Mucho happy with NTL Boradband

holly_johnson

Got the 750K package installed on Monday and compared to my previous offering of IBB Ripwave I am dead happy! Only a fiver more per month and its way faster. No fuss over the installation, the guy even dropped the cable down through my hot press and tied it to the wall to put the point exactly where I wanted it. He even hoovered up the dust from the drilling! :eek:

Anyhoo the result is much faster access all the time (not just at 4 in the morning as IBB recommended I try the connection).
Anyone else have the same or other experiences?

Infini

C'mon mate, anyone who has a working NTL package is happy. It's just annoying if you have a poor signal or the line keeps dropping.

Drapper

Infini wrote:

C'mon mate, anyone who has a working NTL package is happy. It's just annoying if you have a poor signal or the line keeps dropping.

i'm not happy my pings are all over the place for gaiming !! I'm on the 1.5meg pack !

Drapper

cableguy wrote:

Have you had anyone from NTL out to see whats causing the problem??

there is nothing wrong with the settings and signal strenght its the contention !! spikes between 7 - 12 most nights !!!

should I be asking to move to a less busy contention ??

LegacyUser

I am loving my 750k package on ntl broadband. Really cool.

Drapper

cheesedude wrote:

I am loving my 750k package on ntl broadband. Really cool.

Pings?

LegacyUser

average 37ms to boards.ie

Lenny

Thats not too bad to baords considering all your traffic goes to the uk first
ping www.jolt.co.uk

jimmycrackcorm

Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=47ms TTL=50
Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=50
Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=31ms TTL=50
Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=50

Ping statistics for 195.149.21.11:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 15ms, Maximum = 47ms, Average = 31ms

On NTL 1.5meg

LegacyUser

Lenny wrote:

Thats not too bad to baords considering all your traffic goes to the uk first
ping www.jolt.co.uk

wow....jolt.co.uk is 21ms average. Board.ie still around 37ms average...care to explain why!?

Ciaran500

He did already. All your traffic goes to the UK first.

Third_Echelon

I'm on the 1.5 MB connection. I have no complaints at all... superfast and the pings are usually decent:

Pinging www.boards.ie [82.195.131.130] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 82.195.131.130: bytes=32 time=56ms TTL=45
Reply from 82.195.131.130: bytes=32 time=52ms TTL=45
Reply from 82.195.131.130: bytes=32 time=55ms TTL=45
Reply from 82.195.131.130: bytes=32 time=51ms TTL=45

Ping statistics for 82.195.131.130:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 51ms, Maximum = 56ms, Average = 53ms
================================================

Pinging clarity.jolt.co.uk [195.149.21.11] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=49
Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=49
Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=49
Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=32ms TTL=49

Ping statistics for 195.149.21.11:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 32ms, Maximum = 36ms, Average = 33ms

daymobrew

I've hat 1.5Meg ntl since August. Love it.

i'm not happy my pings are all over the place for gaiming !! I'm on the 1.5meg pack !

gaiming - I wouldn't have thought instant messaging would require good ping times

MickFarr

Have the 1.5MB package me self and it's the gods b0ll0cks!

Drapper

daymobrew wrote:

I've hat 1.5Meg ntl since August. Love it.


gaiming - I wouldn't have thought instant messaging would require good ping times

whay did you give this link?

Drapper

MickFarr wrote:

Have the 1.5MB package me self and it's the gods b0ll0cks!

Are you using it for online gaming?

LegacyUser

Ciaran500 wrote:

He did already. All your traffic goes to the UK first.

haha as soon as I posted this I kinda knew that would be the story...

Nietzschean

Drapper wrote:

Are you using it for online gaming?

i've the 1.5meg package and use it for gaming all the time tis perfect....

64 bytes from boards.ie (82.195.131.130): icmp_seq=1 ttl=46 time=50.2 ms
64 bytes from boards.ie (82.195.131.130): icmp_seq=2 ttl=46 time=49.5 ms
64 bytes from boards.ie (82.195.131.130): icmp_seq=3 ttl=46 time=51.1 ms
64 bytes from boards.ie (82.195.131.130): icmp_seq=4 ttl=46 time=48.9 ms
64 bytes from boards.ie (82.195.131.130): icmp_seq=5 ttl=46 time=49.9 ms



64 bytes from clarity.jolt.co.uk (195.149.21.11): icmp_seq=2 ttl=50 time=21.4 ms

no bother at all in games fer me.




umm as part of trace route for boards.ie
8 fran-ic-1-so-000-0.inet.ntl.com (62.253.188.102) 40.527 ms 39.766 ms 56.734 ms
that isn't by any odd chance ntl in france is it?

Please don't shoot the n00bish questioner, but how do you ping?

MickFarr

Drapper wrote:

Are you using it for online gaming?

Yeah, I use it for online gaming alright

I had the exact same problem you are having and after a few days of ringing and emailing them pings to websites. NTL got the problem sorted. Since then I haven't had any problems!

