Broadband Speed & Ping Test Megathread

purplecow1977 · 23-01-2021 05:59PM

smuggler.ie wrote: »

Not saying its crap

Many variables... could be faulty NIC, etc
But you posted results difference yourself...

Yes - and I accused him of being a WIFI stealer! :eek:

smuggler.ie · 23-01-2021 06:04PM

purplecow1977 wrote: »

Yes - and I accused him of being a WIFI stealer! :eek:

change pass

purplecow1977 · 23-01-2021 06:53PM

smuggler.ie wrote: »

change pass

I couldn't be that mean.....................or could I..........;)

kleefarr · 07-02-2021 10:35AM

Happy enough.

https://1drv.ms/u/s!Ak83Vw_Z13GFkqFtjvQI0GVt879MXg?e=4VBIAj

chewed · 07-02-2021 11:13AM

quick question, slightly off topic. Do all ISP providers have their own routers? e.g when I was with Eir, I had their branded Huawei router. I'm now with Digiweb and they provided a Fritzbox, which I really like.

So, if I was to move to another provider would I have to take their router?

Johnboy1951 · 07-02-2021 11:20AM

chewed wrote: »

quick question, slightly off topic. Do all ISP providers have their own routers? e.g when I was with Eir, I had their branded Huawei router. I'm now with Digiweb and they provided a Fritzbox, which I really like.

So, if I was to move to another provider would I have to take their router?

If it is a standard Fritz!Box and not locked down by the ISP then it should be usable for other ISPs provided they give you the credentials to make the connection.
A number of ISPs now use the Ftitz!Box routers.

ED E · 07-02-2021 04:38PM

Smaller ISPs tend to use off the shelf units. When you're bigger the annual cost of a provisioning gateway etc is cheaper due to scale.

andekwarhola · 14-02-2021 02:04PM

kopfile1 wrote: »

They're throttling us. Simple.

I'd say so. Previously with VF and now with EIR. Both 100mb. Was getting far lower speeds with VF than I do now.

MFenix · 15-02-2021 09:03PM

Anyone on Virgin Media’s 500Mb connection? I’m interested to see peak time wired speeds and pings. (I checked this thread but there aren’t many recent examples...)

Thanks for any help!

CoBo55 · 15-02-2021 09:54PM

MFenix wrote: »

Anyone on Virgin Media’s 500Mb connection? I’m interested to see peak time wired speeds and pings. (I checked this thread but there aren’t many recent examples...)

Thanks for any help!

I'm on the 360 and it never drops speed, I often get more than 360.
Wireless test with my own router https://www.speedtest.net/my-result/d/f1af4551-32bc-4fb2-9970-59733e7a23ec
Done on the app on my laptop W10.

viperlogic · 16-02-2021 03:28PM

Just got Vodafone 1Gb FTTH installed. Getting approx 450-500Mb with speedtest. Would I still get 450-500Mb if dropped to their cheaper 500Mb offer?

frozenfrozen · 16-02-2021 03:39PM

viperlogic wrote: »

Just got Vodafone 1Gb FTTH installed. Getting approx 450-500Mb with speedtest. Would I still get 450-500Mb if dropped to their cheaper 500Mb offer?

are you on wifi or connected by cable you should be getting more

you'd go from 100mb upload to 50 even if you didn't notice much of the wifi speed change if you went down to 500

viperlogic · 16-02-2021 03:50PM

frozenfrozen wrote: »

are you on wifi or connected by cable you should be getting more

you'd go from 100mb upload to 50 even if you didn't notice much of the wifi speed change if you went down to 500

That was wired

MFenix · 16-02-2021 09:46PM

CoBo55 wrote: »

I'm on the 360 and it never drops speed, I often get more than 360.
Wireless test with my own router https://www.speedtest.net/my-result/d/f1af4551-32bc-4fb2-9970-59733e7a23ec
Done on the app on my laptop W10.

