Shockingly Low Speeds Today...
 

this is my speed today...i hope this doesnt last long...

Sun, 29 Apr 2007 13:59:49 GMT

1st 512K took 8516 ms = 60.1 KB/sec, approx 495 Kbps, 0.48 Mbps
2nd 512K took 13516 ms = 37.9 KB/sec, approx 312 Kbps, 0.3 Mbps
3rd 512K took 8484 ms = 60.3 KB/sec, approx 497 Kbps, 0.49 Mbps
4th 512K took 10375 ms = 49.3 KB/sec, approx 406 Kbps, 0.4 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 428 Kbps, 0.42 Mbps

could this possibly be due to the upgrades/maintainence? i really could use a good connection right now...10mbit btw

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Sun, 29 Apr 2007 14:10:26 GMT

1st 512K took 1734 ms = 295.3 KB/sec, approx 2433 Kbps, 2.38 Mbps
2nd 512K took 1063 ms = 481.7 KB/sec, approx 3969 Kbps, 3.88 Mbps
3rd 512K took 1281 ms = 399.7 KB/sec, approx 3294 Kbps, 3.22 Mbps
4th 512K took 1703 ms = 300.6 KB/sec, approx 2477 Kbps, 2.42 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 3043 Kbps, 2.98 Mbps

I'm experiencing bad speeds too. And I NEVER get bad speeds.

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I imagine it's just because of the updates, yeah.

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Me Too

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are the upgrades for the whole country taking place at the same time? i dont know if it would be actually hardware upgrades or done digitaly over the network or what? just simply shocking speeds today and im in the Teesside area

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Wobbly this morning, but nothing listed as scheduled work on the one remaining service status link...ok now.

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Either way, it could still compromise download speeds. Try downloading from within the virgin network and see what you get.

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My net connection is slower than a slow thing from planet slow on a slow day . Less than dialup speed at the moment and that's saying a lot [img]Download Failed (1)[/img]

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Sun, 29 Apr 2007 14:50:06 GMT

1st 512K took 531 ms = 964.2 KB/sec, approx 7945 Kbps, 7.76 Mbps
2nd 512K took 500 ms = 1024 KB/sec, approx 8438 Kbps, 8.24 Mbps
3rd 512K took 531 ms = 964.2 KB/sec, approx 7945 Kbps, 7.76 Mbps
4th 512K took 797 ms = 642.4 KB/sec, approx 5293 Kbps, 5.17 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 7405 Kbps, 7.23 Mbps

Was slow about 20 minutes ago.

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1st 512K took 500 ms = 1024 KB/sec, approx 8438 Kbps, 8.24 Mbps
2nd 512K took 610 ms = 839.3 KB/sec, approx 6916 Kbps, 6.75 Mbps
3rd 512K took 375 ms = 1365.3 KB/sec, approx 11250 Kbps, 10.99 Mbps
4th 512K took 750 ms = 682.7 KB/sec, approx 5625 Kbps, 5.49 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 8057 Kbps, 7.87 Mbps

Not too bad now. Still 10mbit/s btw.

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My speeds in Guildford are rubbish today and it appears that 20Meg is currently worse than the old 10Meg it replaced.

All services died last night at 11.20 which was both internet and V+ digital TV. It was not a CATV outage as the TV analogue bypass still worked.

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Give it a few days and I imagine speeds will be back to normal. (hopefully)

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id be disappointed with normal speeds in a few days...im expecting 20mbit lol

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You know what I mean ;)

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http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/res...0016&v=1225093

Back to normal for me, anyway.

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Sun, 29 Apr 2007 15:35:40 UTC

1st 512K took 2219 ms = 230.7 KB/sec, approx 1901 Kbps, 1.86 Mbps
2nd 512K took 2234 ms = 229.2 KB/sec, approx 1889 Kbps, 1.84 Mbps
3rd 512K took 2422 ms = 211.4 KB/sec, approx 1742 Kbps, 1.7 Mbps
4th 512K took 2438 ms = 210 KB/sec, approx 1730 Kbps, 1.69 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 1816 Kbps, 1.77 Mbps

That's mine and I have no idea if it's what is should be :)

Lyn

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If you're on 2mbps, yes. If you're on 4mbps, or 10mbps, no :)

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still poor (~2mbit) speeds to london as usual

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Shockingly bad speeds for a few days now in the Teesside area. Tried different speed tests and get varying results. Tried downloading from Microsoft and get 200 - 215KB/sec. Thats computer connected straight to modem ( NTL:250 ) by ethernet. Have not rang them yet like.

