Broadband Speed & Ping Test Megathread

Ultimanemo · 04-06-2018 7:45pm

CakeLumps wrote: »

Ping: 31 ms
Down: 1.75 Mb/s
Up: 0.12 Mb/s

Sky in Galway

Says I get a download of 1.75 Mb/s but I barely get 300 KB/s on a good day. Utter joke

I had the same speed in Galway with Sky or eir, the problem isn't Sky, the problem is your phone line is far away from the exchange, if you are with Sky for long, change to eir for 12 months, I did that and I got marginally better speed 1.75 to 2.5, they changed the modem. But I disconnected eir within a week as I applied online and they gave me a product that I didn't apply for.

jca · 04-06-2018 8:52pm

Ultimanemo wrote: »

I had the same speed in Galway with Sky or eir, the problem isn't Sky, the problem is your phone line is far away from the exchange, if you are with Sky for long, change to eir for 12 months, I did that and I got marginally better speed 1.75 to 2.5, they changed the modem. But I disconnected eir within a week as I applied online and they gave me a product that I didn't apply for.

When I was on DSL I was getting a rock solid 10 meg with Eir and any other provider with the exception of sky. It was dreadful, simple as that.

Reati · 04-06-2018 8:56pm

heroics wrote: »

Vodafone BB in north Wicklow tested from iphone on 5Ghz network using standard Vodafone router.

Wired best result is 62Mbps down and about 16.5 up

Wired or wireless BB?

ionapaul · 13-06-2018 12:53pm

Hey all - just looking for some opinions.

My situation: we have Virgin BB, I believe the package is a basic 240MB. Never had any issues with it. The PC I use is one floor and the entire house away from the router beside the TV; they are connected via bog standard powerline adapters.

This morning, a guy cutting hedges outside managed to snip through the Virgin cable

Internet, TV gone. I went out, spoke to the head guy who apologised and then said he could splice the cable back together, had done it many times before. Did so, internet and TV back within an hour.

Everything seems fine but I want to test my speeds to make sure I'm not left with 10% of the previous capacity or anything. This is what I'm getting:

Does it seem OK to those more educated than I in typical speeds, given the circumstances outlined above?

jca · 13-06-2018 12:57pm

ionapaul wrote: »

Hey all - just looking for some opinions.

My situation: we have Virgin BB, I believe the package is a basic 240MB. Never had any issues with it. The PC I use is one floor and the entire house away from the router beside the TV; they are connected via bog standard powerline adapters.

This morning, a guy cutting hedges outside managed to snip through the Virgin cable Internet, TV gone. I went out, spoke to the head guy who apologised and then said he could splice the cable back together, had done it many times before. Did so, internet and TV back within an hour.

Everything seems fine but I want to test my speeds to make sure I'm not left with 10% of the previous capacity or anything. This is what I'm getting:

Does it seem OK to those more educated than I in typical speeds, given the circumstances outlined above?

Is that a wired test? I wouldn't trust a hedge cutter as far as I'd throw him, give VM a call and get it fixed properly.

ionapaul · 13-06-2018 1:00pm

Wired, but via powerline adapters across most of the house, which I assume slows things down a bit.

Don't mind calling VM but also don't want to get into a 'pay VM to fix, then chase the management company contractors to refund me' situation unless I have to!

tsue921i8wljb3 · 13-06-2018 1:01pm

jca wrote: »

Is that a wired test? I wouldn't trust a hedge cutter as far as I'd throw him, give VM a call and get it fixed properly.

Yeah it's unlikely to have been fixed correctly so even if it's working now it may not be weatherproof and you may have issues in the future. Contact Virgin and explain. I don't believe you should be liable for any costs.

ED E · 13-06-2018 4:41pm

Happened to us before, three vans out within a few hours. No charge.

Depending on where the cable strike is it can take out a whole row of houses so they don't delay repairs.

OneEightSeven · 20-06-2018 6:43am

We're only 1Mb behind the UK.

