UTV Speeds

mickger · 01-10-2005 12:45pm #1

Since last night my Clicksilver speeds have been very erratic.At the moment getting 512k speeds on a 2Meg connection.Its been up and down all day.Any other Clicksilver users getting slow speeds??? Just wondering is it only me.

Drapper · 01-10-2005 12:57pm

yes it you, not your ISP ;-)

Tronix · 01-10-2005 1:56pm

Just checked speeds here usually around 850 . Speeds between 440 & 550 using 3 different speed tests ??? John

mickger · 01-10-2005 2:18pm

Tronix wrote:

Just checked speeds here usually around 850 . Speeds between 440 & 550 using 3 different speed tests ??? John

Not just me then drapper.

curiosity · 01-10-2005 4:51pm

1mb user finding it slow too. 125k @ mo.

Lockup · 01-10-2005 4:53pm

Have same problem with IOLBB+ been a disgrace for nearly 2 weeks in the evening and worst weekend since I got the service. Pings skyhigh download speeds no better than a 512 service on a 2mb connection.

TimTim · 01-10-2005 4:55pm

Lockup wrote:

Have same problem with IOLBB+ been a disgrace for nearly 2 weeks in the evening and worst weekend since I got the service. Pings skyhigh download speeds no better than a 512 service on a 2mb connection.

Me too for IOLBB+ but its not that bad.

Only get 100Kb-ish from heanet when downloading, pings seem ok

Bandwith issue for IOL now?

Stephen · 01-10-2005 4:55pm

Brutal all day today. First hop on UTV's network is pinging around 170ms!
Playing games I ping around 200-250. Unplayable.

Lockup · 01-10-2005 5:22pm

Tracing route to www.esatbt.com [193.95.153.20]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 148 ms 142 ms 148 ms bas003.bmt.esat.net [193.95.142.244]
3 160 ms 160 ms 147 ms vlan103.rt002.bmt.esat.net [193.95.142.1]
4 162 ms 156 ms 159 ms ge1-0.core001.bmt.esat.net [193.95.140.17]
5 167 ms 160 ms 171 ms pos3-0.core001.cwt.esat.net [193.95.131.41]
6 137 ms 133 ms 148 ms vlan2.rt001.cwt.esat-x.com [193.95.129.3]
7 154 ms 167 ms 157 ms vlan71.rt701.cwt.esat-x.com [193.95.130.202]
8 162 ms 172 ms 157 ms 193.95.153.20
9 155 ms 149 ms 145 ms 193.95.153.20

Makes grim reading im afraid. Funny thing is i've sent Esat 3 emails complaining about poor latency/download speeds and no response from them. Again it started 2 weeks ago with pings jumping in bursts after 7pm and slowly spiraled to continuous high latency. This weekend since Friday evening its been terrible non-stop. Otherwise the 18 months i've had the service its been reliable. Could this be a contention issue or some technical fault?

Stephen · 01-10-2005 5:29pm

Since multiple ISP's seem to be having this problem, it makes me think that its a cock up on the eircom side of things

Dinner · 01-10-2005 6:14pm

Everything normal for me. Pings same as usual speed 1.5 - 1.7 meg on clicksilver plus.

philologos · 01-10-2005 6:16pm

Lockup wrote:

Have same problem with IOLBB+ been a disgrace for nearly 2 weeks in the evening and worst weekend since I got the service. Pings skyhigh download speeds no better than a 512 service on a 2mb connection.

pings are 17 - 30 on HL2, CSS, DOD: Source and more for me on IOLBB+

Lockup · 01-10-2005 6:53pm

Seems very strange? Thats 2 people each with Clicksilver+ and IOLBB+ and both have conflicting service preformances. Well my service is still very poor so i'll wait till Monday morning and give Esat a phone call since emails dont seem to have any affect.

daveyjoe · 01-10-2005 7:20pm

Can people please post their geographic location aswell?

On Clicksilver (Basic 1mb package) in Carrigaline, Co.Cork exchange. My speeds are down to ~300-450kbps and pings are over 200ms.

Stephen · 01-10-2005 7:49pm

I'm on Clicksilver 1mb in Kilkenny. Crap performance as above.

curiosity · 01-10-2005 7:59pm

Clicksliver 1mb in Fermoy. Now down to 100kb

Drapper · 01-10-2005 8:03pm

Stephen wrote:

I'm on Clicksilver 1mb in Kilkenny. Crap performance as above.

excellent description !

TRaceRT's and ping see if it a CLicksilver or Interweb problem !!

pos them up !

all ping Boards.ie and trcrt Boards.ie

Stephen · 01-10-2005 8:22pm

No need to be so condescending. Its not an "interweb" problem. The high pings start at the first hop on UTV's network.

