Broadband Speed Test Megathread

bebech · 13-12-2008 3:22pm

NTL 20Mb - Dublin 1

The NTL technician came this morning to set up my connection... I am really far from the 20Mb! Really disapointed, is it possible to downgrade? Paying 20Mb for 3MB Download, it's a shame...

Where does it come from? The modem? The router? :mad:

bebech · 13-12-2008 9:04pm

Getting better, but still not 20Mb though...

ewj1978 · 15-12-2008 7:30pm

bt 3mb.

Youghal, Co . Cork

ping rte.ie

Pinging rte.ie [89.207.56.94] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 89.207.56.94: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=58
Reply from 89.207.56.94: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=58
Reply from 89.207.56.94: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=58
Reply from 89.207.56.94: bytes=32 time=21ms TTL=58

Ping statistics for 89.207.56.94:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 17ms, Maximum = 21ms, Average = 18ms

Never really had a problem..just one or two times I've lost connection.

ewj1978 · 15-12-2008 7:33pm

bostoncommon wrote: »

Its meant to be 3 meg but seems very slow? How does it compare?

A good connection should be above 70% of the max...Thats pants for a 3mb line imo.

Anti · 16-12-2008 3:56pm

beat this suckas

Squeeonline · 22-12-2008 1:43am

yayamark wrote: »

Internet Explorer cannot find www.whateveraddress.com

/me Bangs head and hopes that was a joke....

billybob69 · 22-12-2008 5:30pm

http://www.speedtest.net/result/377129265.png

RealistSpy · 24-12-2008 3:42am

carlow
Digiweb 8Mb

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RealistSpy · 24-12-2008 3:43am

Anti wrote: »

beat this suckas

That is some serious bandwidth!

ironictoaster · 24-12-2008 3:49am

Dublin 15 - 10mb

Star Bingo · 24-12-2008 5:50pm

EDIT: out my last test. restarted my PC - no BB hog was running though; nothing - however upon doing so its back to it's best wireless 7mb best/good as it gets.

Marlow · 24-12-2008 8:51pm

Anti wrote: »

beat this suckas

I guess your limiting factor is that you probably only have a 100 mbit network card. Had it been from M$ IE to the hosting facility, the Dublin server is in, you should have archieved somewhere near 1 gbit/s

Tell your network admin to stick you on one of the gbit switches.

/M

Red Sleeping Beauty · 25-12-2008 3:53pm

Dublin south west

Bloody wireless keeps cutting out. The lights are on but it's not working half the time

Anti · 29-12-2008 3:44pm

Marlow wrote: »

I guess your limiting factor is that you probably only have a 100 mbit network card. Had it been from M$ IE to the hosting facility, the Dublin server is in, you should have archieved somewhere near 1 gbit/s

Tell your network admin to stick you on one of the gbit switches.

/M

Ill have to ask for a SSD raid array too then

sofireland · 30-12-2008 10:41am

Vodafone @ Home up to 7mb, and i'm averaging this!!!

Magnet: Rory · 31-12-2008 2:19pm

sofireland wrote: »

Vodafone @ Home up to 7mb, and i'm averaging this!!!

where are u living.....the problem could be contention?

Squeeonline · 31-12-2008 3:08pm

supposed to be 2 Mb/s AFAIK. Not too bad. I'll have to test again when I get up to galway where I'm paying for 20Mb. I dont think it'll get above 10 and NTL will have the cheek to charge me to downgrade.

Magnet: Rory · 31-12-2008 3:12pm

Squeeonline wrote: »

supposed to be 2 Mb/s AFAIK. Not too bad. I'll have to test again when I get up to galway where I'm paying for 20Mb. I dont think it'll get above 10 and NTL will have the cheek to charge me to downgrade.

thats a good ping...but again the demon could be contention....that or your far far away from the exchange.

mikeymay · 31-12-2008 6:29pm

http://www.speedtest.net/result/381884556.png

NarkyMark · 03-01-2009 4:08pm

This is supposed to be a 3Mb connection... Its time to upgrade to 7Mb I think...