http://www.speedtest.net/global-index

There's been a massive surge in the average speed in the last two months:

http://www.speedtest.net/global-index/ireland#fixed

1 - Singapore 170.99
2 - Iceland 155.25
3 - Hong Kong (SAR) 141.43
4 - South Korea 117.62
5 - Romania 109.26
6 - Hungary 95.31
7 +1 Switzerland 93.36
8 -1 Sweden 92.93
9 - United States 92.66
10 - Macau (SAR) 89.74
11 +6 Spain 88.08
12 +8 Jersey 85.33
13 -2 Netherlands 82.28
14 -2 Norway 80.17
15 -2 Denmark 79.75
16 - China 78.98
17 -3 Canada 77.98
18 -3 Japan 77.83
19 -1 New Zealand 75.71
20 -1 France 73.52
21 - Lithuania 70.22
22 +9 Barbados 64.71
23 +1 Portugal 64.49
24 -2 Luxembourg 64.24
25 - Belgium 60.91
26 -3 Reunion 57.08
27 -1 Germany 56.57
28 +1 Israel 56.12
29 -2 Taiwan 55.94
30 -2 Latvia 52.22
31 -1 United Kingdom 51.23
32 +3 Ireland 50.23
33 -1 Malta 49.01
34 +2 Finland 47.37
35 +6 Moldova 46.48
36 -3 Poland 45.32
37 - Thailand 45.09
38 - Bulgaria 44.98
39 - Chile 43.67
40 -6 Slovakia 43.46
41 -1 Slovenia 42.20
42 - Estonia 42.07
43 +2 Trinidad and Tobago 40.80
44 -1 Czech Republic 40.42
45 +1 Italy 40.32
46 -2 Russia 39.72
47 - Ukraine 37.06
48 +1 Austria 35.68
49 +2 Qatar 35.66
50 -2 Uruguay 34.94

flexcon · 20-06-2018 9:56am

OneEightSeven wrote: »

We're only 1Mb behind the UK.

http://www.speedtest.net/global-index

There's been a massive surge in the average speed in the last two months:

http://www.speedtest.net/global-index/ireland#fixed

1 - Singapore 170.99
2 - Iceland 155.25
3 - Hong Kong (SAR) 141.43
4 - South Korea 117.62
5 - Romania 109.26
6 - Hungary 95.31
7 +1 Switzerland 93.36
8 -1 Sweden 92.93
9 - United States 92.66
10 - Macau (SAR) 89.74
11 +6 Spain 88.08
12 +8 Jersey 85.33
13 -2 Netherlands 82.28
14 -2 Norway 80.17
15 -2 Denmark 79.75
16 - China 78.98
17 -3 Canada 77.98
18 -3 Japan 77.83
19 -1 New Zealand 75.71
20 -1 France 73.52
21 - Lithuania 70.22
22 +9 Barbados 64.71
23 +1 Portugal 64.49
24 -2 Luxembourg 64.24
25 - Belgium 60.91
26 -3 Reunion 57.08
27 -1 Germany 56.57
28 +1 Israel 56.12
29 -2 Taiwan 55.94
30 -2 Latvia 52.22
31 -1 United Kingdom 51.23
32 +3 Ireland 50.23
33 -1 Malta 49.01
34 +2 Finland 47.37
35 +6 Moldova 46.48
36 -3 Poland 45.32
37 - Thailand 45.09
38 - Bulgaria 44.98
39 - Chile 43.67
40 -6 Slovakia 43.46
41 -1 Slovenia 42.20
42 - Estonia 42.07
43 +2 Trinidad and Tobago 40.80
44 -1 Czech Republic 40.42
45 +1 Italy 40.32
46 -2 Russia 39.72
47 - Ukraine 37.06
48 +1 Austria 35.68
49 +2 Qatar 35.66
50 -2 Uruguay 34.94

I wonder could those results be very random. especially with IPTV on the new FTC network.

Went to a friends house the other day to reset the modem as the internet was slow. I did a speedtest wired and it was about 20mb lower than I had managed a year ago. Only then I realized they had two vodafone TV boxes running in living room and master bedroom.

Once I unplugged though fully the speeds came back up.

ECO_Mental · 20-06-2018 10:12am

OneEightSeven wrote: »

We're only 1Mb behind the UK.

http://www.speedtest.net/global-index

There's been a massive surge in the average speed in the last two months:

http://www.speedtest.net/global-index/ireland#fixed

1 - Singapore 170.99
2 - Iceland 155.25
3 - Hong Kong (SAR) 141.43
4 - South Korea 117.62
5 - Romania 109.26
6 - Hungary 95.31
7 +1 Switzerland 93.36
8 -1 Sweden 92.93
9 - United States 92.66
10 - Macau (SAR) 89.74

Ah here! Romania.....at number 5

Gonzo · 20-06-2018 10:48am

Ireland clearly has alot of work to catch up. A completed NBP could be a decade away from reality. Urban areas need to move away from copper as soon as possible.

