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Broadband Speed & Ping Test Megathread

Cabaal · 2009-11-16 08:36:27

I've decided its best to create a single thread to cover speed and ping tests, you can see the old locked threads for speed and ping tests still though. This thread will give info on speed achievable and also ping test results which will be beneficial to gamers. Rules before you post: - You MUST post a speedtest from…

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#1622 01-03-2014 12:23pm
ando

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Any news on when UPC will be automatically upgrading users on the 50mbps to 120mbps ?

As far as I remember, it was to happen today, 1st March

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#1623 02-03-2014 1:55pm
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ando wrote: »

Any news on when UPC will be automatically upgrading users on the 50mbps to 120mbps ?

As far as I remember, it was to happen today, 1st March

Done the Ping test earlier, (I'm on the 50mpbs bundle) and was getting 122mpbs. Down to 85 now. So it looks as if it has kicked in.

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#1624 02-03-2014 2:01pm
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Just tried it there again, reading 122mpbs now again.Ping.PNG

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#1625 02-03-2014 6:51pm
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bloodyhawk wrote: »

Can you post your xDSL page statistics?

============================================================================
VDSL Training Status: Showtime
Mode: VDSL2 Annex B
VDSL Profile: Profile 17a
Traffic Type: PTM Mode
Link Uptime: 0 day: 2 hours: 14 minutes
============================================================================
VDSL Port Details Upstream Downstream
Line Rate: 15.418 Mbps 50.268 Mbps
Actual Net Data Rate: 15.358 Mbps 50.170 Mbps
Trellis Coding: ON ON
SNR Margin: 15.7 dB 18.1 dB
Actual Delay: 4 ms 8 ms
Transmit Power: -11.3 dBm 14.5 dBm
Receive Power: -24.7 dBm 1.5 dBm
Actual INP: 2.0 symbols 3.0 symbols
Total Attenuation: 13.4 dB 12.9 dB
Attainable Net Data Rate: 31.957 Mbps 101.328 Mbps
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VDSL Band Status U0 U1 U2 U3 D1 D2 D3
Line Attenuation(dB): 3.2 16.3 23.4 N/A 9.7 21.7 33.2
Signal Attenuation(dB): 3.2 15.6 22.2 N/A 11.0 21.5 33.2
SNR Margin(dB): 15.9 15.6 15.8 N/A 18.1 18.1 18.1
Transmit Power(dBm):-23.7 -13.8 -15.6 N/A 12.4 7.7 6.7
============================================================================

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#1626 02-03-2014 7:50pm
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CastorTroy wrote: »

============================================================================
VDSL Training Status: Showtime
Mode: VDSL2 Annex B
VDSL Profile: Profile 17a
Traffic Type: PTM Mode
Link Uptime: 0 day: 2 hours: 14 minutes
============================================================================
VDSL Port Details Upstream Downstream
Line Rate: 15.418 Mbps 50.268 Mbps
Actual Net Data Rate: 15.358 Mbps 50.170 Mbps
Trellis Coding: ON ON
SNR Margin: 15.7 dB 18.1 dB
Actual Delay: 4 ms 8 ms
Transmit Power: -11.3 dBm 14.5 dBm
Receive Power: -24.7 dBm 1.5 dBm
Actual INP: 2.0 symbols 3.0 symbols
Total Attenuation: 13.4 dB 12.9 dB
Attainable Net Data Rate: 31.957 Mbps 101.328 Mbps
============================================================================
VDSL Band Status U0 U1 U2 U3 D1 D2 D3
Line Attenuation(dB): 3.2 16.3 23.4 N/A 9.7 21.7 33.2
Signal Attenuation(dB): 3.2 15.6 22.2 N/A 11.0 21.5 33.2
SNR Margin(dB): 15.9 15.6 15.8 N/A 18.1 18.1 18.1
Transmit Power(dBm):-23.7 -13.8 -15.6 N/A 12.4 7.7 6.7
============================================================================

Hey sorry for the trouble man but could you perhaps also ping google for me using cmd?

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#1627 03-03-2014 11:52am
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Rebooted the sh!tty horizon box over the weekend and got the 200mb bump as promised.

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#1628 04-03-2014 1:22am
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Best its been in weeks

[URL="[URL=http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3346238684][IMG]http://www.speedtest.net/result/3346238684.png[/IMG][/URL]"][/url]

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#1629 04-03-2014 1:23am
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allen175 wrote: »

Rebooted the sh!tty horizon box over the weekend and got the 200mb bump as promised.

Awful upload speeds. :>

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#1630 04-03-2014 10:03am
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cupthehand1 wrote: »

Best its been in weeks

[URL="[URL=http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3346238684][IMG]http://www.speedtest.net/result/3346238684.png[/IMG][/URL]"][/url]

That's shocking:eek:

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#1631 04-03-2014 10:11am
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Digiweb / Smart Telecom Dublin

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#1632 04-03-2014 10:49am
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Was with Three Mobile Broadband for quite a while...

Talked with Eircom, and got a temporary setup with them to try out...

Why was I expecting better?

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#1633 04-03-2014 11:54am
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So, after an hour thinking and trying everything I might have done "wrong," I have come to the conclusion I am not in the wrong, and those would be the speeds I would be paying Eircom for if I were to continue.

I guess I will not be continuing then.

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#1634 04-03-2014 10:09pm
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allimac wrote: »

Just tried it there again, reading 122mpbs now again.Ping.PNG

Yea I rebooted there and am getting nearly 10mbps upload which is double what I was getting, but download is half of what I was on.. 24mbps on ethernet cable. I suspect its due to peak times, will try again later

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#1635 04-03-2014 11:57pm
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Can anyone tell me what ping you'd expect ~160m from a VDSL cabinet?

