Broadband Speed & Ping Test Megathread

Golfwidow

I am correct to be disappointed - what do you think? I have the Vodafone Gigabit installed about a month now and the speeds are actually getting worse!!IMG_0169.PNG

ED E

Golfwidow wrote: »

I am correct to be disappointed - what do you think? I have the Vodafone Gigabit installed about a month now and the speeds are actually getting worse!!IMG_0169.PNG

Your iPad cannot hope to utilise a gig connection.

Test with a computer, wired in.

PS: Giving out your GPS co-ordinates, if accurate, to the public net isnt usually considered safe.

Marlow

Golfwidow wrote: »

I am correct to be disappointed - what do you think? I have the Vodafone Gigabit installed about a month now and the speeds are actually getting worse!!IMG_0169.PNG

As ED E pointed out: you probably made every single mistake one could make running a speedtest:

- your iPad will never utilize the bandwidth, no matter how modern it is.
- doing the test over wifi, you will never get a good result.
- how far are you from the router ? with those ping times and speeds you have to be a few rooms away .... makes no sense otherwise.

Any ISP, doesn't matter which, will only accept speed results, when you test the wired speed. What you then get on Wifi is your problem. They can't know, how your device performs. Too many devices out there.

Also .. since this is a SIRO connection, what was the installers speedtest when they installed it ?

/M

Three and Imagine (Hollyford Mast for Imagine):

Ultimanemo

Three in Galway

ED E

Ultimanemo wrote: »

Three in Galway

Remember, its not all bad: #isItWorthTheRentsThough


PS: Not broadband really -> Midband Speed Thread

Ultimanemo

ED E wrote: »

Remember, its not all bad: #isItWorthTheRentsThough


PS: Not broadband really -> Midband Speed Thread

If I install antenna that gives me better signal, will I get faster speeds between 8 and 10 pm

ED E

Ultimanemo wrote: »

If I install antenna that gives me better signal, will I get faster speeds between 8 and 10 pm

Very very unlikely. When your US is OK but DS is crap thats tell tale of a congested cell.

Ultimanemo

ED E wrote: »

Very very unlikely. When your US is OK but DS is crap thats tell tale of a congested cell.

Thank you
That is what I thought, Just I wasn't sure

TheMilkyPirate

Got Virgin 240mb naked broadband in today, Here's a sample of the amazing speeds I have been getting on a wired connection.



Very disappointed.

ED E

TheMilkyPirate wrote: »

Got Virgin 240mb naked broadband in today, Here's a sample of the amazing speeds I have been getting on a wired connection.



Very disappointed.

Start a thread and post your levels, that's very unusual for VM.

ECO_Mental

I know its not speedtest.net but I broke the gigabit barrier on the Xbox detailed network statistics servers....

It was done on my Xbox One X and I did it a few times and got 1030, 1020 and 930. Make what you want of it, probably not as accurate as speedtest but it made me smile:P

Jerichoholic

0.28 Mbps download

1.21 Mbps upload

Virgin Media in Mullingar. A complete and utter joke at this stage.

heroics

Vodafone BB in north Wicklow tested from iphone on 5Ghz network using standard Vodafone router.

Wired best result is 62Mbps down and about 16.5 up

CakeLumps

Ping: 31 ms
Down: 1.75 Mb/s
Up: 0.12 Mb/s

Sky in Galway

Says I get a download of 1.75 Mb/s but I barely get 300 KB/s on a good day. Utter joke

ED E

CakeLumps wrote: »

Ping: 31 ms
Down: 1.75 Mb/s
Up: 0.12 Mb/s

Sky in Galway

Says I get a download of 1.75 Mb/s but I barely get 300 KB/s on a good day. Utter joke

Understand, you do not.

1.75Mbps is 218 kbps, 300Kbps is actually over 2Mbps. You're mixing small and big B's. Like saying my car is supposed to do 100kph but only does 62mph.

jca

ED E wrote: »

Understand, you do not.

1.75Mbps is 218 kbps, 300Kbps is actually over 2Mbps. You're mixing small and big B's. Like saying my car is supposed to do 100kph but only does 62mph.

Being an unfortunate sky "BB" customer I'd say he meant small b.

