"UPC exchange point in athlone"

bloodyhawk

hey i was just wondering if you guys know where the upc exchange point is located in athlone... i am in coosan so i just want to know how far away is it from me...

Sponge Bob

No such thing really, each unit of around 200-500 houses is individually fibred off a street cabinet = 'exchange' in cable terms.

100mbits, if available, is available to everyone on the cable segment running out of that cabinet.

bloodyhawk

Sponge Bob wrote: »

No such thing really, each unit of around 200-500 houses is individually fibred off a street cabinet = 'exchange' in cable terms.

100mbits, if available, is available to everyone on the cable segment running out of that cabinet.

well the reason i really asked this question is cause i was interested how some people managed to get low ping's around 5-15 with there 100MB service. while the others had about 20-25 with the same service so i messaged couple of people with below 10 ping and asked them and they told me its probably cause they are close to the exchange point???

ED E

The longer the line the longer packets take to travel out and back, but its usually small enough difference between houses.

If you're on Wifi that will add a delay.

demanufactured

Where in coosan are ya ...I don't think you'll get it out there

bloodyhawk

demanufactured wrote: »

Where in coosan are ya ...I don't think you'll get it out there

lol already checked its available

demanufactured

Did you call them?

My ping is always 5ms on UPC speed test.(128mb)
It will be a little higher on other speed tests, but as mentioned if someone is using wifi to test their speed, it will be higher.

bloodyhawk

demanufactured wrote: »

Did you call them?

yes i did...

Bam Bam Mickey wrote: »

My ping is always 5ms on UPC speed test.(128mb)
It will be a little higher on other speed tests, but as mentioned if someone is using wifi to test their speed, it will be higher.

yeah but other people who had over 20 ping were also using wired connection
like yourself although i am not sure if they were using cat5/cat6 cable or not so that might be it.
but i doubt it

Well my ping was the same on both cat5e and cat6.
There will be no difference.
I would put it down to distance from the exchange.

demanufactured

If i use speedtest i usually get a ping of 30-35
on magnet speedtest i usualy get 15

bloodyhawk

demanufactured wrote: »

If i use speedtest i usually get a ping of 30-35
on magnet speedtest i usualy get 15

what do you get when you ping google?

demanufactured

bloodyhawk wrote: »

demanufactured wrote: »

If i use speedtest i usually get a ping of 30-35
on magnet speedtest i usualy get 15

what do you get when you ping google?

50

bloodyhawk

demanufactured wrote: »

50

:eek: lol really... are you sure you're with upc? cause i am with eircom and i get 30.

demanufactured

yup...65Mb Connextion