Broadband Speed Test Megathread

lickarse2 · 21-05-2009 10:31pm

Think you're bad

It's actually Perlico and I'm over 5k from the exchange, but it's bad for 1Mb :mad:
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lickarse2 · 21-05-2009 10:34pm

Here's another couple of tests:

lickarse2 · 21-05-2009 10:37pm

Anyone any suggestions on a better provider who'll at least be able to give me a better upload speed evenif the download doesn't get much better. I notice the OP was getting .31 on a .89 dl and I'd give my right ball for that sort of asynchronicity.

Bear in mind I'm in a rural area and over 5k from the exchange.

NeVeR · 22-05-2009 12:52pm

:):)

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Squeeonline · 22-05-2009 1:09pm

NeVeR wrote: »

:):)

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*drools!*

Hetheman · 22-05-2009 5:22pm

Recently moved to eircom 7mb. Tested speed this morning was only getting downloads of 1.5 mb. Moved my router closer to the PC, speed improved

Still only half what I'm paying for :mad:

Solair · 22-05-2009 10:17pm

Fingers crossed they bring 24mbit/s to this switch soon! Otherwise, I'm moving to Smart!

Line sync details:

DownStream Connection Speed: 7616 kbps
UpStream Connection Speed: 672 kbps
Line Attenuation Downstream: 27 db Upstream: 7.5 db
Noise Margin Downstream: 12 db Upstream: 12 db

Shinto · 23-05-2009 8:40am

Korea Telecom, 40MB download....and cheap as chips!

Ireland and it's "knowledge economy" won't survive without proper infrastructure.

kleefarr · 25-05-2009 10:33pm

BT 8Mb has been under performing for the last couple of days.

Normally can pull 820mb/s most of the time, but recently been lucky to get 500Mb/s

Normally resetting the WAG150N gets me back to normal, but not for a couple of days. Have also been on the 212.x.x.x and 213.x.x.x IP address more than normal.

What's up?

Line stats..

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Raekwon · 26-05-2009 11:33pm

On a BT 24MB exchange and getting this muck :mad:

railto · 27-05-2009 12:28am

In Lucan on 10MB NTL Cable

C:\Users\Mark>ping boards.ie

Pinging boards.ie [89.234.66.107] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=59
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=59
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=11ms TTL=59
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=7ms TTL=59

Ping statistics for 89.234.66.107:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 7ms, Maximum = 11ms, Average = 8ms

and this is where it got a little weird, on the dublin server i got the following

and on london server i got

something weird is going on there me thinks

poindexter · 27-05-2009 2:17pm

in work

narnar2000 · 27-05-2009 11:56pm

I get accurate results with XP, but nonsense with Vista... actual download speeds are piss poor... still looking for a solution to this, I've tried various network card drivers, all with the same outcome... anyone else experienced (and fixed) this?

Marlow · 27-05-2009 11:57pm

narnar2000 wrote: »

I get accurate results with XP, but nonsense with Vista... actual download speeds are piss poor... still looking for a solution to this, I've tried various network card drivers, all with the same outcome... anyone else experienced (and fixed) this?

The Vista issues are down to b0rken / poor network drivers. Updates might fix it. Vista is not advisable anyhow.

/M

DingDong · 28-05-2009 12:05am

Nice result out of my nice new wireless N router and card.

narnar2000 · 28-05-2009 12:10am

The Vista issues are down to b0rken / poor network drivers. Updates might fix it. Vista is not advisable anyhow.

thanks for the reply - I've tried a pile of different drivers, with no difference. The same bs results appear in Windows 7 too... I'd have stuck with XP, but my last laptop slid off the table, died for 2 weeks, then resurrected itself... amazing. So, I'm stuck with the better laptop now, but crappy speeds, and I guess I couldn't stay with XP forever anyway.

Will the Vista issues ever be fixed? I mean, it's been out for 2-3 years, you'd think they might have got round to fixing it... (UPC, I mean)

Marlow · 28-05-2009 12:14am

narnar2000 wrote: »

Will the Vista issues ever be fixed?

Vista will probably never be fixed. Every now and then M$ releases an operating system that is ..... nonsense.

The last one before Vista was Windows ME.

2k and XP were usable .. not that I use them. Windows 7 is still not final, so a lot of things will improve there, hopefully enough to live up to standards of XP.

/M

narnar2000 · 28-05-2009 12:19am

Vista will probably never be fixed. Every now and then M$ releases an operating system that is ..... nonsense.

The last one before Vista was Windows ME.

2k and XP were usable .. not that I use them. Windows 7 is still not final, so a lot of things will improve there, hopefully enough to live up to standards of XP.

