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Originally Posted by neo123
lol good joob paul!  oh and just curious... anyone in the cosham proxy area been upgraded yet? unfourtunately my mum wont let me do the ten!  |
I wouldn't rush - I'm in Fareham and my Samsung STB got the stb-bund03.cm config just before Christmas and my download speeds have been all over the place since e.g. (using Robin Walker's speed test)
1st 128K took 126 ms = 1040254 Bytes/sec = approx 8655 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 1501 ms = 87323 Bytes/sec = approx 727 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 594 ms = 220660 Bytes/sec = approx 1836 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 1469 ms = 89225 Bytes/sec = approx 742 kbits/sec
I get similar results using ncftp for downloading - uploads are constant though. I spoke to broadband support and they said that they couldn't help at the moment and that moving to a separate cable modem wouldn't make any difference. However, they did say that some rebalancing work is planned in my area near the end of this month and that this should help. If anyone has any other advice then it would be much appreciated.
My computer is running XP Pro and it's directly connected to my STB via ethernet using the NIC built-in to my computer's motherboard. I've tested my computer with a cross-over cable to a work's laptop and had no problems transferring files at 7 MB/s in either direction so I don't think it's my setup. NIC speed is currently on auto although I have tried forcing it (no improvements) and using netstat -s shows no errors. Thanks.