Balmark · 04-07-2018 11:18pm

Rural Wifi (3 network)

It's so inconsistent .. congestion is shocking

http://www.speedtest.net/result/7445790379 at 11pm on a Wednesday night

Currently getting ~150kb/s download ~3.5MB/s upload

Yet you'll get 5.5MB/s download at 4am

Ultimanemo · 05-07-2018 8:28pm

Balmark wrote: »

Rural Wifi (3 network)

It's so inconsistent .. congestion is shocking

http://www.speedtest.net/result/7445790379 at 11pm on a Wednesday night
Currently getting ~150kb/s download ~3.5MB/s upload
Yet you'll get 5.5MB/s download at 4am

Three destroyed Rural Wifi with € 20 a month pay as you go sim, I was with Rural Wifi, I left them recently, I complained to them and they said change your router settings to 3G only. as 4G is very congested

Gonzo · 03-09-2018 2:41pm

currently away in Spain but thought I'd do a speedtest. The interesting thing is the internet here feels alot faster than when I had 8 meg ADSL with 0.40 upload before I got FTTH back at home.

This is in a hotel so it's probably shared VDSL or shared FTTH between the rooms, The decent upload is making the internet feel alot more responsive than when I had ADSL.

Marlow · 03-09-2018 3:17pm

Gonzo wrote: »

This is in a hotel so it's probably shared VDSL or shared FTTH between the rooms, The decent upload is making the internet feel alot more responsive than when I had ADSL.

The lower download indicates either performance loss on wifi or contention on the line.

That line is probably a lot bigger than what you see on the speedtest. Hence faster responses.

/M

paulboland · 18-12-2018 2:06pm

Ultimanemo · 18-12-2018 9:42pm

Marlow · 19-12-2018 12:15am

paulboland wrote: »

Funny .. no provider listed in that ?

Who are you using ?

/M

paulboland · 19-12-2018 12:32am

Marlow wrote: »

Funny .. no provider listed in that ?

Who are you using ?

/M

Digiweb

CobraClan · 19-12-2018 9:10pm

paulboland wrote: »

Digiweb

I'm with Digiweb too, been with them the last year and my broadband speed is terrible. I pay for up to a 100mb and never get more than 6 mb and my upload speed never goes over 1mb. This is what Iv had for the last year! When I rang them about it which is every few weeks I'm being told that the Junction box is over 2km away and they cant get my speed over 6mb! I live smack bang in the middle of Drumcondra and they cant provide more than 6mb. Does that sound right to anyone?

Marlow · 19-12-2018 9:24pm

CobraClan wrote: »

I'm with Digiweb too, been with them the last year and my broadband speed is terrible. I pay for up to a 100mb and never get more than 6 mb and my upload speed never goes over 1mb. This is what Iv had for the last year! When I rang them about it which is every few weeks I'm being told that the Junction box is over 2km away and they cant get my speed over 6mb! I live smack bang in the middle of Drumcondra and they cant provide more than 6mb. Does that sound right to anyone?

That is correct. If you're 2km from the cabinet, then you might even be on 4 Mbit/s. So you're lucky.

It's copper technology. It doesn't travel well. That's why it is "Up to".

The speedtest above is fibre .. all the way to the home. Different tech, but not available everywhere.

/M

CobraClan · 19-12-2018 9:40pm

Marlow wrote: »

That is correct. If you're 2km from the cabinet, then you might even be on 4 Mbit/s. So you're lucky.

It's copper technology. It doesn't travel well. That's why it is "Up to".

The speedtest above is fibre .. all the way to the home. Different tech, but not available everywhere.

/M

My mate lives two doors down from me and he's getting over 50mb speed, and the guy that lives in the flat above me in the same house is getting over 30 mb speed on a normal day. I was talking to an engineer from Eir in work the other day and he said I should be getting at least 30mg speed with the location I live. I find it hard to believe that everyone in Drumcondra is putting up with just 6mb broadband speed considering its more or less in the city center. And as far as I know I'm on a fiber line or that's what Digiweb has lead me to believe!

Marlow · 19-12-2018 11:57pm

CobraClan wrote: »

My mate lives two doors down from me and he's getting over 50mb speed, and the guy that lives in the flat above me in the same house is getting over 30 mb speed on a normal day. I was talking to an engineer from Eir in work the other day and he said I should be getting at least 30mg speed with the location I live. I find it hard to believe that everyone in Drumcondra is putting up with just 6mb broadband speed considering its more or less in the city center. And as far as I know I'm on a fiber line or that's what Digiweb has lead me to believe!

Calling that fibre is an insult. It's only fibre when it's fibre all the way in the door.

It's all Eir's fault for marketing VDSL as "eFibre" and a lot of other providers then using the same term. So yes ... you're on VDSL .. which is fibre to the cabinet.

But different premises as connected to different cabinets. If your line is to the exchange or a cabinet further away than your neighbors, then the only way of fixing it is to order a "new" line and hope it comes from the nearest cabinet. Then cancel off what you have afterwards.