/M

Vista's not as crap as the press it got, if you ask me... certainly not SP1, and SP2 is out now too... ME - now that was a turd and a half...

btw, the same Vista laptop gets perfect speeds with Eircom in work, it's just UPC that's not playing nice...

Marlow · 28-05-2009 12:24am

narnar2000 wrote: »

Vista's not as crap as the press it got, if you ask me... certainly not SP1, and SP2 is out now too... ME - now that was a turd and a half...

btw, the same Vista laptop gets perfect speeds with Eircom in work, it's just UPC that's not playing nice...

It might be MTU based issues or whatever, but it's down to the network drivers. We did tests with a Medion laptop from Aldi, that was shipped with Vista .. on a 12 meg connection of ours.

Vista: 6 meg down, 1.5 meg up
XP: 10 meg down, 10 meg up
Linux: 12 meg down, 12 meg up

Go figure .. same laptop, same hardware, same internet connection.

Now, certainly SP1 and SP2 might have improved things, but M$ broke essential driver support when they changed underlying basics last minute before the release. This is also the reason for the lack of drivers or bad drivers. Essentially, where I'm saying it will probably never be fixed ... fully.

/M

narnar2000 · 28-05-2009 12:30am

Marlow wrote: »

Linux: 12 meg down, 12 meg up

Go figure .. same laptop, same hardware, same internet connection.

/M

If I could remember how to install Flash player on Linux, I'd give that a shot! I have a copy of BackTrack3 floating around somewhere...

Marlow · 28-05-2009 12:31am

narnar2000 wrote: »

If I could remember how to install Flash player on Linux, I'd give that a shot! I have a copy of BackTrack3 floating around somewhere...

Try the Ubuntu Live CD. That might have Flashplayer installed by default and boots most modern hardware without the need to install.

/M

narnar2000 · 28-05-2009 12:37am

Marlow wrote: »

Try the Ubuntu Live CD. That might have Flashplayer installed by default and boots most modern hardware without the need to install.

/M

thanks - downloading it now... heh, halfway decent d/l speeds (550kB/s)... actually, it tends to get better late at night... this is a hard one to figure out...

Marlow · 28-05-2009 12:43am

narnar2000 wrote: »

thanks - downloading it now... heh, halfway decent d/l speeds (550kB/s)... actually, it tends to get better late at night... this is a hard one to figure out...

It depends on where the contention applies. If it's an issue at the point where you are, you always get crap connectivity.

If it's at the point, where you leave your providers network, it can change with the path you take. For example, that Ubuntu ISO, if you download it from the irish mirror, you'll get it from Heanet or maybe BT. And Heanet for example has a 10 gig port on INEX, UPC has a 1 gig port on INEX. Both of them probably not too busy.

While other destinations on the internet might look different.

Another example: speedtest servers. The Dublin, Cork, Galway servers are all reachable over INEX, however UPC only peers with very few there, while the Limerick one for most is via Cogent (check traceroute to the various servers). That can give you a mixed bag of results.

Galway one probably goes UPC -> INEX -> Smart -> ourselfes, which is a pretty decent route.

It's always a good idea to check against more than one server.

/M

narnar2000 · 28-05-2009 1:00am

sure enough, no blank discs to write it to...

thanks for your replies, I'll nick a disc from work and give it a shot.

Cheers, Paul

intars · 30-05-2009 9:51pm

pauly3 · 02-06-2009 1:02am

UTV Internet, Newbridge (7616/672)

raver_richie · 03-06-2009 5:46pm

Line Attenuation 45/27 dB

Tea_Bag · 03-06-2009 9:36pm

10MB upc internet.
upload speed gets near enough to 1mbps later on at night, and when my housemates arent seeding (insert legal torrent here) torrents.

i actually hav no idea what he downloads...

Pinging google.ie [64.233.161.104] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 64.233.161.104: bytes=32 time=150ms TTL=241
Reply from 64.233.161.104: bytes=32 time=129ms TTL=241
Reply from 64.233.161.104: bytes=32 time=143ms TTL=241
Reply from 64.233.161.104: bytes=32 time=135ms TTL=241

Ping statistics for 64.233.161.104:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 129ms, Maximum = 150ms, Average = 139ms

Pinging boards.ie [89.234.66.107] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=59
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=22ms TTL=59
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=59
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=59

Ping statistics for 89.234.66.107:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 15ms, Maximum = 22ms, Average = 18ms

z0oT · 09-06-2009 8:27am

Eircom 7Mb

Pretty happy with it, hovers around the 5-6Mb region. The only issue I have is the Cap. But after downloading several terabytes off Rapidshare this past year, I'm kind of sick of Downloading, so no biggie really.

Dues Bellator · 09-06-2009 5:34pm

only use mine for browsing web and gaming never any problems online, maybe a little slow downloading demos but im never in that much a hurry.

3mb basic 22 euro a mth sweet

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