ADSL and the Weather

Washout · 18-02-2003 11:52am #1

Hi all,

Just got DSL at the weekend and I am impressed with well the general speed improvements.

However i noticed last night that it had slowed down quite considerably? Those the extra cold weather affect the lines?

thegills · 18-02-2003 4:08pm

Which package did you get?
What was the lead time?
How much was the equipemt and connection fees?

Frank Grimes · 18-02-2003 4:45pm

Originally posted by thegills
Which package did you get?
What was the lead time?
How much was the equipemt and connection fees?

What's that got to do with his question?
Washout, take a look at this: http://www.dslreports.com/faq/1331

Ardmore · 18-02-2003 4:54pm

Originally posted by Frank_Grimes
What's that got to do with his question?
Washout, take a look at this: http://www.dslreports.com/faq/1331

Note that while "moisture related" issues can impact any phone connection, it's probably not the cause of whatever Washout saw. You'd have to compare traceroutes to various sites on a "good" day and a "bad" day to say for sure, but as the current offering isn't supposed to be "rate adaptive", I'd expect it to either work or not work.

Does anyone find their ISDN connections slow down when it's wet out?

Frank Grimes · 18-02-2003 4:57pm

Yeah, meant to say in my other post, the only times I've ever heard of the weather affecting connections is when it's moisture related. I don't think the cold does anything, could be wrong though.

spongebob · 18-02-2003 5:24pm

wuz it cold or wind .......... yesterday was very windy but not awfully cold ....the wind chill affects humans not wires

wind can affect overhead connections but moisture is normally the problem.

M

Washout · 18-02-2003 5:48pm

It was just an awfully bitter wind blowing....
how do i check if i have a good or bad connection at a particular time? i s there any servers i can ping or tools i can use?

J

Ardmore · 18-02-2003 6:16pm

Originally posted by Washout
It was just an awfully bitter wind blowing....
how do i check if i have a good or bad connection at a particular time? i s there any servers i can ping or tools i can use?

Just do a traceroute (tracert on Windows) to a variety of hosts that appear slow to you, and see if the delay is being introduced locally, or further out in the network.

MadKevo · 19-02-2003 3:53pm

Just got DSL at the weekend and I am impressed with well the general speed improvements.

However i noticed last night that it had slowed down quite considerably?

Other people on your DSLAM trying to back up the Internet? Remember, you share bandwidth from exchange to Internet, so what other do can affect you and vice-versa.
/MK

jyd · 19-02-2003 4:10pm

Depending on the package you bought thee are different contention ratios.....the more people logged on the slower your connection...

Also different websites can have different response times at different times of the day/night depending on how many people access them.......

As for the cold weather....i am sure that the only effect the cold weather has on access time is that it increases the contention rate as more people stay at home and go online cos it is too cold to go out!!!!:p

Washout · 19-02-2003 4:12pm

lol jyd!!

im on i-stream solo...i believe the contention ratio is 24:1
anyways no matter it was alot better last night.

And i accept all the reasons with ping times and contention ratio et al.

J

jyd · 19-02-2003 4:28pm

If you are on the solo product then i think that you have a contention rate 0f 50:1

Frank Grimes · 19-02-2003 4:31pm

Originally posted by jyd
If you are on the solo product then i think that you have a contention rate 0f 50:1

Contention ratios are the same on all the packages afaik. i.e 24:1

jyd · 19-02-2003 4:38pm

Check out www.jeacle.ie/adsl

Frank Grimes · 19-02-2003 4:41pm

Originally posted by jyd
Check out www.jeacle.ie/adsl

Any part in particular?

jyd · 19-02-2003 4:44pm

The bit about residential being 50:1

Frank Grimes · 19-02-2003 4:53pm

Look at it again, that's not the same package that's out at the moment.

jyd · 19-02-2003 5:12pm

Fair point....but i don't see any mention of contention rate on the eircom website......I would be surprised if Eircom gave the same contention rate to home users who paid less money for a connection than they would give to business users who pay more....but then again logic and eircom are mutually exclusive...

Ardmore · 19-02-2003 5:58pm

Originally posted by jyd
Fair point....but i don't see any mention of contention rate on the eircom website......I would be surprised if Eircom gave the same contention rate to home users who paid less money for a connection than they would give to business users who pay more....but then again logic and eircom are mutually exclusive...

Eircom only have one ADSL "product" (in 3 different packages) at the moment. They don't consider it a "residential" product, but they're happy to take anyone's money. I-Stream is a 24:1 contention ratio product, no matter how big an "allowance" of bandwidth you purchase with it. (There'd be little point in charging more for a lower contention ration, because, at their current prices, most of their exchanges probably don't even have 24 users connected, so everyone gets a better than 24:1 contention ratio).

The proposed (it doesn't exist yet) "residential" ADSL package, at €54/month, will have a maximum contention ration of 50:1.

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