Lockup · 01-10-2005 8:23pm

Hey I'm on the Dennehys Cross Exchange in Cork. With IOLBB+ 2mb connection. Currently 590kpbs preformance according to IrishBroadbandSpeedTest. My Latency never drops under 170ms pinging clarity.jolt.co.uk. Good innit :eek:

Dinner · 01-10-2005 8:26pm

Drapper wrote:

all ping Boards.ie and trcrt Boards.ie

Pings to boards are ****e at the moment. Better to try jolt.co.uk

mickger · 01-10-2005 8:40pm

I'm in Waterford on 2meg Clicksilver package getting awful speeds and pings now as i reported to start this thread.This was the final straw for me so i just signed up for Metro.

Stephen · 01-10-2005 11:37pm

Pings seem to be back to normal. But for how long?

mickger · 02-10-2005 5:33pm

Stephen wrote:

Pings seem to be back to normal. But for how long?

Back to awful speeds and pings again on Clicksilver this evening :mad:

Stephen · 02-10-2005 6:29pm

Yep, same here. Massive latency due to the first hop on UTV's network :rolleyes:

EL WOG · 02-10-2005 10:18pm

1mb quicksiver utv customer here too, been very bad the last two days, cant play battlefield2 because of high ping, starting to go mad now, must kill something, need to blow up something. i nearly put the cat in the microwave just to see an explosion, i think lives are at risk if i don't get my normal service back!

mickger · 04-10-2005 9:32pm

Awful speeds and pings again tonight

Stephen · 04-10-2005 9:48pm

Its actually fine tonight here. Pinging ~50ms to Jolt UK servers.

Stephen · 06-10-2005 7:49pm

Gone back to being sh1te again tonight

Getting 160ms to the server I was getting 50ms to yesterday.

mickger · 06-10-2005 7:54pm

Stephen wrote:

Gone back to being sh1te again tonight

Getting 160ms to the server I was getting 50ms to yesterday.

Me too ****e speeds and pings again tonight. The sooner my Metro install comes the better, i'm sick of UTV

Gonzo · 06-10-2005 8:31pm

im on eircom and for the first time this evening my internet is gone really bad, slow connection and high pings

C:\Documents and Settings\Barry>tracert www.jolt.co.uk

Tracing route to www.jolt.co.uk [82.133.85.65]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 1 ms 1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.254
2 222 ms 204 ms 214 ms b-ras1.srl.dublin.eircom.net [159.134.155.27]
3 208 ms 219 ms 244 ms ge0-3.edge2.srl.dublin.eircom.net [159.134.69.81
]
4 252 ms 235 ms 244 ms 159.134.124.193
5 62 ms 61 ms 64 ms 83.71.112.90
6 67 ms 64 ms 67 ms lon1-9.nildram.net [195.66.224.59]
7 81 ms 84 ms 59 ms jolt-gw.nildram.net [195.149.20.214]
8 109 ms 142 ms 127 ms 82.133.85.65

Trace complete.

C:\Documents and Settings\Barry>

_Kaiser_ · 06-10-2005 9:40pm

I'm off to Metro myself (well assuming the LOS test passes

)

lots of posts like this on their newsgroup. The only response from UTV was who to send your cancellation mail to - not even an attempt to persuade people to stay :rolleyes:

NIBBS · 07-10-2005 11:10am

quite simple really, UTV resells Eircom DSL - if there's a problem in Eircom, there's gonna be one in UTV too......( I know there are often issues with UTV too, but I have to say I don't play online games enough at the minute to worry about it....)

there's no point in moving to companies like Digiweb or Smart until they are well enough established and have a large enough user base, in other words until the contention is happening, this always happens anyway, look at all the complaints about IBB now - I remember when people were jumping to them because they were the next big thing......

if one of the other providers proves to give better service and actually provide the service they advertise, I'll then think of switching - until then I'll stay where I am, bad times and all........

_Kaiser_ · 07-10-2005 12:14pm

I know what you're saying, but given that UTV has been terrible lately for even simple browsing - for which of course there has been no decent explanation - I don't think I could do any worse by moving (plus its cheaper and has only a 6 month contract too if it does turn out to be THAT bad).

Aside from that, UTV's other flaws: not passing savings onto customers without new 12 month contracts, no support to speak of save for one poor guy who tries his best in the newsgroup, making changes without notifying customers (eg: the recent "privacy" option that appeared on the online statements), not keeping pace with current offers from competitors etc means I've had more than enough from them personally.

My 12 months was up a while back, but I stayed on seeing if they'd sort it out.. they haven't - if anything it seems to be getting worse - and so I'm taking my money elsewhere.

I've been following the Metro feedback thread and so far people there seem happy. There'll always be a "next big thing". If you hang on waiting for it, you'll never move anywhere.

Stephen · 07-10-2005 2:30pm

Kaiser2000 wrote:

I've been following the Metro feedback thread and so far people there seem happy. There'll always be a "next big thing". If you hang on waiting for it, you'll never move anywhere.

I've been trying to switch to Digiweb for the last week (not metro, as it is sadly unavailable in kilkenny) but they seem to have never heard of bitstream port transfers :rolleyes:

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