10mbit cable is a joke right?
 

Date of Speed Test: 2006-05-20 17:01:54 Download Speed: 159 kbps (19.9 KB/sec transfer rate) Upload Speed: 471 kbps (58.9 KB/sec transfer rate)

Re: 10mbit cable is a joke right?
 

Nice downstream, do you get that speed everywhere?

Re: 10mbit cable is a joke right?
 

10 meg is not a joke, ur just unlucky

Re: 10mbit cable is a joke right?
 

I never get less than 1.1MB/s download from mine.

I think you are just unlucky......Time for that call to let them know maybe?

Re: 10mbit cable is a joke right?
 

Its only been active 24h. IS there a testing period or a period where they try and get it stable.

OR

Im just screwed from day 1 ?

Re: 10mbit cable is a joke right?
 

If you give me your details in the next couple of mins I can double check what speed you have been put on....

Re: 10mbit cable is a joke right?
 

The upload matches 512k ul, so we can pretty much safely say they are on 10mbit.

Re: 10mbit cable is a joke right?
 

There is no 'testing period', the stability of the connection should have been established by the installer.

If you search the forum you will see there are any number of potential reasons why you may not get a full 10Mb/s

these include

using usb not ethernet to connect

having an old model cable modem or set top box

using a router or ethernet card with only a 10baseT capabilty, not 10/100

power levels of the connection to the street cab

inappropriate pc settings for RWIN

using a wireless router with a slow connection


If you could post back a bit more detail about your setup, someone may be able to advise where potential bottlenecks could occur :)

Re: 10mbit cable is a joke right?
 

HI, I really appreciate the help from you guys but im off out to the pub and its going to get very messy :)

Ill Pm my details to you soon, not sure what you need, i take it you work for NTL i hope lol.

THanks again

nice people :angel:

wireless 54mbit setup PCI card Lincsys WRT54G - ntl250 modem rwin 1500 no encryption no nothing all fresh install.

Re: 10mbit cable is a joke right?
 

No encyption... HMM you sure you don't have half the street on the wi-fi then...

Re: 10mbit cable is a joke right?
 

I can confirm Marge does work for ntl :)

Re: 10mbit cable is a joke right?
 

Sorry mate but 10baseT is 10Mbit so should not be the route cause unless there is other traffic on the local network.

Although I agree with the others:)

Re: 10mbit cable is a joke right?
 

Don't be fooled by it's name, you will not get full 10mbps speed from a 10baseT connection.

Re: 10mbit cable is a joke right?
 

10BaseT is Half Duplex which means that you can only do sending/receiving at alternate times and not at the same time. The protocols involve require that an Acknowledgement is sent for every packet received so 10BaseT will never run at a full 10MBit the average you would see is around 6, maybe more, maybe less! I couldve gone into more detail but am too tired ;)

Re: 10mbit cable is a joke right?
 

Well 10BaseT can be full duplex as well, but the 10/100 speed refers to the speed of the ethernet connection, no the protocols that run on top of it. There are many 'bits' lost in packet and transmission overhead for the ethernet packets, the ip packets and the http/ftp/whatever packets. As you say around 6 Mbit/s file transmission rate would be about the limit.