/M

emilrasyad · 07-02-2019 4:06pm

On Vodafone Broadband, Dublin 15:

CinemaGuy45 · 09-03-2019 12:59am

13-03-2019 5:49pm

ISP VM- Using Cork Internet Exchange as test server - No VM servers available.

Pinging google.ie [74.125.193.94] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 74.125.193.94: bytes=32 time=21ms TTL=47
Reply from 74.125.193.94: bytes=32 time=19ms TTL=47
Reply from 74.125.193.94: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=47
Reply from 74.125.193.94: bytes=32 time=20ms TTL=47

Ping statistics for 74.125.193.94:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 19ms, Maximum = 28ms, Average = 22ms

13-03-2019 5:57pm

Previous provider Eir(com) VDSL
Not too bad - very reliable but speed is low, Fibre passing on the street but using a copper pair from the local exchange (about 2.5K away)

tuxy · 13-03-2019 6:05pm

150 mbps FTTH with Eir, exceptional consistency

Gonzo · 24-03-2019 10:15pm

have Eir FTTH 300/50 plan now almost 2 years and it never drops speed and is extremely consistent 24/7.

Baoithin66 · 01-04-2019 7:47pm

Just spent the last 20 minutes trying to order fibre broadband. I have an inactive landline but the rep wanted me to pay to get the landline active so as they could check the broadband speed. Makes no sense when I am looking for fibre to the home not a connection via my old landline

tuxy · 01-04-2019 7:52pm

Baoithin66 wrote: »

Just spent the last 20 minutes trying to order fibre broadband. I have an inactive landline but the rep wanted me to pay to get the landline active so as they could check the broadband speed. Makes no sense when I am looking for fibre to the home not a connection via my old landline

Best to order from a provider with Reps that understand the difference between these services.
My recommendation is Airwire.

Baoithin66 · 01-04-2019 7:58pm

Thanks will do, I was hoping to avail of the free tablet and online discount but if the sales rep is anything to go by I will go elsewhere.

Moggaman · 04-05-2019 10:35pm

Hi
I have Vod at Home Broadband. I live in rural area and have been getting bout 2.5MB per sec for the last 5-10 years. I know its low but its grand. I have had the odd problem as the cable are overhead wires and prone to problems from trees falling etc. My problem is that in the last 3 week, i have been getting a Wi Fi signal but wi fi does not work on my iphone, my wifes iphone or our ipad mini. These are the only devices connected and we are not big users.
I contacted vodafone. They sent out a technician. he said that I needed new router. i got one .same problem. Contacted Vodafone again. The guy on the phone was able to run a test to see what speed was coming to the modem and yes 2.5 mB were coming to the modem. When I turned off wi fi on both iphones and just left Wi Fi on the ipad and ran a speedtest, I got 2.5mb and the same when i ran a speedtest on an iphone without the 2 other devices on.
My question is Why now?... same speed coming in the last few years,, same amount of devices but i have different results..

tuxy · 05-05-2019 2:13am

Maybe something running in the background on one of the devices hogging the bandwidth.

Moggaman · 05-05-2019 3:00pm

tuxy wrote: »

Maybe something running in the background on one of the devices hogging the bandwidth.

Thanks. How would I figure out if there is something running in the background?

Johnboy1951 · 05-05-2019 5:14pm

Moggaman wrote: »

Hi
I have Vod at Home Broadband. I live in rural area and have been getting bout 2.5MB per sec for the last 5-10 years. I know its low but its grand. I have had the odd problem as the cable are overhead wires and prone to problems from trees falling etc. My problem is that in the last 3 week, i have been getting a Wi Fi signal but wi fi does not work on my iphone, my wifes iphone or our ipad mini. These are the only devices connected and we are not big users.
I contacted vodafone. They sent out a technician. he said that I needed new router. i got one .same problem. Contacted Vodafone again. The guy on the phone was able to run a test to see what speed was coming to the modem and yes 2.5 mB were coming to the modem. When I turned off wi fi on both iphones and just left Wi Fi on the ipad and ran a speedtest, I got 2.5mb and the same when i ran a speedtest on an iphone without the 2 other devices on.
My question is Why now?... same speed coming in the last few years,, same amount of devices but i have different results..

IIUC, you can connect any one device but not two or three .......... have you checked the router to see if Wifi connection is limited to one device ?

Moggaman · 05-05-2019 8:53pm

Johnboy1951 wrote: »

IIUC, you can connect any one device but not two or three .......... have you checked the router to see if Wifi connection is limited to one device ?