Thanks-great speeds. Wonder if it’s common to see more than the advertised speed...

CoBo55 · 16-02-2021 10:47PM

MFenix wrote: »

Thanks-great speeds. Wonder if it’s common to see more than the advertised speed...

My monthly average according to samknows was 367 per month from the day I got it, I'm very happy with it.

Johnboy1951 · 17-02-2021 12:24PM

viperlogic wrote: »

Just got Vodafone 1Gb FTTH installed. Getting approx 450-500Mb with speedtest. Would I still get 450-500Mb if dropped to their cheaper 500Mb offer?

Is you connected hardware capable of 1Gb/s?

If so then contact Vodafone and tell them ...... maybe you are on wrong profile.

viperlogic · 18-02-2021 12:06AM

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

Is you connected hardware capable of 1Gb/s?

If so then contact Vodafone and tell them ...... maybe you are on wrong profile.

Did a test at 1am and got ~900Mb so its probably contention alright during the day.

27-02-2021 09:24PM

Lads
Wired- my laptop is 242Mbps.
Wireless to my phone is 44Mbps.

Sitting about a meter from router.

Any ideas?

ED E · 27-02-2021 10:02PM

MikeOxsgreen wrote: »

Lads
Wired- my laptop is 242Mbps.
Wireless to my phone is 44Mbps.

Sitting about a meter from router.

Any ideas?

Connect your phone to 5Ghz.

28-02-2021 12:34AM

ED E wrote: »

Connect your phone to 5Ghz.

Does it not auto switch to fastest?

Marlow · 28-02-2021 01:11AM

MikeOxsgreen wrote: »

Does it not auto switch to fastest?

It does not know what's faster. 5 GHz is not always the best choice. You have to make the choice.

/M

28-02-2021 08:55AM

Marlow wrote: »

It does not know what's faster. 5 GHz is not always the best choice. You have to make the choice.

/M

I seem to be on 5G on the phone.
(Tried 2.4, no better)

Maybe this new router is just crap at sending the WiFi signal

jeffk · 28-02-2021 08:59AM

Did anybody notice virgin media jumped up to 600 midweek

Now back to 250 or so, seems to be there a lot now

Upload still 50 so am still in the UP TO 500 package

CoBo55 · 28-02-2021 09:33AM

jeffk wrote: »

Did anybody notice virgin media jumped up to 600 midweek

Now back to 250 or so, seems to be there a lot now

Upload still 50 so am still in the UP TO 500 package

I'm on 360, and 360 it is, night and day.

jeffk · 28-02-2021 09:36AM

surfin_shoes · 01-03-2021 10:07PM

I'm on eir 1Gigabit, have never seen anything over 500, and that's with a cat 5e cable plugged directly into the eir box, spoke with them and they said it was my laptop and that I should try the test with an Alienware.. I have a Dell 7380, it has a gigabit card

The wifi has never gone above 300 since day 1, any ideas how I can optimise, or get closer to what I am paying for?

ED E · 02-03-2021 10:55AM

surfin_shoes wrote: »

I'm on eir 1Gigabit, have never seen anything over 500, and that's with a cat 5e cable plugged directly into the eir box, spoke with them and they said it was my laptop and that I should try the test with an Alienware.. I have a Dell 7380, it has a gigabit card

Uninstall SmartByte.

wpisdu · 02-03-2021 11:00AM

Vodafone Gigabit 1000 Fibre Broadband via OpenEir fibre

surfin_shoes · 02-03-2021 11:26AM

ED E wrote: »

Uninstall SmartByte.

Thanks but I don't see it listed under Apps & Features, any other ideas?

WLad · 04-03-2021 08:18PM

Just moved providers from sky to pure and I'm still only getting 8-30 at this time of the evening. Really struggling to u derstand how FTTH could be this bad. I'd accept congestion but I'm seeing massive jitter in the evenings as well so gaming etc is really not possible.

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