are you ****tin me!!!

IM0

have a fibre optic broadband connection 25mb, usually on speedtest it comes out at 25mb download, but just now its hardly at 1mb!!!

but the upload remains the same at 3mb!

shockingly bad

Grayson

Switch off the porn torrents

Sh1tbag OToole

Clever worded contracts mean they can get away with it. They advertise certain insanely high download speeds from selected content providers (Akamai, Fubbacudden, Netflix) on certain good days meanwhile your upload speed is terrible and unselected content providers are left out in the dry. There is no sizeable "net neutrality" movement in Europe either so they get away with sh1t. Ports are probably blocked and non-HTTP protocols such as bittorrent could be throttled as well

Hootanany

Sounds like a case of RTFM.

DonkeyStyle \o/

IM0 wrote: »

have a fibre optic broadband connection (with speeds of up to) 25mb

ftfy

Overheal

And your contention rate is..?

IM0

DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote: »

ftfy

yeah I know, and like I say usually it is the full 25mb, but on peak weekend times its horrific! 4% of the speed of most other times :eek:

IM0

Overheal wrote: »

And your contention rate is..?

very high at the moment :mad:




I have no idea what that is tbh

stimpson

Have you tried switching it off and on again?

UCDVet

The speeds are always 'Up to XXmb' for all of the general consumer level stuff. You are sharing bandwidth with your neighbors. The price you pay/the speeds they advertise can't work if everyone is utilizing the network at their cap.

It sucks - but it's what you pay for.

You could pay *a lot* more to get your own line and be unaffected by your neighbours; but you're still going to deal with traffic when you go to any site.

Taltos

contention rate is usually hidden away in the contract - how many other users you share your line with.

Some advertise zero contention - I think magnet might be one.
Eircom depending on the package might be 24 or 48, and UPC is something similar - but I am pulling these numbers from shady memory so just do a quick google check on them.

One thing to look into is can you switch service to another provider using the same tech - that way you might keep the max speed but now get a dedicated line with lower or no contention.

whitesands

Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »

Ports are probably blocked and non-HTTP protocols such as bittorrent could be throttled as well

They can't really do that anymore, there is no standard bittorrent port. utorrent for example gives you a random one.

IM0

UCDVet wrote: »

The speeds are always 'Up to XXmb' for all of the general consumer level stuff. You are sharing bandwidth with your neighbors. The price you pay/the speeds they advertise can't work if everyone is utilizing the network at their cap.

It sucks - but it's what you pay for.

You could pay *a lot* more to get your own line and be unaffected by your neighbours; but you're still going to deal with traffic when you go to any site.

Im guessing the higher speeds say 100mb will have the same problem but instead of 1mb it will be absolute minimum 4mb, and probably higher because less can afford/justify the higher prices with those speeds?

Daithi 1

IM0 wrote: »

have a fibre optic broadband connection 25mb, usually on speedtest it comes out at 25mb download, but just now its hardly at 1mb!!!

but the upload remains the same at 3mb!

shockingly bad

A 25mb connection will only download at 2.5mbps maximum.

50 meg will DL 5mbps max.

That's normal.

Basically you divide it by 10.

RESET your modem..

I take it it's upc you are using. There is no contention rate on upc..

IM0

Taltos wrote: »

One thing to look into is can you switch service to another provider using the same tech - that way you might keep the max speed but now get a dedicated line with lower or no contention.

same tech?

Im on UPC 25mb fibrepower

IM0

Daithi 1 wrote: »

A 25mb connection will only download at 2.5mbps maximum.

50 meg will DL 5mbps max.

That's normal.

Basically you divide it by 10.

yeah , but I was talking about the speedtests, thats what Im comparing here, before, it is usually 25mb but peak time can be 1mb! with the same connection obviously

IM0

Daithi 1 wrote: »

I take it it's upc you are using. There is no contention rate on upc..

:cool:

reset your modem

an on and off job?, I know those things work but why!

Daithi 1

IM0 wrote: »

yeah , but I was talking about the speedtests, thats what Im comparing here, before, it is usually 25mb but peak time can be 1mb! with the same connection obviously

Who is your supplier ?

There is no contention rate with upc.. I take it your using upc as you mentioned fiber power and 25 mb

Bad Santa

I'm with Three. I'd give my right nut for 1mb most days.

Daithi 1

Bad Santa wrote: »

I'm with Three. I'd give my right nut for 1mb most days.

awe ! at least three is a magic number

IM0

Daithi 1 wrote: »

Who is your supplier ?

There is no contention rate with upc.. I take it your using upc as you mentioned fiber power and 25 mb

yeah UPC, I said before though thought youd see it

Daithi 1

IM0 wrote: »

yeah UPC, I said before though thought youd see it

did but it was to late..

just sounds like you need to reset the modem.

You probably tried that tho..

Just call them then...

There is a hard reset option. Little hole in the back of the modem, stick a match in there for 3 seconds to reset.. worth a shot.

Lionel Messy

F.uck sake, not everyone understands this geeky f.ucking lingo, folks.

Daithi 1

Lionel Messy wrote: »

F.uck sake, not everyone understands this geeky f.ucking lingo, folks.

http://www.shol.com/agita/pigs.htm

DonkeyStyle \o/

IM0 wrote: »

yeah I know, and like I say usually it is the full 25mb, but on peak weekend times its horrific! 4% of the speed of most other times :eek:

I'm just being cheeky really. :P
I'd considered switching to UPC, but reading experiences like yours put me right off it. I only have 5Mb with Smart, but it's solid as a rock 24/7.

Bad Santa

Lionel Messy wrote: »

F.uck sake, not everyone understands this geeky f.ucking lingo, folks.

Wanna see my ping? It's massive.

IM0

Lionel Messy wrote: »

F.uck sake, not everyone understands this geeky f.ucking lingo, folks.

mr messi just cause it isnt about fuzzball

IM0

Bad Santa wrote: »

Wanna see my ping? It's massive.

or my dongle ?

Bad Santa

Bad Santa wrote: »

Wanna see my ping? It's massive.

Mines even bigger when I -r 9 it!

recylingbin

Lionel Messy wrote: »

F.uck sake, not everyone understands this geeky f.ucking lingo, folks.

His upload isn't up or down but his download is down and he wants that re-upped to the previous down speed which he was happy with. His contention, he contends, is not an issue as he dls his shiz from upc.
k?

Slydice

What speed test website are you using

If it's speedtest.net what server are you connecting to?

Feathers

Lionel Messy wrote: »

F.uck sake, not everyone understands this geeky f.ucking lingo, folks.

Most people get lied to when they buy their internet connection — they get told it's going to be fast, but it's actually slow.

The OP somehow got lucky & his is fast the whole time. Except today, when it's slow for him too. But he's angry and he complains online — he wants his internet to be fast every day! The people who he's complaining to have no sympathy because their internet is always slow.

The End

New words this post: Fast, slow, internet

Super-Rush

Ring UPC and complain.