Eircom Telephone Cable

markmcg

Hi,
I just got the modem today and so i decided to hook it up.
Eircom told me that I wasn't meant to be connected until 16th but how is it work.
My speed tests are slow. I ordered 7MB. the tests are only 2mb showing.
I also used a 12-15 metre telephone cable to allow me to put the modem in my room. it made it go slightly slower. i also noticed that wireless is very slow on the modem and cable is better.
Why would my connection be slow?

Sponge Bob

How far did you say you were out from the exchange ....never mind what the salesman said .

Plug it straight into main socket, no filters no sky box or phones plugged in anywhere, now whats the speed ?

Erbium

Well if your not supposed to be connected until the 16th, maybe your limited to 2Mb until then?

markmcg

I didn't try without using the splitters but i did put it near the socker and still get less than 2mb. the eircom tech says wait until wed. i hope it goes up a good bit.

markmcg

On the router it shows these:

Downstream Upstream Max Allowed Speed (kbps) 7168 384 SN Margin (dB) 7.80 13.00 Line Attenuation (dB) 40.50 21.50 CRC Errors 3 0
I tried the the speed test here:
http://www.irishisptest.com/runmyspeed.php

twic and the first test showed just over 4mb then second showed just over 2mb.
what you reckon?

cgarvey

Moved IoffL > Broadband

markmcg

Hey i removed the splitters and connected the modem directly to the phone socket and still the same speed.
Whats up with it?
Do eircom still have to jumper it?

Sponge Bob

shows a connection at 7mbit, tight margin at 8db .

Need to run pings because it seems OK , next suspect is congestion .

try the speedtest.net speed test instea dof irishisptest

markmcg

I attached a speed test image

markmcg

My broadband is working great now. i'm getting 6.07mb on irishisptest.com
7 times faster than my old wireless broadband

MunsterCycling

Cheers for the follow up most people don't bother to follow through

coldwood92

Remember,Dail Up

MunsterCycling

coldwood92 wrote: »

Remember,Dail Up

Has that got something to do with dodgy politicians?

markmcg

I get just over 700kbps when downloading files. is that about right?
speed test shows 6.07mb

CutzEr

markmcg wrote: »

I get just over 700kbps when downloading files. is that about right?
speed test shows 6.07mb

Yes, that's correct.

markmcg

Whats eircom's upload limit?
I checked my download stats and it only shows 40gb instead of 50gb.
why that?

thebeatlebaby

markmcg wrote: »

Hi,
I just got the modem today and so i decided to hook it up.
Eircom told me that I wasn't meant to be connected until 16th but how is it work.
My speed tests are slow. I ordered 7MB. the tests are only 2mb showing.
I also used a 12-15 metre telephone cable to allow me to put the modem in my room. it made it go slightly slower. i also noticed that wireless is very slow on the modem and cable is better.
Why would my connection be slow?

your connection is slow because eircom are crap....

rob808

thebeatlebaby wrote: »

your connection is slow because eircom are crap....

yea i agree with you there my sh it 3mb eircom broadband take 8 min before i can even connect to the internet and it say a connection cannot be made to your default gateway ip address 192.168.1.254 is not responding to icmp pings

MunsterCycling

markmcg wrote: »

Whats eircom's upload limit?
I checked my download stats and it only shows 40gb instead of 50gb.
why that?

Are you talking about CAP? If on eircon don't worry they have never enforced it.

coldwood92

MunsterCycling wrote: »

Has that got something to do with dodgy politicians?

Sorry, dial up

AlmightyCushion

rob808 wrote: »

yea i agree with you there my sh it 3mb eircom broadband take 8 min before i can even connect to the internet and it say a connection cannot be made to your default gateway ip address 192.168.1.254 is not responding to icmp pings

That sounds like a problem with your router or something to do with your local network. Could you try a friends modem router on your connection and see if that works.