It is the same type of router as the one before so it should be able for multiple... is there a way of checking this?

Johnboy1951 · 05-05-2019 10:13pm

Moggaman wrote: »

It is the same type of router as the one before so it should be able for multiple... is there a way of checking this?

It might be a user setting in the router ... is on the last one I had here.

Aligns · 17-05-2019 9:32pm

PING ms
50
DOWNLOAD Mbps
3.25
UPLOAD Mbps
0.64

Can't post links or images as a new user... Speedtest result 8265967358

ISP is Premier Broadband, located in Rural Laois. "superfast fiber like broadband speeds" is what it's advertised as lmao.

Marlow · 17-05-2019 10:47pm

Aligns wrote: »

ISP is Premier Broadband, located in Rural Laois. "superfast fiber like broadband speeds" is what it's advertised as lmao.

Is that on their Airjet product or the old legacy stuff ? I think they've gone through 3 iterations of gear .. UBNT, Cambrium and Radwin Jet. Only the last one would really do good speeds, if they have the bandwidth for it at the mast.

/M

Aligns · 18-05-2019 10:51pm

Marlow wrote: »

Is that on their Airjet product or the old legacy stuff ? I think they've gone through 3 iterations of gear .. UBNT, Cambrium and Radwin Jet. Only the last one would really do good speeds, if they have the bandwidth for it at the mast.

/M

Pretty sure it's the airjet they're selling us, it's advertised all over the local place. They "upgraded" us there a few months back, also upping the cost, and since that the speeds have dropped if anything.

amadain · 24-10-2019 3:26pm

WHAT is the best alternative to Vodafone 1000 Siro in TRALEE

Paying €95 Euro/month for a SH ITE SERVICE from VODAFONE !

advertsfox · 24-10-2019 3:34pm

Virgin Naked BB 500/50MB - router in bridge mode (IPv4 firmware) into Google Mesh WiFi, as stable as any connection I've ever had.

torrevieja · 29-10-2019 11:40pm

i just signed up Virgin for 500mb internet but my reults done seem right any ideas :

Internet speed test
015102050100+
38.3
Megabits per second
Testing upload…
51.8

Mbps download

38.3

Mbps upload

Latency: 16 ms
Server: Dublin
Your Internet speed is very fast

Your Internet connection should be able to handle multiple devices streaming HD videos, video conferencing and gaming at the same time.

tuxy · 29-10-2019 11:43pm

torrevieja wrote: »

i just signed up Virgin for 500mb internet but my reults done seem right any ideas :

Internet speed test
015102050100+
38.3
Megabits per second
Testing upload…
51.8

Mbps download

38.3

Mbps upload

Latency: 16 ms
Server: Dublin
Your Internet speed is very fast

Your Internet connection should be able to handle multiple devices streaming HD videos, video conferencing and gaming at the same time.

First make sure these are wired tests then give more info on the hardware you are performing these tests on.

torrevieja · 29-10-2019 11:45pm

tuxy wrote: »

First make sure these are wired tests then give more info on the hardware you are performing these tests on.

do u mean connect a wire from hub to laptop?

tuxy · 29-10-2019 11:48pm

torrevieja wrote: »

do u mean connect a wire from hub to laptop?

Yes make sure the laptop has a gigabit ethernet port and connect a cable that's at least cat5e.
This will let us know if the problem is just with wifi(the most common problem)

torrevieja · 30-10-2019 1:32am

three different tests three diffferent results

56.1

Mbps download

48.2

Mbps upload

Latency: 8 ms
Server: Dublin
Your Internet speed is very fast
8716289014
PING ms
6
DOWNLOAD Mbps
75.17
UPLOAD Mbps
48.39

PING
13
ms
JITTER
1
ms
DOWNLOAD
56.7
Mbps
UPLOAD
48.6
Mbps

Your Internet connection should be able to handle multiple devices streaming HD videos, video conferencing and gaming at the same time.

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MyNetgear NightHawk Router Result

Download 404.82Mbps

Upload 50.26Mbps

Ping 8 ms

Gonzo · 30-10-2019 2:45pm

about 5 months ago I moved from Eir bill Pay to Three Pay as you go to save money. However the move to Three itself was a huge mistake. Had really bad speeds and barely any phone signal. I was going to move back to Eir pay as you go but then along came their new GoMo 10 euros per month mobile plan, so I signed up.

My final speedtest this morning on Three Pay As You Go.
https://www.speedtest.net/result/a/5435823507

Inserted the GoMo sim card and this is what I get.
https://www.speedtest.net/result/a/5435855552

I'm much happier, apart from the fact that it's half the price.

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