Apologies if this is a dumb question, just looking for any guesstimate from the tech-heads.

Cheers!

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#1636 05-03-2014 12:29am
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jantheman91 wrote: »

Can anyone tell me what ping you'd expect ~160m from a VDSL cabinet?

Apologies if this is a dumb question, just looking for any guesstimate from the tech-heads.

Cheers!

It's not possible to determine that. Pings depend on Eircom's infrastructure. If Eircom have cables running all over the country, you'll get crappy ping times. Your packets also have to pass through routers and the more of these routers, the worse your ping.

Satellite internet has terrible pings because the signal has to travel 22,300 miles into Space and back again down again.

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#1637 05-03-2014 12:32am
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OneEightSeven wrote: »

It's not possible to determine that. Pings depend on Eircom's infrastructure. If Eircom have cables running all over the country, you'll get crappy ping times. Your packets also have to pass through routers and the more of these routers, the worse your ping.

Satellite internet has terrible pings because the signal has to travel 22,300 miles into Space and back again down again.

Thanks for the reply.

I just assumed (incorrectly it seems) that with the cabinet so close, and the fact that it's Fibre my ping should be better than my current DSL set-up.

I guess I'll have to wait and see.

Thanks again!

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#1638 15-03-2014 5:29pm
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After UPC upgrade:

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#1639 15-03-2014 11:29pm
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#1640 17-03-2014 4:07pm
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This is my speed (wireless) after getting eFibre installed. It was at 6mbps with adsl.

That's bizarre, why is it saying Carlow?!? I'm in Carrigaline, Cork.

Edit: Nevermind, just saw that that's where the server is at.

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#1641 17-03-2014 4:16pm
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ShodenMcClane wrote: »

This is my speed (wireless) after getting eFibre installed. It was at 6mbps with adsl.

That's bizarre, why is it saying Carlow?!? I'm in Carrigaline, Cork.

The server is in Carlow. Go back to the Speedtest website and you'll see 7 dots in the Republic. Choose the one in Cork, you might get a lower ping.

Could you also contribute to this thread, please? http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056971854

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#1642 17-03-2014 9:06pm
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ShodenMcClane wrote: »

This is my speed (wireless) after getting eFibre installed. It was at 6mbps with adsl.

That's bizarre, why is it saying Carlow?!? I'm in Carrigaline, Cork.

Edit: Nevermind, just saw that that's where the server is at.

There's a server in Carlow? I live in Carlow and I never knew that, it must only be new then, I should be able to get great pings so.

Edit: They're hosted by Black Knight which is literly less than 5 minutes walking distance from me!

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#1643 18-03-2014 12:22am
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There's my speedtest, conencting to the Carlow server just down the road from me!
I can't wait go get Fibre!!

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#1644 18-03-2014 12:02pm
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OneEightSeven wrote: »

The server is in Carlow. Go back to the Speedtest website and you'll see 7 dots in the Republic. Choose the one in Cork, you might get a lower ping.

Could you also contribute to this thread, please? http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056971854

Done, cheers for the heads up.

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#1645 19-03-2014 12:20pm
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After the evision trial I've reverted to my previous profile and get the following:-

This is a vast improvement on the previous speeds and ping I was able to get. I'm about 190m from the cab and live in Letterkenny. Now for the vectoring. BTW I've managed to lock myself out of the XDSL stats so can't post anything till I sort it.

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#1646 29-03-2014 11:33am
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21957/767 (kbps) profile on Vodafone ADSL

Pings are always ~10ms it seems.

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#1647 29-03-2014 9:37pm
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fooking love it.:D

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#1648 31-03-2014 8:07pm
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Letterkenny - good and stable. Cab 190m or so

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VDSL Port Details Upstream Downstream
Line Rate: 20.540 Mbps 87.211 Mbps
Actual Net Data Rate: 20.479 Mbps 87.041 Mbps
Trellis Coding: ON ON
SNR Margin: 8.8 dB 12.3 dB
Actual Delay: 5 ms 6 ms
Transmit Power: -13.9 dBm 12.3 dBm
Receive Power: -24.7 dBm -2.0 dBm
Actual INP: 2.0 symbols 2.0 symbols
Total Attenuation: 10.6 dB 14.4 dB
Attainable Net Data Rate: 22.715 Mbps 112.128 Mbps
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#1649 31-03-2014 8:54pm
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PeadarB wrote: »

Letterkenny - good and stable. Cab 190m or so

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VDSL Port Details Upstream Downstream
Line Rate: 20.540 Mbps 87.211 Mbps
Actual Net Data Rate: 20.479 Mbps 87.041 Mbps
Trellis Coding: ON ON
SNR Margin: 8.8 dB 12.3 dB
Actual Delay: 5 ms 6 ms
Transmit Power: -13.9 dBm 12.3 dBm
Receive Power: -24.7 dBm -2.0 dBm
Actual INP: 2.0 symbols 2.0 symbols
Total Attenuation: 10.6 dB 14.4 dB
Attainable Net Data Rate: 22.715 Mbps 112.128 Mbps
======================================================

Looks like vectoring is enabled for you, lucky!

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#1650 31-03-2014 9:28pm
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AlanS181824 wrote: »

Looks like vectoring is enabled for you, lucky!

Will everyone on Eircom automatically get whatever the line can handle when vectoring becomes enabled, or how does that work?

@PeadarB what Eircom package are you actually paying for? 50/15, 70/20 or what?

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#1651 31-03-2014 9:32pm
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Blade wrote: »

Will everyone on Eircom automatically get whatever the line can handle when vectoring becomes enabled, or how does that work?

@PeadarB what Eircom package are you actually paying for? 50/15, 70/20 or what?

Vectoring profiles are limited to 100Mb down/20Mb up.

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