Nth County Dublin Location, 100m to local exchange

Oat23 · 05-01-2009 8:45pm

No probs with UPC here, delighted that i switched from eircom.

Hogzy · 05-01-2009 8:54pm

24mb BT connection!!!! F*** You BT...Switching back to Eircom 7mb where i actually got what i paid for!

06-01-2009 8:34am

... just need couple of questions answered.

1. Does it matter if I'm doing anything else when I do the test? Currently I've got a few things on the go in utorrent.

2. This may seem obvious, but should I always choose the Dublin pyramid in speednet?

Marlow · 06-01-2009 8:53am

Deleted User wrote: »

1. Does it matter if I'm doing anything else when I do the test? Currently I've got a few things on the go in utorrent.

Yes, it does matter. You should ensure, that you're not using wireless, but plug directly into the equipment delivered by your ISP, terminate ALL downloads and make sure no background updates are using bandwidth either (m$ update, antivirus etc.)

All the speedtests do is to max your broadband connection between you and the server you choose. If you're already using bandwidth, that won't be accounted for.

Deleted User wrote: »

2. This may seem obvious, but should I always choose the Dublin pyramid in speednet?

That depends on where you are, what provider you use and what their peerings are with the location, where the server is. In general you can always try two or three servers, if you think the server is the problem.

/Martin

Marlow · 06-01-2009 8:55am

Hogzy wrote: »

24mb BT connection!!!! F*** You BT...Switching back to Eircom 7mb where i actually got what i paid for!

Do you get similar results on other servers ?

/Martin

Hogzy · 07-01-2009 9:55pm

Dublin server gives me an extra 500kbps and the london gives me 700. Although when i download things on bittorrent im getting 820kbps! Still tho its really dissapointing for 24mbps!

Magnet: Rory · 08-01-2009 11:08am

Hogzy wrote: »

24mb BT connection!!!! F*** You BT...Switching back to Eircom 7mb where i actually got what i paid for!

If your only getting this from BT I really doubt that you'll get the full 7.6 with Eircom.

Marlow · 08-01-2009 3:55pm

Hogzy wrote: »

Dublin server gives me an extra 500kbps and the london gives me 700. Although when i download things on bittorrent im getting 820kbps! Still tho its really dissapointing for 24mbps!

That you only get 820 kbps on bittorrent has nothing to do with your line being 24 mbps or not. It's not a way to measure speed.

As for the Dublin and the Galway speedtest server, there should be no bottleneck to them, as they both are connected to the INEX (Dublin server is in a datacenter in Dublin, Galway speedtest server is in our datacenter in Galway, but with plenty of bandwidth connected to the INEX). Also BT's feed to the INEX is sufficient and actually recently upgraded. You could also try to download a Ubuntu ISO from Heanet or so, to see, what the story is.

Essentially your limiting factor is probably, that the line just isn't good enough and then you'd hardly be getting more with any other DSL provider. Also mind you, with BT you're on ADSL2+, Eircom with 7.2 mbit/s would be ADSL1. Guaranteed worse results.

/Martin

08-01-2009 6:32pm

Using the laptop at the moment with O2

Pong

Pinging www.l.google.com [74.125.79.99] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 74.125.79.99: bytes=32 time=295ms TTL=246
Reply from 74.125.79.99: bytes=32 time=234ms TTL=246
Reply from 74.125.79.99: bytes=32 time=305ms TTL=246
Reply from 74.125.79.99: bytes=32 time=241ms TTL=246

Ping statistics for 74.125.79.99:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 234ms, Maximum = 305ms, Average = 268ms

On eircom aswell at the moment at home.

Marlow · 08-01-2009 6:38pm

Lucky you. You seem to be in a H2UPA cell with a H2UPA device.

/Martin

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