my 2 meg to 10 meg upgrade lol
 

i was on 2 meg set top box for one month which always gave me good speed now paying £35 a month for this

Fri, 5 May 2006 16:08:33 UTC

1st 512K took 4328 ms = 118.3 KB/sec, approx 975 Kbps, 0.95 Mbps
2nd 512K took 3016 ms = 169.8 KB/sec, approx 1399 Kbps, 1.37 Mbps
3rd 512K took 1922 ms = 266.4 KB/sec, approx 2195 Kbps, 2.14 Mbps
4th 512K took 2203 ms = 232.4 KB/sec, approx 1915 Kbps, 1.87 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 1621 Kbps, 1.58 Mbps

what can i do its been like this for 3 months wehter day or night i get the same results on ntlhell forums adslreports ect sometimes as low as 0.3Mbps highest ever in 3 months was 3.8Mbps from ntlhell servers and that was a one off.should i call them surely i should get good speed sometimes.im under contract as well so cant cancel.please help.maybe they will discount me or charge the 4 meg price but let me keep the .5 meg upload????

Re: my 2 meg to 10 meg upgrade lol
 

First of all welcome:welcome:
Do you have a set top box or a stand alone cable modem, are you using a router, do you connect to your internet connection using usb or ethernet ?

More info please :)

Re: my 2 meg to 10 meg upgrade lol
 

Hi as banjo has said are using a set top box or stand alone modem.Which model is it ;)

Re: my 2 meg to 10 meg upgrade lol
 

ok i went form samsung 2 meg set top box to standalone home 250 i think it is.i have no router and i connect using ethernet.tried firewall on and off no diference.tried unpluging modem and leaving off ect.thanks for the welcome by the way:)

Re: my 2 meg to 10 meg upgrade lol
 

Hi type in192.168.100.1 and go to operational config it will tell you what speed you are on ;)

Re: my 2 meg to 10 meg upgrade lol
 

10mbps

---------- Post added at 18:42 ---------- Previous post was at 18:37 ----------

Fri, 5 May 2006 17:38:58 UTC

1st 512K took 14547 ms = 35.2 KB/sec, approx 290 Kbps, 0.28 Mbps
2nd 512K took 11484 ms = 44.6 KB/sec, approx 368 Kbps, 0.36 Mbps
3rd 512K took 24937 ms = 20.5 KB/sec, approx 169 Kbps, 0.17 Mbps
4th 512K took 13344 ms = 38.4 KB/sec, approx 316 Kbps, 0.31 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 286 Kbps, 0.28 Mbps


see my speed is all over the place

Re: my 2 meg to 10 meg upgrade lol
 

Your next step is to ring ask for a evel 2 or 3 in bb tech support or can any one on this ste help who has access to the bb tools :)

Re: my 2 meg to 10 meg upgrade lol
 

ok thanks ill give them a ring if they cant or fob me off ill cancel my direct debits for bb tv and phone and they lose the lot and i dont care about the contract if they wont sort it out properly.id quite happily go sky hd bt phone and adsl but i want the upload speed for hosting on xbox live.by the way the upload speed is always fine around 60k sec.thanks for the help

Re: my 2 meg to 10 meg upgrade lol
 

if I do this it asks for user and password.....?
can someone supply?

---------- Post added at 12:48 ---------- Previous post was at 12:47 ----------

2meg

Sat, 6 May 2006 11:48:05 UTC

1st 512K took 2156 ms = 237.5 KB/sec, approx 1957 Kbps, 1.91 Mbps
2nd 512K took 2156 ms = 237.5 KB/sec, approx 1957 Kbps, 1.91 Mbps
3rd 512K took 2172 ms = 235.7 KB/sec, approx 1942 Kbps, 1.9 Mbps
4th 512K took 2172 ms = 235.7 KB/sec, approx 1942 Kbps, 1.9 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 1950 Kbps, 1.9 Mbps

I presume this is good?

Re: my 2 meg to 10 meg upgrade lol
 

Yes, this is the max speed on a 2meg line.

Re: my 2 meg to 10 meg upgrade lol
 

Both root I beleive

Re: my 2 meg to 10 meg upgrade lol
 

got a problem.type ipconfig in run box and it just flashes up and disppears.never had this b4.nebody no wot's wrong?

Re: my 2 meg to 10 meg upgrade lol
 

Type it from a DOS prompt.

Re: my 2 meg to 10 meg upgrade lol
 

bad command or file name is wot i get when i type 192.168.100.1

Re: my 2 meg to 10 meg upgrade lol
 

Start > Run

In the Run dialog type
cmd

In the new console window (black DOS prompt) type
ipconfig

Post back what you see ;)