Broadband Speed & Ping Test Megathread

ED E · 11-11-2012 05:26PM

jamescd wrote: »

Ok but what about the other question ? Is it normal for speeds to go down by more than 35mb at like 2pm ? I can live with 55mb, but if it stays at less than 20mb for most of the day I might as well downgrade to the 50mb package

Nope, not that I've ever seen. Our house and the aul wans are both 32, along with a very good mate and we all get full speed all the time(well any time I've tested). Other friends are 150Mb and they've never mentioned losing any speed when I drool at their speeds.

Try it on wired but there shouldnt be congestion problems, what you may be seeing is just increased interference wirelessly during the day, or somebody was between you and the router, opened a fridge door or something along those lines.

jamescd · 11-11-2012 06:08PM

ED E wrote: »

Nope, not that I've ever seen. Our house and the aul wans are both 32, along with a very good mate and we all get full speed all the time(well any time I've tested). Other friends are 150Mb and they've never mentioned losing any speed when I drool at their speeds.

Try it on wired but there shouldnt be congestion problems, what you may be seeing is just increased interference wirelessly during the day, or somebody was between you and the router, opened a fridge door or something along those lines.

Thanks I'll post back after I try it wired

galwayjohn89 · 20-11-2012 11:18PM

Eircom:

Imagine:

Really wish UPC would come near me! Have imagine on tester at the moment and think I'll move. Its roughly half price and seems better for the last few hours Ive been testing it.

Alun · 21-11-2012 12:27PM

DECEiFER wrote: »

I read back a few pages to see what everyone else is getting on UPC and I noticed you're still on Eircom but are looking to make the switch. I might as well leave this up in case you'd like to compare your levels anyhow, regardless of your new UPC connection's performance, and in case anyone else wants to compare:

My upload power level is a little bit high, but it has some headroom before things start to f*ck up (max ~55dBmV), so it's still well within tolerance. The rest of the stats are very much in line.

That's interesting. My receive power levels are much, much higher than that. They fluctuate a bit but they're usually all +10dBmv or above.

23-11-2012 05:04PM

Got bumped up free from 100Mb to 150Mb after being a runner up on a comp on FB.

Happy enough!

wimmy · 26-11-2012 08:44PM

Just got 150 Mbps from UPC.

My first question is why is there such a discrepancy between speedtest.net and UPC Speedtest?
I get a very fast, (nearly) accurate result from UPC at anything from 75 to 158Mpbs speeds, while the same tests on speedtest.net at the same time return values in the range of 25 to 75 Mbps... Of course it is wired via ethernet, not wifi.

Second question is what's the contention ratio? Or why on earth would my 150Mbps connection slow down to a "buffering signal" message while streaming video? This drives me mad.

ED E · 27-11-2012 08:17PM

wimmy wrote: »

Just got 150 Mbps from UPC.

My first question is why is there such a discrepancy between speedtest.net and UPC Speedtest?
I get a very fast, (nearly) accurate result from UPC at anything from 75 to 158Mpbs speeds, while the same tests on speedtest.net at the same time return values in the range of 25 to 75 Mbps... Of course it is wired via ethernet, not wifi.

Second question is what's the contention ratio? Or why on earth would my 150Mbps connection slow down to a "buffering signal" message while streaming video? This drives me mad.

That could well be the host end not you for the video stream.

Try a different speed test server with speedtest.net. Contention isnt really a problem as they have excess capacity.

wimmy · 27-11-2012 09:36PM

I'm in Cork, server from Cork on Speedtest gives me 43Mbps Down / 3.05Mbps Up just now. UPC gives me 55Mbps Down / 5 Mbps up...
I always get my connection speeds cut by half to 4 times (what I should be getting) in the evening...
Hence the question on contention.

And same question again, why the best speed test site around (speedtest.net) barely goes above 50 on a 150 Mbps line?

Will have to talk to UPC methink

kleefarr · 27-11-2012 10:40PM

Vodafone at Home
8MB package
ADSL

Been pretty crap last couple of days.

bean sause · 27-11-2012 11:22PM

is this good bad average or what the internet been slow the last couple of week's
north kerry

jamescd · 28-11-2012 01:25AM

jamescd wrote: »

Just switched from Eircom to UPC 100mb and got the Cisco EPC3925 router

Speed last night at around 10pm

Speed right now

Is it normal to go down to less than 20mb at this time of day ? Should I contact UPC about it ?

