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Mucho happy with NTL Boradband

holly_johnson · 2005-02-11 23:16:06

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…

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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?

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#2 12-02-2005 1:32pm
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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.

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#3 12-02-2005 3:59pm
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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 !

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#4 12-02-2005 4:17pm
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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 ??

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#5 12-02-2005 4:18pm
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I am loving my 750k package on ntl broadband. Really cool.

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#6 12-02-2005 4:18pm
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cheesedude wrote:

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

Pings?

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#7 12-02-2005 6:29pm
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average 37ms to boards.ie

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#8 12-02-2005 6:31pm
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Thats not too bad to baords considering all your traffic goes to the uk first
ping www.jolt.co.uk

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#9 13-02-2005 12:26am
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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

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#10 13-02-2005 6:03am
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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!?

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#11 13-02-2005 10:43am
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He did already. All your traffic goes to the UK first.

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#12 13-02-2005 10:53am
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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
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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

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#13 13-02-2005 11:06am
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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

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#14 13-02-2005 12:49pm
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Have the 1.5MB package me self and it's the gods b0ll0cks!

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#15 13-02-2005 12:51pm
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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?

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#16 13-02-2005 12:52pm
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MickFarr wrote:

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

Are you using it for online gaming?

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#17 13-02-2005 12:56pm
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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...

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#18 13-02-2005 2:00pm
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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?

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#19 13-02-2005 2:07pm
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Please don't shoot the n00bish questioner, but how do you ping?

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#20 13-02-2005 2:25pm
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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.

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#21 13-02-2005 2:33pm
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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

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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?

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#23 13-02-2005 3:35pm
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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?

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#24 13-02-2005 3:37pm
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nope, nothin.

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#25 13-02-2005 3:47pm
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nope, nothin.

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

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d6w. Why somethin wrong with those pings?

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#27 13-02-2005 3:55pm
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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).

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#28 13-02-2005 4:05pm
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Those pings are a little high. You should be averaging about 30ms to jolt on NTL. No need to worry unless your a gamer.

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#29 13-02-2005 4:11pm
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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

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#30 14-02-2005 12:01am
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have any of you ntl users out there been contacted for exceeding the cap?

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#31 14-02-2005 12:11am
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Cap? Is there one? I never told anything.

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