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When checking my speed, which server should I be using? I know it used to be Maidenhead,, is it still that one?
London namesco, but tbh ll speedtest servers are being hammered with 100meg now, it's hard to find a decent one
craigj2k12
13-04-2012, 12:36
London namesco, but tbh ll speedtest servers are being hammered with 100meg now, it's hard to find a decent one
Not true... its VMs network thats being hammered with 100mb users, the speedtest servers are showing accurate results
craigj2k12
13-04-2012, 13:48
testing to the same servers from other ISPs, ive seen the namesco server hit 600mbit from a leased line, and it struggles to hit 100 from a VM connection
General Maximus
13-04-2012, 22:00
it looks like I have had my ass stm'd but i dont know why because i have downloaded absolutely 0000000000000000000 this evening.
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/04/82.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/04/83.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
Just tried 4 other servers and they are all the same. Newsgroups time.............
Newsgroups isnt going to give me a reliable picture of speed because it wont go above 40k/sec; there is some serious traffic shaping going on.
This is the best Ive had tonight, and we are now on 60Mb.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/1892948356.png
craigj2k12
13-04-2012, 22:15
it looks like I have had my ass stm'd but i dont know why because i have downloaded absolutely 0000000000000000000 this evening.
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/04/82.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/04/83.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
Just tried 4 other servers and they are all the same. Newsgroups time.............
Newsgroups isnt going to give me a reliable picture of speed because it wont go above 40k/sec; there is some serious traffic shaping going on.
may they did their maths wrong again. Remeber when they tried to change the max traffic rate on 100mb customers from 100.24 to 110 and they changed it to 1.1mb :D
Not sure why, but ever since we got upgraded to 60Mb, the best speed I have recorded is 20Mb, and it seems to be constant at that?
www.vmspeed.com is a good one
Sherlock Holmes
15-04-2012, 01:36
www.vmspeed.com is a good one
Agree.
London namesco is the most consistent on speedtest.net for me.
it looks like I have had my ass stm'd but i dont know why because i have downloaded absolutely 0000000000000000000 this evening.
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/04/82.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
https://www.cableforum.co.uk/images/local/2012/04/83.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
Just tried 4 other servers and they are all the same. Newsgroups time.............
Newsgroups isnt going to give me a reliable picture of speed because it wont go above 40k/sec; there is some serious traffic shaping going on.
It happened to me 3 nights in a row :mad:
I have been recording my usage and i will be sending it in shortly with a complaint. I was stm'd the second night because i downloaded 2 gig, 3rd night it was 1 .7 gig. I am about to leave for Birmingham for a meeting and i expect to be STM'd when i return even thou my pc will be off. I have checked my wireless and no one is logged into it.
kwikbreaks
15-04-2012, 11:11
It happened to me 3 nights in a row :mad:
I have been recording my usage and i will be sending it in shortly with a complaint. I was stm'd the second night because i downloaded 2 gig, 3rd night it was 1 .7 gig. I am about to leave for Birmingham for a meeting and i expect to be STM'd when i return even thou my pc will be off. I have checked my wireless and no one is logged into it.
Sounds daft but what are you using earlier in the day?
The reason I ask is because on my 10Mbps which was a downgrade from 50Mbps so on DOCSIS3 I can download whatever I like (I have done maybe 15GB or more on occasions) before 4pm with no STM at all but soon after 4pm even pretty trivial usage results in it being STM'd if I did clobber it early on.
Just tried that V/M shown above, and I'm still not even getting 20Mb, let alone the 60Mb I'm paying for?:(
http://http://www.moneysupermarket.com/broadband/tools/speed-test/
I obtained the best speed result
download 30.3Mbps upload 30.2
michael
Chrysalis
18-04-2012, 12:37
how can you prove that
I can tell you it isnt the speedtest's end.
also I host a speedtest server, if someone is getting sucky speeds on speedtest.net I will give the link via PM but wont post it in public.
I can know first hand if its been swamped and saturated.
Could you send me that link please, as we are not getting anywhere near the speeds they promised us.
horseman
19-04-2012, 07:35
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The reason I ask is because on my 10Mbps which was a downgrade from 50Mbps so on DOCSIS3 I can download whatever I like (I have done maybe 15GB or more on occasions) before 4pm with no STM at all but soon after 4pm even pretty trivial usage results in it being STM'd if I did clobber it early on.
I wondered how long it would be before another L/10:1 user on overlay network noticed that?
I've observed the apparent lack of STM for some considerable months previous via my Cisco10k in Brighton, although in my case it would appear not to be applied at all.
I'll let "someone else" explain why if he so chooses to do so! ;)
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