Also 55mb is nowhere near 100mb. Or is that pretty much all I can expect on a wireless connection ? The router is too far from my PC so wired is not really an option

Bought a pair of 200mb powerline adapters that were on sale during black friday on amazon and it has siginifcantly improved my speed

Happy enough with that but I think I'll downgrade to the 50mb package and save myself a tenner every month as I won't be getting anywhere near 100mb anyway unless I go wired.

RidleyRider · 07-12-2012 03:40AM

This is what you call a slow internet. It's 4 in the morning FFS and that's the best it'll pull?

Euripides_ · 07-12-2012 05:33AM

RidleyRider wrote: »

This is what you call a slow internet. It's 4 in the morning FFS and that's the best it'll pull?

I see ur using a 3G dongle. Jus get rid of it man. I was on this for a while, it's not real Internet connection. Im of the view that 3G is for phones. No more.

DepecheHead101 · 09-12-2012 05:58PM

Nothing downloading or streaming. We've taken to making those dial up noises when Facebook is loading to keep ourselves entertained.

Ranicand · 09-12-2012 11:13PM

RidleyRider · 09-12-2012 11:15PM

jay_k wrote: »

I see ur using a 3G dongle. Jus get rid of it man. I was on this for a while, it's not real Internet connection. Im of the view that 3G is for phones. No more.

Oh its going after christmas when money comes back to me a bit. It would have been gone last year only somebody decided to renew the contract:rolleyes:

kn · 14-12-2012 10:24PM

RidleyRider wrote: »

Oh its going after christmas when money comes back to me a bit. It would have been gone last year only somebody decided to renew the contract:rolleyes:

You can ditch 3 prior to January 7th if you are on either their 15 or 60GB monthly plans. They are increasing the prices for the plans and because they are changing the prices you have the right to terminate the contract without penalty.

RidleyRider · 14-12-2012 10:26PM

kn wrote: »

You can ditch 3 prior to January 7th if you are on either their 15 or 60GB monthly plans. They are increasing the prices for the plans and because they are changing the prices you have the right to terminate the contract without penalty.

oh really? have you got a link to this?

[Steve] · 27-12-2012 08:45AM

Eircom line in Waterford.

Kidding. Did a speedtest in WIT back in september, this is what they get being a good bit outside of the city on their dedicated HEAnet line.

My own copper crap line in Tramore.

(I ran my own DSL line test using an engineer friends line checker and found my max speed given distance from exchange is 14.4Mbps. So, can't fault eircom for giving me all they can, even if the profile on my modem says 17803)

I get 1.7Mb on everything, 2.2Mb on steam.

VinLieger · 01-01-2013 04:22PM

Serious problems today with eircom for some reason, on a 25mb line and this is what im getting

Never been anywhere this low before, something going on?

allen175 · 01-01-2013 10:52PM

UPC 60mb

rang them yesterday to have the speed bumped to 100mb for 2euro more

scout353 · 04-01-2013 02:40PM

[Steve] wrote: »

Eircom line in Waterford.

Kidding. Did a speedtest in WIT back in september, this is what they get being a good bit outside of the city on their dedicated HEAnet line.

My own copper crap line in Tramore.

(I ran my own DSL line test using an engineer friends line checker and found my max speed given distance from exchange is 14.4Mbps. So, can't fault eircom for giving me all they can, even if the profile on my modem says 17803)

I get 1.7Mb on everything, 2.2Mb on steam.

Wish I had that crappy 14mbps on my line on border of Tramore!!!

woop · 05-01-2013 01:57AM

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2414489658.png

cant say Im best pleased. Its 2am, dublin on a 100mb UPC which although not 100mb/s was acceptable quick. This was a few months ago and has been going consistantly downhill.

When it was good it was great though, UPC will be getting a call tomorrow

woop · 05-01-2013 02:19AM

so just reset my router.....got this. Is it worth trying to get a new router out of UPC? sorry if this isnt the place

Hank Scorpio · 05-01-2013 02:34AM

Eircom NGB ultimate, around 10ms ping times to home servers

RUSTEDCORE · 06-01-2013 04:17PM

piece of shid

iLikeWaffles · 06-01-2013 04:17PM

kop77 · 06-01-2013 09:03PM

on a scale of 1 to 10.....?

markbld65 · 06-01-2013 09:15PM

sorry cant do a screen shot

but im getting

0.21 download 0.67 upload and ping is 47

im on local BB connection and pay 38.99 per month

i'm meant to be on there higher quality network to

not great with this stuff but can someone tell me if above is good/bad

jamesbere · 07-01-2013 01:50AM

Broadband Speed & Ping Test Megathread

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