Ultimanemo

CakeLumps wrote: »

Ping: 31 ms
Down: 1.75 Mb/s
Up: 0.12 Mb/s

Sky in Galway

Says I get a download of 1.75 Mb/s but I barely get 300 KB/s on a good day. Utter joke

I had the same speed in Galway with Sky or eir, the problem isn't Sky, the problem is your phone line is far away from the exchange, if you are with Sky for long, change to eir for 12 months, I did that and I got marginally better speed 1.75 to 2.5, they changed the modem. But I disconnected eir within a week as I applied online and they gave me a product that I didn't apply for.

jca

Ultimanemo wrote: »

I had the same speed in Galway with Sky or eir, the problem isn't Sky, the problem is your phone line is far away from the exchange, if you are with Sky for long, change to eir for 12 months, I did that and I got marginally better speed 1.75 to 2.5, they changed the modem. But I disconnected eir within a week as I applied online and they gave me a product that I didn't apply for.

When I was on DSL I was getting a rock solid 10 meg with Eir and any other provider with the exception of sky. It was dreadful, simple as that.

Reati

heroics wrote: »

Vodafone BB in north Wicklow tested from iphone on 5Ghz network using standard Vodafone router.

Wired best result is 62Mbps down and about 16.5 up

Wired or wireless BB?

ionapaul

Hey all - just looking for some opinions.

My situation: we have Virgin BB, I believe the package is a basic 240MB. Never had any issues with it. The PC I use is one floor and the entire house away from the router beside the TV; they are connected via bog standard powerline adapters.

This morning, a guy cutting hedges outside managed to snip through the Virgin cable Internet, TV gone. I went out, spoke to the head guy who apologised and then said he could splice the cable back together, had done it many times before. Did so, internet and TV back within an hour.

Everything seems fine but I want to test my speeds to make sure I'm not left with 10% of the previous capacity or anything. This is what I'm getting:




Does it seem OK to those more educated than I in typical speeds, given the circumstances outlined above?

jca

ionapaul wrote: »

Hey all - just looking for some opinions.

My situation: we have Virgin BB, I believe the package is a basic 240MB. Never had any issues with it. The PC I use is one floor and the entire house away from the router beside the TV; they are connected via bog standard powerline adapters.

This morning, a guy cutting hedges outside managed to snip through the Virgin cable Internet, TV gone. I went out, spoke to the head guy who apologised and then said he could splice the cable back together, had done it many times before. Did so, internet and TV back within an hour.

Everything seems fine but I want to test my speeds to make sure I'm not left with 10% of the previous capacity or anything. This is what I'm getting:




Does it seem OK to those more educated than I in typical speeds, given the circumstances outlined above?

Is that a wired test? I wouldn't trust a hedge cutter as far as I'd throw him, give VM a call and get it fixed properly.

ionapaul

Wired, but via powerline adapters across most of the house, which I assume slows things down a bit.

Don't mind calling VM but also don't want to get into a 'pay VM to fix, then chase the management company contractors to refund me' situation unless I have to!

tsue921i8wljb3

jca wrote: »

Is that a wired test? I wouldn't trust a hedge cutter as far as I'd throw him, give VM a call and get it fixed properly.

Yeah it's unlikely to have been fixed correctly so even if it's working now it may not be weatherproof and you may have issues in the future. Contact Virgin and explain. I don't believe you should be liable for any costs.

ED E

Happened to us before, three vans out within a few hours. No charge.

Depending on where the cable strike is it can take out a whole row of houses so they don't delay repairs.

OneEightSeven

We're only 1Mb behind the UK.

http://www.speedtest.net/global-index

There's been a massive surge in the average speed in the last two months:

