is somebody stealing my internet connection!? or is it UPC!?!?

mr.kh · 14-10-2009 9:29pm #1

Hello guys. my broadband speed is killing me... i got 6 mb UPC cable broadband. i used to get very good download speed but 1-2 weeks ago i've started getting very unstable speed (i got 3 mb download speed one day,then 1.5 mb afternoon , and 1 mb the other day, somedays it went up to 5 mb

and at the moment im gettin 80-90 kb p/s...it's really pissin me off) So my question is, is it UPC's fault or is somebody using my internet!? (i dont have any wirelaess antennas connected to my pc btw) please help me

Thanks! :pac:

dunworth1 · 14-10-2009 9:55pm

are you by any chance downloading torrents because speeds can vary greatly with torrents

go to this site a do a speed test and post it here

www.speedtest.net

mr.kh · 15-10-2009 1:26pm

hello again

no i dont use torrents or limewire. and i tested my connection speed yesterday with speedtest.net and i got 0.9 mb. this morning i got 5.5mb, now im gettng 4.9-4.7 mb. very strange. i think i'll get even lower speeds by noon....:o

joolsveer · 15-10-2009 1:33pm

I am on the UPC 20mb package and this is my snapshot for today.

Jumpy · 15-10-2009 1:33pm

Dont use speedtest sites. Download a large file from ftp.heanet.ie

I can get a variation of 9mb from different speed tests on a 24mb line. However an ftp download is always about 1.8MB. Which is about 14Mb. Considering my distance from the exchange its what I expect.

Never trust a speedtest site. They are not accurate.

mr.kh · 15-10-2009 1:44pm

thanks Jumpy! i tried that site and downloaded 600mb file and my speed went up to 650kb/sec and didnt go down under 500kb/sec!!!!:pac: now im feeling bit better :rolleyes: thanks

joolsveer · 15-10-2009 1:51pm

I downloaded a debian iso from HeaNet at 2.49MB/s which converts to 20 megabits per second.

15-10-2009 2:07pm

Well there you go, your speeds are spot on.

is somebody stealing my internet connection!? or is it UPC!?!?

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