Plugged back in to router, now getting 100KB/sec. I used to get 10MB or there abouts anyway.

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Out of interest, can you ever achieve anything that would even remotely resemble the 10mbit/s (I assume this is what you're on?) in London?

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Hi,

Are people in Cosham having really bad connection speeds today also.

I'm on the 10Mb package and I'm hardly getting 1.5 Mb download at the moment.

Thanks.

Phil.

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http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/res...3703&v=1225444

Still, speed tests show connection as being fine.

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I get 6MB from that, but only 1 - 2MB from downloading from Microsoft.

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Yes I'm only on 2MB so I guess that's not bad :)

Lyn

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Sun, 29 Apr 2007 16:48:02 GMT

1st 512K took 469 ms = 1091.7 KB/sec, approx 8996 Kbps, 8.79 Mbps
2nd 512K took 516 ms = 992.2 KB/sec, approx 8176 Kbps, 7.98 Mbps
3rd 512K took 719 ms = 712.1 KB/sec, approx 5868 Kbps, 5.73 Mbps
4th 512K took 593 ms = 863.4 KB/sec, approx 7114 Kbps, 6.95 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 7539 Kbps, 7.36 Mbps

got a little bit better on Teesside but nothing to get excited about, certainly not 20mbit yet :(

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Sun, 29 Apr 2007 16:56:47 UTC

1st 512K took 1422 ms = 360.1 KB/sec, approx 2967 Kbps, 2.9 Mbps
2nd 512K took 1641 ms = 312 KB/sec, approx 2571 Kbps, 2.51 Mbps
3rd 512K took 1953 ms = 262.2 KB/sec, approx 2161 Kbps, 2.11 Mbps
4th 512K took 1000 ms = 512 KB/sec, approx 4219 Kbps, 4.12 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 2980 Kbps, 2.91 Mbps



To repeat this test from the source server click here.

Thats my 10MB speeds here in Teesside.

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Ive been on 10 meg for about a week now and never had anywhere near 10 meg speeds... average is about 5000 download speed and 500 upload speed on www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk.

when Im downloading stuff I just get similar download speeds as when I was on 2meg.

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No troubles here Bill, hopefully its just a temporary thing

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Been like this since Wednesday night, Teesside also. Someone else from Teesside posted in another thread that his speeds were fine but apparently Teesside is split between those that get fed from Stockton and those fed from Middlesbrough.

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Sun, 29 Apr 2007 17:18:33 GMT

1st 512K took 7204 ms = 71.1 KB/sec, approx 586 Kbps, 0.57 Mbps
2nd 512K took 15738 ms = 32.5 KB/sec, approx 268 Kbps, 0.26 Mbps
3rd 512K took 7939 ms = 64.5 KB/sec, approx 531 Kbps, 0.52 Mbps
4th 512K took 9190 ms = 55.7 KB/sec, approx 459 Kbps, 0.45 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 461 Kbps, 0.45 Mbps

Re: Shockingly Low Speeds Today...
 

I've been experimenting with different proxy servers and the difference between them in terms of speed can be incredible - anything from 1 meg to 8 meg down.

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Well Im from Thornaby ( even though it says Middlesbrough lol ) which will be classed as the Stockton on if what you say is true and ive also been getting bad speeds.

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Just quoting what the engineer gave me as a reply when I questioned if Teesside was always problematic then why other people I know from Stockton and Middlesbrough don't experience the same consistent problems.

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All i see on here is moaning fanny's,the speed test's are as reliable as my favorite fictional character jesus,10MB all the time night and day for me,not one hoot of a problem.....i love you richard branson.

