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Kushan 11-07-2018 10:29

Re: Think Broadband Ping Monitor Results (POST YOURS)
 
Still on the old firmware here.

Westyfield2 20-07-2018 16:40

Re: Think Broadband Ping Monitor Results (POST YOURS)
 
Just got Virgin Media fitted. I'm in a "Project Lightning" area in Bath so fibre to the premises with a Vector Boostral 611 RFoG converter fitted at the house.

I'm the first in the road to have it go live, but no idea whether the old coax cabled areas in the city historically suffer from congestion or not.

This is my Virgin Media BQM:

https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2018/07/27.png

And this is BT Infinity VDSL:

https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2018/07/28.png


Currently the Virgin Media Super Hub 3 is just sat idle. All my connectivity is through the VDSL line. But when I start using it I'll put the TG2492 into modem mode and connect it to my router.

So my question is... For a connection that's just sat idle I'm seeing a lot of latency! Is that just what DOCSIS is like vs VDSL?

I did connect a phone to the WiFi and run a speedtest and the headline speeds seemed fine: 384Mbps / 21.7Mbps.

Jon22 20-07-2018 17:06

Re: Think Broadband Ping Monitor Results (POST YOURS)
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Westyfield2 (Post 35955471)
Just got Virgin Media fitted. I'm in a "Project Lightning" area in Bath so fibre to the premises with a Vector Boostral 611 RFoG converter fitted at the house.

I'm the first in the road to have it go live, but no idea whether the old coax cabled areas in the city historically suffer from congestion or not.

This is my Virgin Media BQM:

https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2018/07/29.png

And this is BT Infinity VDSL:

https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2018/07/30.png


Currently the Virgin Media Super Hub 3 is just sat idle. All my connectivity is through the VDSL line. But when I start using it I'll put the TG2492 into modem mode and connect it to my router.

So my question is... For a connection that's just sat idle I'm seeing a lot of latency! Is that just what DOCSIS is like vs VDSL?

I did connect a phone to the WiFi and run a speedtest and the headline speeds seemed fine: 384Mbps / 21.7Mbps.

That’s a standard BQM graph for a Hub 3 that hasn’t got the latest .608 firmware. Once the Hub has the latest firmware pushed to it, it’ll “fix” the graph and make it look more reasonable. But it’ll still have more “jitter” compared to your VDSL BQM.

Westyfield2 20-07-2018 18:18

Re: Think Broadband Ping Monitor Results (POST YOURS)
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Jon22 (Post 35955474)
That’s a standard BQM graph for a Hub 3 that hasn’t got the latest .608 firmware. Once the Hub has the latest firmware pushed to it, it’ll “fix” the graph and make it look more reasonable. But it’ll still have more “jitter” compared to your VDSL BQM.

Firmware came out of the box as 9.1.116V

Any ideas how long to get the update?

Jon22 20-07-2018 20:23

Re: Think Broadband Ping Monitor Results (POST YOURS)
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Westyfield2 (Post 35955497)
Firmware came out of the box as 9.1.116V

Any ideas how long to get the update?

It’s up to VM to push the firmware to your Hub. I believe it’s done on an area by area basis. It may be that it’s not available yet but, it might be worth a restart or even a factory reset to see if it pulls the firmware down.

Westyfield2 27-07-2018 14:52

Re: Think Broadband Ping Monitor Results (POST YOURS)
 
It reset itself at 00:01 on 25/07.

https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2018/07/33.png

https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2018/07/34.png


I understand that modems may have been sat in a warehouse for a while with faulty software, but IMHO it should have downloaded the latest software when the technician first activated it.

General Maximus 27-07-2018 15:01

Re: Think Broadband Ping Monitor Results (POST YOURS)
 
Indeed it should. That is the reason why they are put in the walled garden and go through the activation process.

craigj2k12 02-08-2018 03:37

Re: Think Broadband Ping Monitor Results (POST YOURS)
 
Very nice for a VM graph. The leased lines at work set the bar for you 8-)

https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2018/08/2.png

https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2018/08/3.png

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as you can see the top graph is the higher utilised line.... lol

General Maximus 02-08-2018 03:45

Re: Think Broadband Ping Monitor Results (POST YOURS)
 
If only all connections were like that

Paul 02-08-2018 04:59

Re: Think Broadband Ping Monitor Results (POST YOURS)
 
They look dead :erm:

flummox 12-08-2018 13:22

Re: Think Broadband Ping Monitor Results (POST YOURS)
 
Is the new firmware still only available to certain areas? Staverton here (Gloucestershire) and it doesn't seem to have pulled it down since I got it installed 2 weeks ago.

Westyfield2 12-08-2018 16:30

Re: Think Broadband Ping Monitor Results (POST YOURS)
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Westyfield2 (Post 35955471)
Just got Virgin Media fitted. I'm in a "Project Lightning" area in Bath so fibre to the premises with a Vector Boostral 611 RFoG converter fitted at the house.

I'm the first in the road to have it go live, but no idea whether the old coax cabled areas in the city historically suffer from congestion or not.

Currently the Virgin Media Super Hub 3 is just sat idle. All my connectivity is through the VDSL line. But when I start using it I'll put the TG2492 into modem mode and connect it to my router.

Virgin Media technician unexpectedly visited this week. I was out at work, but he apparently mentioned something about "signal levels".

Looking closely this weekend I can see he has fitted another signal attenuator on the cable. It's now got 10dB + 3dB. Cable run from the external RFoG converter to the modem is about 2m.

Drop at around 2:00 pm was the surprise technician visit.
https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2018/08/6.png

Sephiroth 12-08-2018 17:02

Re: Think Broadband Ping Monitor Results (POST YOURS)
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Westyfield2 (Post 35959110)
Virgin Media technician unexpectedly visited this week. I was out at work, but he apparently mentioned something about "signal levels".

Looking closely this weekend I can see he has fitted another signal attenuator on the cable. It's now got 10dB + 3dB. Cable run from the external RFoG converter to the modem is about 2m.

Drop at around 2:00 pm was the surprise technician visit.
https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2018/08/7.png

You might care to post your Hub 3 modem stats to satisfy curiosity.

RFoG obviously comes with no more than light modulation as a decoding means. So no power level there. Then it goes into a transceiver which I would have expected to put out the "standard" 0dBmv. Now the technician has attenuated your signal by 13dB. So you can see why I'm curious.



Cheers

ethan103 14-08-2018 11:06

Re: Think Broadband Ping Monitor Results (POST YOURS)
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by craigj2k12 (Post 35957699)
Very nice for a VM graph. The leased lines at work set the bar for you 8-)

https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2018/08/10.png

https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2018/08/11.png

---------- Post added at 02:37 ---------- Previous post was at 02:36 ----------

as you can see the top graph is the higher utilised line.... lol


wow, whats a http://www.dslreports.com/speedtest result like on that?

Westyfield2 12-09-2018 19:58

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https://www.cableforum.uk/images/local/2018/09/1.png

Literally uploading at 7Kbps...


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