http://www.speedtest.net/global-index/ireland#fixed

1 - Singapore 170.99
2 - Iceland 155.25
3 - Hong Kong (SAR) 141.43
4 - South Korea 117.62
5 - Romania 109.26
6 - Hungary 95.31
7 +1 Switzerland 93.36
8 -1 Sweden 92.93
9 - United States 92.66
10 - Macau (SAR) 89.74
11 +6 Spain 88.08
12 +8 Jersey 85.33
13 -2 Netherlands 82.28
14 -2 Norway 80.17
15 -2 Denmark 79.75
16 - China 78.98
17 -3 Canada 77.98
18 -3 Japan 77.83
19 -1 New Zealand 75.71
20 -1 France 73.52
21 - Lithuania 70.22
22 +9 Barbados 64.71
23 +1 Portugal 64.49
24 -2 Luxembourg 64.24
25 - Belgium 60.91
26 -3 Reunion 57.08
27 -1 Germany 56.57
28 +1 Israel 56.12
29 -2 Taiwan 55.94
30 -2 Latvia 52.22
31 -1 United Kingdom 51.23
32 +3 Ireland 50.23
33 -1 Malta 49.01
34 +2 Finland 47.37
35 +6 Moldova 46.48
36 -3 Poland 45.32
37 - Thailand 45.09
38 - Bulgaria 44.98
39 - Chile 43.67
40 -6 Slovakia 43.46
41 -1 Slovenia 42.20
42 - Estonia 42.07
43 +2 Trinidad and Tobago 40.80
44 -1 Czech Republic 40.42
45 +1 Italy 40.32
46 -2 Russia 39.72
47 - Ukraine 37.06
48 +1 Austria 35.68
49 +2 Qatar 35.66
50 -2 Uruguay 34.94

flexcon

OneEightSeven wrote: »

We're only 1Mb behind the UK.

http://www.speedtest.net/global-index

There's been a massive surge in the average speed in the last two months:

http://www.speedtest.net/global-index/ireland#fixed

1 - Singapore 170.99
2 - Iceland 155.25
3 - Hong Kong (SAR) 141.43
4 - South Korea 117.62
5 - Romania 109.26
6 - Hungary 95.31
7 +1 Switzerland 93.36
8 -1 Sweden 92.93
9 - United States 92.66
10 - Macau (SAR) 89.74
11 +6 Spain 88.08
12 +8 Jersey 85.33
13 -2 Netherlands 82.28
14 -2 Norway 80.17
15 -2 Denmark 79.75
16 - China 78.98
17 -3 Canada 77.98
18 -3 Japan 77.83
19 -1 New Zealand 75.71
20 -1 France 73.52
21 - Lithuania 70.22
22 +9 Barbados 64.71
23 +1 Portugal 64.49
24 -2 Luxembourg 64.24
25 - Belgium 60.91
26 -3 Reunion 57.08
27 -1 Germany 56.57
28 +1 Israel 56.12
29 -2 Taiwan 55.94
30 -2 Latvia 52.22
31 -1 United Kingdom 51.23
32 +3 Ireland 50.23
33 -1 Malta 49.01
34 +2 Finland 47.37
35 +6 Moldova 46.48
36 -3 Poland 45.32
37 - Thailand 45.09
38 - Bulgaria 44.98
39 - Chile 43.67
40 -6 Slovakia 43.46
41 -1 Slovenia 42.20
42 - Estonia 42.07
43 +2 Trinidad and Tobago 40.80
44 -1 Czech Republic 40.42
45 +1 Italy 40.32
46 -2 Russia 39.72
47 - Ukraine 37.06
48 +1 Austria 35.68
49 +2 Qatar 35.66
50 -2 Uruguay 34.94

I wonder could those results be very random. especially with IPTV on the new FTC network.

Went to a friends house the other day to reset the modem as the internet was slow. I did a speedtest wired and it was about 20mb lower than I had managed a year ago. Only then I realized they had two vodafone TV boxes running in living room and master bedroom.

Once I unplugged though fully the speeds came back up.

ECO_Mental

OneEightSeven wrote: »

We're only 1Mb behind the UK.

http://www.speedtest.net/global-index

There's been a massive surge in the average speed in the last two months:

http://www.speedtest.net/global-index/ireland#fixed

1 - Singapore 170.99
2 - Iceland 155.25
3 - Hong Kong (SAR) 141.43
4 - South Korea 117.62
5 - Romania 109.26
6 - Hungary 95.31
7 +1 Switzerland 93.36
8 -1 Sweden 92.93
9 - United States 92.66
10 - Macau (SAR) 89.74

Ah here! Romania.....at number 5

Gonzo

Ireland clearly has alot of work to catch up. A completed NBP could be a decade away from reality. Urban areas need to move away from copper as soon as possible.

Balmark

Rural Wifi (3 network)

It's so inconsistent .. congestion is shocking

http://www.speedtest.net/result/7445790379 at 11pm on a Wednesday night
Currently getting ~150kb/s download ~3.5MB/s upload
Yet you'll get 5.5MB/s download at 4am