    Line Attenuation (dB) 37.55 24.00
    CRC Errors 0 0


    Line State Up
    Modulation DMT
    Data Path Fast

    What package is this on? You should be definitely running faster than 384kbit with those line stats. Interesting that you are on a fast data path and not interleaved, this seems to be the obvious problem but interleaving is something I definitely don't know much about. I wasn't even aware that Eircom would take off interleaving.


  • #9
    Sunn
    Closed Accounts Posts: 391 ✭✭Sunn


    smellslikeshoes wrote: »
    What package is this on? You should be definitely running faster than 384kbit with those line stats. Interesting that you are on a fast data path and not interleaved, this seems to be the obvious problem but interleaving is something I definitely don't know much about. I wasn't even aware that Eircom would take off interleaving.

    I have no idea about what package. I got it 4years ago so its obviously been upgraded. afaik I should be on 3 meg connection..

    paying 40 euro a month for this :(


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