Network problems?

[|Kippa|]

I am on VM 20mbit, and my download rate has gone down to 3mbit and is fluctuating quite a lot. I am on irc and few other people on VM are experiencing fluffed up connecitons. One of them said that "a major router between vm/ntl and the datacentre my server lives in just got DOS'ed". Just curious, is anyone else experiencing problems? (those that have a normally stable connection that is).

[homealone]

my normally stable connection to the GigaNews servers is running around half normal speed & is fluctuating quite a lot..

[Sput]

I am on VM 20mbit, and my download rate has gone down to 3mbit and is fluctuating quite a lot. I am on irc and few other people on VM are experiencing fluffed up connecitons. One of them said that "a major router between vm/ntl and the datacentre my server lives in just got DOS'ed". Just curious, is anyone else experiencing problems? (those that have a normally stable connection that is).

I have experienced several problems lately and the latest speed test on my 20 meg services gives the following:-

"http://homepagentlworld.com/robin.d.h.walker/speedtest.html?1209321139185
Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:32:21 GMT
1st 128K took 306 ms = 428340 Bytes/sec = approx 3564 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 279 ms = 469792 Bytes/sec = approx 3909 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 263 ms = 498373 Bytes/sec = approx 4146 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 197 ms = 665340 Bytes/sec = approx 5536 kbits/sec
These results appear to be rather fast: maybe this page was in the browser cache."

As you can see this is about a quarter of what I should be getting - so you are not alone in having problems.

[AbyssUnderground]

I have experienced several problems lately and the latest speed test on my 20 meg services gives the following:-

"http://homepagentlworld.com/robin.d.h.walker/speedtest.html?1209321139185
Sun, 27 Apr 2008 18:32:21 GMT
1st 128K took 306 ms = 428340 Bytes/sec = approx 3564 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 279 ms = 469792 Bytes/sec = approx 3909 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 263 ms = 498373 Bytes/sec = approx 4146 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 197 ms = 665340 Bytes/sec = approx 5536 kbits/sec
These results appear to be rather fast: maybe this page was in the browser cache."

As you can see this is about a quarter of what I should be getting - so you are not alone in having problems.

Actually thats showing twice as fast as you should be getting. Note the part that says:

These results appear to be rather fast: maybe this page was in the browser cache.

[Richy99]

Actually thats showing twice as fast as you should be getting. Note the part that says:

you sure? its about 4-5meg

[Sput]

Actually thats showing twice as fast as you should be getting. Note the part that says:

Sorry but you have misunderstood the report. Take the 4th 128 speed of 5536kbits/sec, that is 5.5mbits/sec on what should be a 20mbits/sec service and so is 3.6 times SLOWER than I should get not twice as fast.

I have just run another test and the results today are very good:-

Mon, 28 Apr 2008 11:14:37 GMT
1st 128K took 63 ins = 2080508 Bytes/sec = approx 17310 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 60 ins = 2184533 Bytes/sec = approx 18175 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 61 ms = 2148721 Bytes/sec = approx 17877 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 62 ins = 2114065 Bytes/sec = approx 17589 kbits/sec

I am happy with between 17.3 mbits/sec and 18.1mbits/sec for my 20mbits/sec service.