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Cobbydaler 28-06-2006 14:50
Re: Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Kempy
Even worse speeds now

Wed, 28 Jun 2006 10:56:35 GMT

1st 512K took 2406 ms = 212.8 KB/sec, approx 1753 Kbps, 1.71 Mbps
2nd 512K took 2266 ms = 225.9 KB/sec, approx 1861 Kbps, 1.82 Mbps
3rd 512K took 2312 ms = 221.5 KB/sec, approx 1825 Kbps, 1.78 Mbps
4th 512K took 2219 ms = 230.7 KB/sec, approx 1901 Kbps, 1.86 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 1835 Kbps, 1.79 Mbps


Network Access : Enabled
Maximum Downstream Data Rate : 4096000 bps
Maximum Upstream Data Rate : 400000 bps
Maximum Number of CPEs : 1
Software Upgrade File Name : ntlhm120_ntl0001.cpr
Software Upgrade AdminStatus : allowProvisioningUpgrade
Software Upgrade OperStatus : completeFromProvisioning


My modem speeds have been updated, so it must just be pretty busy in my area...I hope.
This from another thread from someone in Manchester:

Quote:
I complained via their feedback service:

Originally Posted by ntl reply
Please accept my apologies for the problems you are experiencing with you broadband connection.

I have looked into your situation in more depth and I can see that there are some network issues in your area. These would cause the problems that you have been facing, (dropped connections, slow browsing and downloads). At the moment there is work scheduled to take place on 06/07/2006 to resolve this issue.

ntl is committed to provide all it's customers with the highest quality service possible. I am sorry that you have not received the service you have been expecting of late. Once the work has been completed, you should no longer experience the degraded service.

I hope this answers your questions.

Thank you for contacting ntl

Gareth


So hopefully in the next couple of weeks, things should improve.

Kempy 28-06-2006 15:08
Re: Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 
Ah that might explain it then, cheers.

Chrysalis 28-06-2006 19:04
Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by rajravat
my modem was upgraded today to 4mbit, prior to the update i would always get a 250kb/s max download and show 2000 ont he speedtest, now...

Maximum Downstream Data Rate : 4096000 bps
Maximum Upstream Data Rate : 400000 bps

Tue, 27 Jun 2006 18:09:54 GMT
1st 128K took 1719 ms = 76249 Bytes/sec = approx 634 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 2406 ms = 54477 Bytes/sec = approx 453 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 2906 ms = 45104 Bytes/sec = approx 375 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 1547 ms = 84727 Bytes/sec = approx 705 kbits/sec

Tracing route to www.ntlworld.com [212.250.162.47]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.0.1
2 9 ms 11 ms 12 ms 10.227.172.1
3 9 ms 23 ms 8 ms leic-t2cam1-b-v109.inet.ntl.com [82.3.34.197]
4 10 ms 9 ms 12 ms leic-t2core-b-ge-220-0.inet.ntl.com [82.3.33.138
]
5 11 ms 10 ms 8 ms nth-bb-b-so-230-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.188.114]

6 11 ms 11 ms 11 ms pop-bb-a-so-100-0.inet.ntl.com [213.105.172.14]

7 13 ms 14 ms 14 ms win-bb-b-so-500-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.185.202]

8 25 ms 15 ms 12 ms win-dc-b-v903.inet.ntl.com [213.105.174.38]
9 12 ms 46 ms 14 ms www.ntlworld.com [212.250.162.47]

Trace complete.

wtff??? im so annoyed!!!

ntl home 100, leicester le5
ntl in leics :(

your pings arent jumping much tho and that speed is lower then what I usually got.

---------- Post added at 19:04 ---------- Previous post was at 19:02 ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by tonecold
Hmm this is not a problem I'd expect with Zone Alarm, sounds more the type of problem people get using Nortons or McAfee
seems zone alarm is throttling high speed broadband its affected a few people.

ChickenMadras 28-06-2006 19:46
Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chrysalis
ntl in leics :(

your pings arent jumping much tho and that speed is lower then what I usually got.

---------- Post added at 19:04 ---------- Previous post was at 19:02 ----------



seems zone alarm is throttling high speed broadband its affected a few people.
I just took Zone Alarm off and rebooted. Before I was getting 2.1 to 2.4Mps download. I'm now getting 3.0Mps. It's a start....

---------- Post added at 19:46 ---------- Previous post was at 19:29 ----------

Quote:
Originally Posted by ChickenMadras
I just took Zone Alarm off and rebooted. Before I was getting 2.1 to 2.4Mps download. I'm now getting 3.0Mps. It's a start....
Actually, things are better than I thought:
Wed, 28 Jun 2006 18:42:25 GMT
1st 128K took 265 ms = 494611 Bytes/sec = approx 4115 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 266 ms = 492752 Bytes/sec = approx 4100 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 297 ms = 441320 Bytes/sec = approx 3672 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 265 ms = 494611 Bytes/sec = approx 4115 kbits/sec

using http://homepage.ntlworld.com/robin.d...speedtest.html

(unless I'm missing something...)

rajravat 28-06-2006 21:37
Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Chrysalis
ntl in leics :(

your pings arent jumping much tho and that speed is lower then what I usually got.

