Slower than Expected, help please

[imranm]

Hi

I've just had 100MB installed and over the past two days I've conducted various speedtests where I'm getting results in the high 70's and no more no matter what time of the day it is.

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/05/32.png

Newsgroup downloads are around 9.5mb/sec, I thought it should be higher.

Do my levels okay?

Startup Procedure
Procedure Status Comment
Acquire Downstream Channel 298750000 Hz Locked
Connectivity State OK Operational
Boot State OK Operational
Configuration File OK
Security Enabled BPI+
Downstream Channels
Lock Status Modulation Channel ID Max Raw Bit Rate Frequency Power SNR Docsis/EuroDocsis locked
Locked QAM256 89 55616000 Kbits/sec 298750000 Hz 0.0 dBmV 41.4 dB Hybrid
Locked QAM256 90 55616000 Kbits/sec 306750000 Hz 0.4 dBmV 41.7 dB Hybrid
Locked QAM256 91 55616000 Kbits/sec 314750000 Hz -0.2 dBmV 40.9 dB Hybrid
Locked QAM256 92 55616000 Kbits/sec 322750000 Hz -0.8 dBmV 40.9 dB Hybrid
Unlocked Unknown 0 0 Ksym/sec 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV 0.0 dB Unknown
Unlocked Unknown 0 0 Ksym/sec 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV 0.0 dB Unknown
Unlocked Unknown 0 0 Ksym/sec 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV 0.0 dB Unknown
Unlocked Unknown 0 0 Ksym/sec 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV 0.0 dB Unknown
Upstream Channels
Lock Status Modulation Channel ID Max Raw Bit Rate Frequency Power
Locked ATDMA 1 20480 Kbits/sec 45800000 Hz 48.9 dBmV
Unlocked Unknown 0 0 Ksym/sec 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV
Unlocked Unknown 0 0 Ksym/sec 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV
Unlocked Unknown 0 0 Ksym/sec 0 Hz 0.0 dBmV
Primary Downstream Service Flow
Downstream(0)
SFID 8116
Max Traffic Rate 102400000 bps
Max Traffic Burst 10000 bytes
Mix Traffic Rate 0 bps
Primary Upstream Service Flow
Upstream(0)
SFID 5357
Max Traffic Rate 10250000 bps
Max Traffic Burst 16320 bytes
Mix Traffic Rate 0 bps
Max Concatenated Burst 16320 bytes
Scheduling Type Best Effort


Forgot to mention I'm using at Cat6 cable, not wireless

Thanks very much

Imran

[zerolight]

50% faster than me! I can only get between 40mb and 60mb out of my 100mb connection. I managed this once...

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/06/133.png http://www.pingtest.net/result/41504225.png (http://www.pingtest.net)

[JonM1988]

Your problem starts with S and ends in B.... S******B

[General Maximus]

Your problem starts with S and ends in B.... S******B

I don't get that but nevermind.

Anyway dude, I think you are pretty much getting what you are going to get. 77mbit in a speedtest isnt ideal but the fact that you are pulling 10mb/sec from newsgroups shows that that is going to be your many speed. This is either because the area you are in is over subscribed and you cant get your full 100mbit (12.5mb/sec in theory) orrrrrrrrrrrrrr, there are limiting factors your end such as ports on your router, NIC, maybe an old hdd etc etc.

If i had a router with 100mbit ports, a NIC with a 100mbit port and an IDE or old HDD, I wouldnt expect to get 100mbit because you are expecting too many devices to work perfectly at the same time. You really need to be looking at gigabit ports and SATA 300 HDDs and then you know any bottleneck is at VMs end.

[zerolight]

I added another attenuator doodah to my line to get my levels to optimal - still get rubbish speedtest.net results, but am getting 11MB/s from newsgroups, so would seem to be up in the 88Mbit/s which is pretty good.

[Jonnymeg]

Try opening two windows of Speedtest.net and running to simultaneous tests and add the results together......see how that works.

[Charliedontsurf]

Use the paris server.

[qasdfdsaq]

Spare a thought for those of us who are still stuck on 1.5mpbs upload and with no prospect of getting more before next spring.

[philwhite100]

Spare a thought for those of us who are still stuck on 1.5mpbs upload and with no prospect of getting more before next spring.

1.5meg is vey slow by todays standards.

[eckuk]

Reading this is frustrating. 9+ Mbps upload and I'm getting less than 1Mbps upload and probably paying more for it too.

[qasdfdsaq]

1.5meg is vey slow by todays standards.
And yet, it's the fastest I can get.

That's if you don't count my mobile phone, which gets double to triple that most days.

[shadowman786]

100MB not looking good

[imranm]

Seems to be back to normal now, NG downloads are much better, around 11.4mb/sec

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/06/58.png

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/06/59.png

[shadowman786]

Seems to be back to normal now, NG downloads are much better, around 11.4mb/sec

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/06/58.png

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/06/59.png

Hi sorry what do you mean by NG downloads and also how long have you had 100mb for ? I can't seem to go over 91mb and you are getting over 100mb

[imranm]

Hi sorry what do you mean by NG downloads and also how long have you had 100mb for ? I can't seem to go over 91mb and you are getting over 100mb

Downloads via NewsGroups are always ~11MB regardless of the SpeedTest

91 is very good, past week has been great (touch wood!).

I've had it for a month nearly :D

[qasdfdsaq]

I didn't know VM's 100mb service was overprovisioned to give you 107mbps+...

[imranm]

not always 100+ :D

https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2011/06/44.png

[derbylad1983]

max speed i can get on newsgroups is 10.8mb/s :-(

[Gordon_30]

max speed i can get on newsgroups is 10.8mb/s :-(

that's trhe speed I get although using SSL it drops by about half and a warning for those considering the virgin security suite that also seems to slow it a little

[davidthornton]

1.5meg is vey slow by todays standards.

Not on upload it isn't. Beats most ADSL lines. Only VDSL2 (aka FTTC) or faster Cable can improve on it.

[qasdfdsaq]

Yes it is. Britain's upload speeds are pitiful compared to some countries. My mobile phone has had faster upload speed than that for the past 5 years, and has consistently beat cable for 10 years straight.

It's well under the global average, and the UK average (1.74) is about the same as Zimbabwe (1.71). The EU average is over double that, and Russians get five times faster on average. Other countries that beat us include China, Kazakstan, Cambodia, Malaysia, Rwanda, and Mongolia.

1.5meg upload is pathetic by today's standards.