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are you ****tin me!!!

  • 09-02-2013 8:07pm
    #1
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭


    have a fibre optic broadband connection 25mb, usually on speedtest it comes out at 25mb download, but just now its hardly at 1mb!!!

    but the upload remains the same at 3mb! :confused:

    shockingly bad


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  • #2
    Grayson
    Registered Users Posts: 16,124 ✭✭✭✭Grayson


    Switch off the porn torrents


  • #3
    Sh1tbag OToole
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,973 ✭✭✭Sh1tbag OToole


    Clever worded contracts mean they can get away with it. They advertise certain insanely high download speeds from selected content providers (Akamai, Fubbacudden, Netflix) on certain good days meanwhile your upload speed is terrible and unselected content providers are left out in the dry. There is no sizeable "net neutrality" movement in Europe either so they get away with sh1t. Ports are probably blocked and non-HTTP protocols such as bittorrent could be throttled as well


  • #4
    Hootanany
    Registered Users Posts: 5,477 ✭✭✭Hootanany


    Sounds like a case of RTFM.


  • #5
    DonkeyStyle \o/
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,145 ✭✭✭DonkeyStyle \o/


    IM0 wrote: »
    have a fibre optic broadband connection (with speeds of up to) 25mb
    ftfy


  • #6
    Overheal
    Registered Users Posts: 81,613 ✭✭✭✭Overheal


    And your contention rate is..?


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  • #7
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    DonkeyStyle \o/ wrote: »
    ftfy

    yeah I know, and like I say usually it is the full 25mb, but on peak weekend times its horrific! 4% of the speed of most other times :eek:


  • #8
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    Overheal wrote: »
    And your contention rate is..?

    very high at the moment :mad:




    I have no idea what that is tbh


  • #9
    stimpson
    Registered Users Posts: 7,815 ✭✭✭stimpson


    Have you tried switching it off and on again?


  • #10
    UCDVet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,894 ✭✭✭UCDVet


    The speeds are always 'Up to XXmb' for all of the general consumer level stuff. You are sharing bandwidth with your neighbors. The price you pay/the speeds they advertise can't work if everyone is utilizing the network at their cap.

    It sucks - but it's what you pay for.

    You could pay *a lot* more to get your own line and be unaffected by your neighbours; but you're still going to deal with traffic when you go to any site.


  • #11
    Taltos
    Registered Users Posts: 20,830 ✭✭✭✭Taltos


    contention rate is usually hidden away in the contract - how many other users you share your line with.

    Some advertise zero contention - I think magnet might be one.
    Eircom depending on the package might be 24 or 48, and UPC is something similar - but I am pulling these numbers from shady memory so just do a quick google check on them.

    One thing to look into is can you switch service to another provider using the same tech - that way you might keep the max speed but now get a dedicated line with lower or no contention.


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  • #12
    whitesands
    Closed Accounts Posts: 326 ✭✭whitesands


    Sh1tbag OToole wrote: »
    Ports are probably blocked and non-HTTP protocols such as bittorrent could be throttled as well
    They can't really do that anymore, there is no standard bittorrent port. utorrent for example gives you a random one.


  • #13
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    UCDVet wrote: »
    The speeds are always 'Up to XXmb' for all of the general consumer level stuff. You are sharing bandwidth with your neighbors. The price you pay/the speeds they advertise can't work if everyone is utilizing the network at their cap.

    It sucks - but it's what you pay for.

    You could pay *a lot* more to get your own line and be unaffected by your neighbours; but you're still going to deal with traffic when you go to any site.

    Im guessing the higher speeds say 100mb will have the same problem but instead of 1mb it will be absolute minimum 4mb, and probably higher because less can afford/justify the higher prices with those speeds?


  • #14
    Daithi 1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,006 ✭✭✭Daithi 1


    IM0 wrote: »
    have a fibre optic broadband connection 25mb, usually on speedtest it comes out at 25mb download, but just now its hardly at 1mb!!!

    but the upload remains the same at 3mb! :confused:

    shockingly bad

    A 25mb connection will only download at 2.5mbps maximum.

    50 meg will DL 5mbps max.

    That's normal.

    Basically you divide it by 10.

    RESET your modem..

    I take it it's upc you are using. There is no contention rate on upc..


