Conection & gaming probs
 

Hi everybody im new to the forums & have read a few posts about conection probs & gaming probs which i kinda have both ov :erm:. Ive noticed over the last few weeks my conection & game pings along with packet loss have started to get worse ive checked for spyware & viruses & my pooter is clean. Ive also done some speed tests & they kinda suck, i have the ambit modem on 2 meg conected by ether-net here are a couple of speed test results just incase some 1 can help me thx in advance

as u can see kinda sucks best was 228 k/s on the 12/10/2005 & from then just got worse

http://homepage.ntlworld.com/slimpinn1/untitled1.JPG

Mon, 7 Nov 2005 20:15:02 UTC

1st 128K took 2469 ms = 53087 Bytes/sec = approx 442 kbits/sec

2nd 128K took 1453 ms = 90208 Bytes/sec = approx 751 kbits/sec

3rd 128K took 375 ms = 349525 Bytes/sec = approx 2908 kbits/sec

4th 128K took 781 ms = 167826 Bytes/sec = approx 1396 kbits/sec

Re: Conection & gaming probs
 

Try Robin Walker's speed test, Slim: it's on the ntl network, so it's less likely to suffer from variable internet conditions than other tests: your beeline test appears to hail from Amsterdam, so will be more affected by local conditions.

Re: Conection & gaming probs
 

dont worry I am used to it, here is mine taken 1 minute ago on an idle 2mbit connection using auto proxy.

http://www.chrysalisnet.org/ntl/beeline1.jpg

and using my squid

http://www.chrysalisnet.org/ntl/beeline2.jpg

finally colc2

http://www.chrysalisnet.org/ntl/beeline3.jpg

its hard to believe performance is this low but until last week the service was at least useable near the marketed speed.
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robin walker's test is bad for that reason, its hardly a fair way to measure ntl's internet performance if it isnt leaving ntl's network. The results below would make me think great nothing wrong. The local conditions are not causing the low speed it is ntl's saturated amsterdam router.

Mon, 07 Nov 2005 22:17:37 GMT
1st 128K took 546 ms = 240059 Bytes/sec = approx 1997 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 516 ms = 254016 Bytes/sec = approx 2113 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 563 ms = 232810 Bytes/sec = approx 1937 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 484 ms = 270810 Bytes/sec = approx 2253 kbits/sec

Re: Conection & gaming probs
 

I allready have tryed walkers speed test result is under beeline test also its not just weekends this speed ping & packet loss problem its every day think its time to call NTL

Re: Conection & gaming probs
 

True, but that that reason it's useful for determining whether the problem is your connection to ntl, or ntl's connection to the rest of the internet, if you see my point.

Re: Conection & gaming probs
 

Yep useful for that purpose.