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Confident that this is local to my area. My Levels have gone a bit funny and the Tv is not watchable at all. The net is now up and down like a whatsits draws :)

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Been really bad here in COventry since Wednesday night. Really frustrating :(

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All I see is an child who needs supervision whilst using the internet.

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And thats why i used Microsoft.com to test what speed i was getting. Infact if no one moaned about any problems we would live sh*t lives with everything not getting fixed.

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It,s a well know fact north will alway's be second to south,i love richard branson.

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And how do you figure that out? You need to get some facts before you start spouting crap.

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Another day, another slow speed. 250kbps this time - 0.2mb speeds. YAY!

Oh, and epson, welcome to ignore.

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stupid foreigners...

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speeds were fine this morning, currently on a 4megabit service and was gettinf 3.8 3.9 as usual no matter what time of day it is.

coudlent help notice my ping was higher on cs tonight tho.. checked speeds sitting at 1.8 tried reboot etc still issues.

front end message on their faults line, issues with dtv & broadband service in ML1 Motherwell and KY8 postcodes.

would be uber to get the 20meg rolled out as of 1st of may up here - im going onto 10meg next week so :D a nice jump from 4 to 20 would be awsome!

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Perhaps our payments for this service should be equally as slow, i shall instruct my bank in the morning.

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Oh Joy Joy

Because of this i missed Sunday Night Gaming with the NthwClan.

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Not bad for 10 meg is it :rolleyes:

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Perhaps we should all just pay £1.75 (20th of £35) for the 500kbit/s service we're recieving.

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Second day for me - didnt bother ringing tech support as they get enough money off me and to be truthful as I found out last year they either don't know what the problem with the NTL/VM infrastructure is or they don't care! Also I don't need a lesson in networking or PCs as I have been doing it for many years, and mine work ;) .

I don't download anything apart from my AV updates, so all I require from VM is an internet connection that works so that I can play my game online.

And when it does not work perhaps they would have the decency to indicate this on their website or on a forum such as this!!

Not to much to ask - or is it?????:dozey:

Re: Shockingly Low Speeds Today...
 

For those who use speedtest.net change the server it uses to dublin, ive had the london one consistantly give bad speeds and yet if i change to the dublin server its a lot more like the 10meg 512k im suppose to have.

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Yeah, I may have already mentioned that in this thread. Definately in another one, at least.

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I always find Amsterdam or any of the German locations give the best speeds, possibly because of submarine cables to the continent rather than the UK's congested pipes since I'm on the coast and with two landing points just up the road.

Things have improved significantly here.

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Much better


Thanks to who ever fixed the faulty amp :D

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Now i am ready for tomorrow :)

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Not the speed I was getting, but much better than before:

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Not even close when trying London though:

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Same as usuall. Can't say I've had many problems in the recent weeks.

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Oh, and the latency issues are probably down to my browser. Pings in games are consistently under 20ms (to uk based servers).

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London's never the best example, but it's far better than the 2 - 3meg I usually get

Re: Shockingly Low Speeds Today...
 

Hi,

Still have really bad download speeds for a 10Mb service.

Tried to phone CS but after being a a queue for nearly an hour, i gave up.
I'll try again tomorrow.:(

Maybe I should have stayed with the old Samsung STB

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Hi,

I should have read further up the chain.:erm:

The Dublin server certainly gives a better speed.

Still not the magic 10 though.

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Still a great connection though, especially considering it's the evening.

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Completely messed tonight :(

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Re: Shockingly Low Speeds Today...
 

According to the speed tester I am averaging 1.92 but even clips viewed at IMDB keep stopping with "buffering" displayed. It never used to be like this but now always seems to happen. Total Crap!

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I use Giganews' speed test, because it is consistent - if it gets slow speeds there, then there is a problem, because I used to get 10mb speeds. It is showing as 2mb-3mb speeds at the moment.

The fact that the Speedtest.com's Dublin server is better than London (~7mb, not 10mb, but better than London's 1mb!), suggests that it is all NTL/VM's end, and no real need to contact CS or TS. They should know about it, and I am guessing it is to do with the 20mb upgrade.