Re: 1mb going slower.
 

You join the network locally in LE* this routes to LE central which relays it to Nottingham which relays it to the backbone which routes via all sorts of unheard of places via dynamic switching - Pem's/my/your routing will be different despite us being not that far away.

Have you called TS? it sounds like a Local/UBR issue.

Re: 1mb going slower.
 

I just got home from work Email is down again.
Got it working after trying about 5 times but no messages.
I sent a message to myself and guess what it went down again.
Then it came back sent my message but nothing in the inbox.
Tried the above again down again now its back now its down now its back no messages. What is the point in pretending something is working when its not. No messages when obviously there should be for over 12 hours cant Email myself either.
Is this my connection or my computer on my UBR or NTL's Email server.

John S.

Re: 1mb going slower.
 

Just Emailed myself and got the message back so its working again but what about the last 12 hours including those to myself.

I think I could run a server provided I didnt take on more customers than the server could handle as Id have to be selective about who I provided a service. Id expect to get Advertising Standards on my back then but if I got big enough I could ignore them.

John S.

Re: 1mb going slower.
 

Yes I am - which is why I suggested in a previous post somewhere that the problem must be LE - NG connectivity as the cache servers themselves do not have the problems you are experiencing.

Re: 1mb going slower.
 

my experience tends to confirm that, as I am also cached via Nottingham & connect through the Grimsby UBR and I have not noticed any problems :)

Re: 1mb going slower.
 

Emaildown again this morning .
Web down at first but now working but over a minute to load my homepage.
What on earth is going on.

John.

Re: 1mb going slower.
 

Email still down, Ntl homepage down, but the web is up think this is an indicator to find another ISP.
Rollout Telewest cant wait.

John S.

Re: 1mb going slower.
 

That would be a little difficult, don't you think, considering you are in an NTL area? ;)

Re: 1mb going slower.
 

NTL Homepage down ?

Re: 1mb going slower.
 

Tonight Email is so slow its unreal timeout after timeout then finally it works. This is not new its been the same on and off for over a year.
The NTL homepage fails to load it was the same last year when NTL said the homepage was unavailable as the site was busy. Then the whole thing went down for 24 hours at a time with no service whatsoever.
If Telewest take over NTL or there is a merger as predicted then things might get better. Telewest have apparently brought forward their increased speeds etc NTL are sitting back doing nothing as they always seem to do except advertise and ask people to upgrade and then when I do upgrade the service has got worse.
The last 2 days have been unreliable undependable and almost useless.

John S

Re: 1mb going slower.
 

cant get it from teesside :(

Re: 1mb going slower.
 

Enough is enough,
Im dumping NTL tomorrow.
There is no way they deserve £600+ a year from me.
5 years+ of NTL incompetence is enough for anyone.
Bye John S.

Re: 1mb going slower.
 

I have taken another speed test and its looking more like the old speeds.

Tue, 18 May 2004 20:53:52 GMT
1st 128K took 1082 ms = 121139 Bytes/sec = approx 1008 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 1051 ms = 124712 Bytes/sec = approx 1038 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 1062 ms = 123420 Bytes/sec = approx 1027 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 1081 ms = 121251 Bytes/sec = approx 1009 kbits/sec

Re: 1mb going slower.
 

me tonight :)

1st 128K took 1078 ms = 121588 Bytes/sec = approx 1012 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 1062 ms = 123420 Bytes/sec = approx 1027 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 1063 ms = 123304 Bytes/sec = approx 1026 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 1062 ms = 123420 Bytes/sec = approx 1027 kbits/sec

ok their cs and tech support are crap but i love their service :D

Re: 1mb going slower.
 

Not all of them! ;) :)

Oh, & don't forget the crap email servers, the crap news servers, the crap proxies, the....;)

But yeah, the service isn't too bad :D (if you're lucky)



My results from just now (1Mb service, Cambridge)

RDHW's speed test:

1st 128K took 1078 ms = 121588 Bytes/sec = approx 1012 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 1063 ms = 123304 Bytes/sec = approx 1026 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 1047 ms = 125188 Bytes/sec = approx 1042 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 1078 ms = 121588 Bytes/sec = approx 1012 kbits/sec

Dan Elwell's speed test:

(from http://www.broadbandspeedtest.net/)