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Chrysalis · 09-05-2011, 23:11

sync speed doesnt affect ping that much, it was a long line that was unstable on most isp's.

The isp was ukonline and 2 things where important to that graph.

1 - they utilised SRA (seamless rate adaption) technology which means if a noise burst or something occurs that would normally either cause the line to drop or get packetloss then SRA silently in the background with no downtime adapts the sync speed. It can go up as well as down. Ukonline is the only isp in the UK to ever supply this, at least confirmed.
2 - it was on the easynet network which is probably the best quality network in the UK in terms of capacity vs subscriber numbers. Its the same network that sky use for skybb who are able to supply true unlimited with no FUP, shaping etc. In addition easynet have excellent peering links worldwide, they have various POP's around the world.

Sadly ukonline got closed down by sky in jan 2011, the same can be got from easynet connect but is at a mere £200 connection fee £50 a month (used to be £100 month).

The line in question synced on average between 5.4mbit and 7.2mbit. (got nowhere near 7mbit the last 6 months as line had serious degradation, even SRA was struggling to keep stable).

09-05-2011, 23:11	#389
Chrysalis cf.mega poster Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,047	Re: Think Broadband Ping Monitor Results (POST YOURS) sync speed doesnt affect ping that much, it was a long line that was unstable on most isp's. The isp was ukonline and 2 things where important to that graph. 1 - they utilised SRA (seamless rate adaption) technology which means if a noise burst or something occurs that would normally either cause the line to drop or get packetloss then SRA silently in the background with no downtime adapts the sync speed. It can go up as well as down. Ukonline is the only isp in the UK to ever supply this, at least confirmed. 2 - it was on the easynet network which is probably the best quality network in the UK in terms of capacity vs subscriber numbers. Its the same network that sky use for skybb who are able to supply true unlimited with no FUP, shaping etc. In addition easynet have excellent peering links worldwide, they have various POP's around the world. Sadly ukonline got closed down by sky in jan 2011, the same can be got from easynet connect but is at a mere £200 connection fee £50 a month (used to be £100 month). The line in question synced on average between 5.4mbit and 7.2mbit. (got nowhere near 7mbit the last 6 months as line had serious degradation, even SRA was struggling to keep stable).