---------- Post added at 19:04 ---------- Previous post was at 19:02 ----------



seems zone alarm is throttling high speed broadband its affected a few people.
true but the thing that ****es me off is that its been fine the past 3yrs, geting a full 1meg/2meg all the time, now my download rate is SO erratic and struggle to even get 2meg on downloads

sav112 28-06-2006 21:49
Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by Agent47
m8 uninstall it completely, I was in the same boat as you until i removed it from my PC.
Wed, 28 Jun 2006 20:47:04 UTC

1st 512K took 1078 ms = 475 KB/sec, approx 3914 Kbps, 3.82 Mbps
2nd 512K took 1078 ms = 475 KB/sec, approx 3914 Kbps, 3.82 Mbps
3rd 512K took 1094 ms = 468 KB/sec, approx 3856 Kbps, 3.77 Mbps
4th 512K took 1078 ms = 475 KB/sec, approx 3914 Kbps, 3.82 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 3900 Kbps, 3.81 Mbps


no zonealarm and its fine! had to go back to the windows one.

thanks for the advice

is that speed test reliable because the irish one tell me 1.6mb down 356kbs up.
and a few others are the same so what spped am i getting?

Mr Smith 28-06-2006 23:28
Re: [Merged] Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by sav112
Wed, 28 Jun 2006 20:47:04 UTC

1st 512K took 1078 ms = 475 KB/sec, approx 3914 Kbps, 3.82 Mbps
2nd 512K took 1078 ms = 475 KB/sec, approx 3914 Kbps, 3.82 Mbps
3rd 512K took 1094 ms = 468 KB/sec, approx 3856 Kbps, 3.77 Mbps
4th 512K took 1078 ms = 475 KB/sec, approx 3914 Kbps, 3.82 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 3900 Kbps, 3.81 Mbps


no zonealarm and its fine! had to go back to the windows one.

thanks for the advice

is that speed test reliable because the irish one tell me 1.6mb down 356kbs up.
and a few others are the same so what spped am i getting?
My downloads were poor as well until i removed zonealarm ,averaged 2.5 Mbps,cleaned the registry as well just to be sure.I tested the download speed by grabbing service pack 2 from windows, using reget download manager it was coming down full whack,very pleased.

Red Skies 29-06-2006 09:07
Re: Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 
Iâ₠¬ÃƒÆ’¢â€žÂ¢m curious to know if anyone here is using ZoneAlarm Pro and incurring the same problem, or is it just the free version?

dannyoneill 29-06-2006 09:10
Re: Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 
you only need Zone alarm if you dont already have a firewall.

If you have a router then zone alarm is next to useless as your already NAT'd which means all internet traffic will be going to the router, not you.

If you use windows firewall in my professional opinion its more than enough and actually performs better than Zonealarm.

Done be over protective, itll just harm you.

idf 29-06-2006 09:51
Re: Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by dannyoneill
you only need Zone alarm if you dont already have a firewall.

If you have a router then zone alarm is next to useless as your already NAT'd which means all internet traffic will be going to the router, not you.
Windows Firewall and a NAT router offer inbound protection only. They do not protect against rogue applications making a connection outbound. ZoneAlarm does.

ZrByte 29-06-2006 11:30
Re: Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by idf
Windows Firewall and a NAT router offer inbound protection only. They do not protect against rogue applications making a connection outbound. ZoneAlarm does.

Unfortunatley ZA can be a little overprotective, though I cant speak for the newer versions thats the reason I stopped using it.

APS 29-06-2006 12:09
Re: Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by idf
Windows Firewall and a NAT router offer inbound protection only. They do not protect against rogue applications making a connection outbound. ZoneAlarm does.
That is not quite true since SP2. Windows Firewall will ask whether some packages which need to make outgoing connections should be granted permission (like Zone Alarm). The difference is that Windows seems to implicitly trust a lot of MS applications (so it doesn't ask you about them) and some other applications too. I am not sure of the rules that apply but it would not surprise me if someone writing nasty code could not con the firewall into trusting it though.

Having said that if you have decent AV software you stand little risk of catching something that will try to transmit out, so an extra firewall is really overkill.

APS

NightElf 29-06-2006 12:34
Re: Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 
Hello,

I'm in peterborough with a NTL120 modem and was getting 2.4mbs down and 379kbs up (up was fine but down wasn't). I turned off the Zonealarms firewall due to reading comments about the firewall interfering and was still getting 2.4mbs. Talked to NTL thro broadband medic and called CS. After 50 minutes of talking and testing the connection i was told to wait till after 30th june when the network upgrades are finished then ring back if the speed is still slow.

Anyway, after reading the last couple of pages i uninstalled ZA and now i'm getting 3.81mbs on a NTL120!!!!!!

Thanks to all the peeps for posting about the uninstall of ZA, simply turning off ZA didn't work for me.

-NE

idf 29-06-2006 12:48
Re: Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by APS
That is not quite true since SP2. Windows Firewall will ask whether some packages which need to make outgoing connections should be granted permission (like Zone Alarm).
Well it's never asked me for permission on anything, ZA included.
The same goes for the firewall on my XP Pro machine at work.

Windows XP Firewall completely fails the shields up test at grc.com - not good.

What ZA does do is stop MS WGA phoning home everyday. (Yes my copy of XP is legit, I just don't like the idea of MS calling home without permission or a damn good reason)

Anyway, ZA is not affecting my data throughput, so it'll be staying for now.

I do most things on my Mac anyway.

gingerprince 29-06-2006 13:38
Re: Speed Increases 1st June - 2meg to 4meg
 
Quote:
Originally Posted by idf
Yes my copy of XP is legit, I just don't like the idea of MS calling home without permission
So you clicking "yes" to agree to the terms and conditions when you install it doesn't in your book count as "your permission" then?

Not that I agree with it, just saying is all :D


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