Here's the thread link: NTL Prolbem!

Try running some tracerts to see where the fault is then you can let NTL know.

MickFarr

Deleted User wrote:

Please don't shoot the n00bish questioner, but how do you ping?

Hit the windows start button.
Select Run
Type in CMD and press enter/return
Type ping www.jolt.co.uk and press enter/return

If you're having a problem with bad pings do this

Hit the windows start button.
Select Run
Type in CMD and press enter/return
Type tracert www.jolt.co.uk and press enter/return

Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=127ms TTL=58
Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=35ms TTL=58
Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=121ms TTL=58
Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=58

Ping statistics for 195.149.21.11:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss)
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 35ms, Maximum = 127ms, Average = 80ms

Now what does this mean exactly?

Ciaran500

Its the time taken for a piece of information to go from your computer to www.jolt.co.uk and back. High pings will show up as lag in online games.

Were you doing much on the internet when you did that ping?

nope, nothin.

Drapper

Deleted User wrote:

nope, nothin.

where in Dublin are you m8? mine are crap in D15

d6w. Why somethin wrong with those pings?

daymobrew

Drapper wrote:

whay did you give this link?

I gave the Gaim link as a joke in response to the typo/spelling mistake (gaiming/gaming).
I can't think of one for whay/why.

Back on topic, I too am getting crappy pings to jolt in D15 (near Coolmine train station):
Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=70ms TTL=49
Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=297ms TTL=49
Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=80ms TTL=49
Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=103ms TTL=49
I haven't contacted ntl because it is not hindering any of my activities (I'm not a gamer).

Ciaran500

Those pings are a little high. You should be averaging about 30ms to jolt on NTL. No need to worry unless your a gamer.

MartMax

It's getting better, compared to ping pong I did few weeks ago...

Pinging clarity.jolt.co.uk [195.149.21.11] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=21ms TTL=49
Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=21ms TTL=49
Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=23ms TTL=49
Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=23ms TTL=49

Ping statistics for 195.149.21.11:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 21ms, Maximum = 23ms, Average = 22ms

lee_baby_simms

have any of you ntl users out there been contacted for exceeding the cap?

LegacyUser

Cap? Is there one? I never told anything.

Ciaran500

NTL say 1GB per day but AFAIK its never been enforced.

Drapper

lee_baby_simms wrote:

have any of you ntl users out there been contacted for exceeding the cap?

Lads how can you exceed a 1gb DL a day Cap? What are you legally downloading ? I'd love to know ?

RE*AC*TOR

Drapper wrote:

Lads how can you exceed a 1gb DL a day Cap? What are you legally downloading ? I'd love to know ?

who said anything about legal?

mind your own business.

Drapper

RE*AC*TOR wrote:

who said anything about legal?

mind your own business.

Ahhhhh I know what your up tahh ;-) btw its everyone business when your hogging bandwidth that is not even there in the first place, Look at all the treads on awfull pings ? They blame the 24/7 downloaders !

RE*AC*TOR

If people have a problem with their service then they can move over to a different service provider. Its not everyone's business what private individuals do with a service they pay for. Its NTLs business how they choose to conduct their operation.

Drapper

RE*AC*TOR wrote:

If people have a problem with their service then they can move over to a different service provider. Its not everyone's business what private individuals do with a service they pay for. Its NTLs business how they choose to conduct their operation.

I agree! I am having problems with pings, and they always blame you guys ! I download about 60mb a day ..............think they should seperate high and low downloaders ! Either that or they should enforece the cap like in the Uk

RE*AC*TOR

For the record - i don't use NTL broadband.

Drapper

RE*AC*TOR wrote:

For the record - i don't use NTL broadband.

Think its a BB issue alround reading the Eircom and IOL/Esat and Irishbraodband threads on boards.ie !

lee_baby_simms

Drapper wrote:

Lads how can you exceed a 1gb DL a day Cap? What are you legally downloading ? I'd love to know ?

i never said i was exceeding the cap. you can sleep easy drapper.

Drapper

:-) I'm only pulling your legs lads !!

bringitdown

NTL - well second time in as many weeks the D/S ain't working.
First time it began to work after having been powered off for a day or so.
Did the same this time but still not working. I cancelled the engineer call-out when it began to work the last time, but probably will get him to have a gawk working or not this time round.

Anyone else have a similar experience - what was the reason?
My signal levels seem in order.

bid

bensonj

I am planning on moving to Dublin and I am very fond of my broadband. Can anyone tell me which suburbs NTL broadband is being rolled out in? From some of the comments this seems to be a pretty reliable service.

roryodonnell

Lucan is one place

lee_baby_simms

cabinteely is another.

holly_johnson

and Blanchardstown

Drapper

Castleknock too !!

Infini

Ashtown has it.

Ciaran500

roryodonnell wrote:

Lucan is one place

Only certain parts of Lucan unfortunatley