  • #15
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    Taltos wrote: »
    One thing to look into is can you switch service to another provider using the same tech - that way you might keep the max speed but now get a dedicated line with lower or no contention.

    same tech?

    Im on UPC 25mb fibrepower


  • #16
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    Daithi 1 wrote: »
    A 25mb connection will only download at 2.5mbps maximum.

    50 meg will DL 5mbps max.

    That's normal.

    Basically you divide it by 10.

    yeah , but I was talking about the speedtests, thats what Im comparing here, before, it is usually 25mb but peak time can be 1mb! with the same connection obviously


  • #17
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    Daithi 1 wrote: »
    I take it it's upc you are using. There is no contention rate on upc..

    :cool:
    reset your modem

    an on and off job?, I know those things work but why!


  • #18
    Daithi 1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,006 ✭✭✭Daithi 1


    IM0 wrote: »
    yeah , but I was talking about the speedtests, thats what Im comparing here, before, it is usually 25mb but peak time can be 1mb! with the same connection obviously

    Who is your supplier ?

    There is no contention rate with upc.. I take it your using upc as you mentioned fiber power and 25 mb


  • #19
    Bad Santa
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 381 ✭✭Bad Santa


    I'm with Three. I'd give my right nut for 1mb most days.


  • #20
    Daithi 1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,006 ✭✭✭Daithi 1


    Bad Santa wrote: »
    I'm with Three. I'd give my right nut for 1mb most days.

    awe ! at least three is a magic number


  • #21
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    Daithi 1 wrote: »
    Who is your supplier ?

    There is no contention rate with upc.. I take it your using upc as you mentioned fiber power and 25 mb

    yeah UPC, I said before though thought youd see it


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  • #22
    Daithi 1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,006 ✭✭✭Daithi 1


    IM0 wrote: »
    yeah UPC, I said before though thought youd see it

    did but it was to late..

    just sounds like you need to reset the modem.

    You probably tried that tho..

    Just call them then...

    There is a hard reset option. Little hole in the back of the modem, stick a match in there for 3 seconds to reset.. worth a shot.


  • #23
    Lionel Messy
    Site Banned Posts: 612 ✭✭✭Lionel Messy


    F.uck sake, not everyone understands this geeky f.ucking lingo, folks.


  • #24
    Daithi 1
    Registered Users Posts: 2,006 ✭✭✭Daithi 1


    Lionel Messy wrote: »
    F.uck sake, not everyone understands this geeky f.ucking lingo, folks.

    http://www.shol.com/agita/pigs.htm


  • #25
    DonkeyStyle \o/
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,145 ✭✭✭DonkeyStyle \o/


    IM0 wrote: »
    yeah I know, and like I say usually it is the full 25mb, but on peak weekend times its horrific! 4% of the speed of most other times :eek:
    I'm just being cheeky really. :P
    I'd considered switching to UPC, but reading experiences like yours put me right off it. I only have 5Mb with Smart, but it's solid as a rock 24/7.


  • #26
    Bad Santa
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 381 ✭✭Bad Santa


    Lionel Messy wrote: »
    F.uck sake, not everyone understands this geeky f.ucking lingo, folks.

    Wanna see my ping? It's massive.


  • #27
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    Lionel Messy wrote: »
    F.uck sake, not everyone understands this geeky f.ucking lingo, folks.

    mr messi just cause it isnt about fuzzball


  • #28
    IM0
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,390 ✭✭✭IM0


    Bad Santa wrote: »
    Wanna see my ping? It's massive.

    or my dongle ?


  • #29
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Bad Santa wrote: »
    Wanna see my ping? It's massive.
    Mines even bigger when I -r 9 it! :D


  • #30
    recylingbin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 5,001 ✭✭✭recylingbin


    Lionel Messy wrote: »
    F.uck sake, not everyone understands this geeky f.ucking lingo, folks.
    His upload isn't up or down but his download is down and he wants that re-upped to the previous down speed which he was happy with. His contention, he contends, is not an issue as he dls his shiz from upc.
    k?


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  • #31
    Slydice
    Registered Users Posts: 10,501 ✭✭✭✭Slydice


    What speed test website are you using

    If it's speedtest.net what server are you connecting to?


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