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Originally Posted by Chimaera
Yeah - never tell them you have a router because that is ALWAYS the problem!
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In my case it WAS the router...! That said, the speeds now on 10Meg do yoyo up and down a LOT more than when I was on 3Meg.
My case pre-December 05:
3Meg
XP Pro
Linksys BEFSR41 v2 router
Samsung STB
Speed tests always without fail showed 2.9MBps constant (ok within a few k either side).
Post upgrade I was getting 1-2MBps fluctuating and tops was about 2.5MBps.
I took advice on another thread here and changed the router (which was maxing out at 10MB) for a WRT54G (54MB) router.
Now my speeds on the Samsung go from 4-7Mbps..... here's a typical speed test:
Mon, 09 Jan 2006 15:19:54 GMT
1st 512K took 3885 ms = 131.8 KB/sec, approx 1086 Kbps,
1.06 Mbps
2nd 512K took 531 ms = 964.2 KB/sec, approx 7945 Kbps,
7.76 Mbps
3rd 512K took 3846 ms = 133.1 KB/sec, approx 1097 Kbps,
1.07 Mbps
4th 512K took 500 ms = 1024 KB/sec, approx 8438 Kbps,
8.24 Mbps
Overall Average Speed = approx 4642 Kbps,
4.53 Mbps
So if you've got an old router - the 10MBit NTL feed does (in my case anyway) make it perform worse than on the 3 Meg service.....
Still waiting for those free (come on NTL) upgrades then I'll get me a SACM....
