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Old 03-04-2006, 15:03   #1
Donkey Rhubarb
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Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Nottingham
Age: 42
Services: 10meg Broadband 250 modem
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Nthell

Just a quick poser for some of you

Ntlhome 100 modem
10mb service
Nottingham
Ethernet Connection

Mon, 3 Apr 2006 12:45:55 UTC

1st 512K took 4047 ms = 126.5 KB/sec, approx 1042 Kbps, 1.02 Mbps
2nd 512K took 3875 ms = 132.1 KB/sec, approx 1089 Kbps, 1.06 Mbps
3rd 512K took 4172 ms = 122.7 KB/sec, approx 1011 Kbps, 0.99 Mbps
4th 512K took 5703 ms = 89.8 KB/sec, approx 740 Kbps, 0.72 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 971 Kbps, 0.95 Mbps

2nd test

Mon, 3 Apr 2006 12:52:10 UTC

1st 512K took 3297 ms = 155.3 KB/sec, approx 1280 Kbps, 1.25 Mbps
2nd 512K took 4891 ms = 104.7 KB/sec, approx 863 Kbps, 0.84 Mbps
3rd 512K took 2593 ms = 197.5 KB/sec, approx 1627 Kbps, 1.59 Mbps
4th 512K took 3078 ms = 166.3 KB/sec, approx 1370 Kbps, 1.34 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 1285 Kbps, 1.25 Mbps

Can anyone see whats wrong with this picture?

My speed for web browsing and downloading is pants. I can sometimes reach 500KB/sec on newsgroups (giganews). Mosdt times 200KB/sec tops. Is there anyone else who still has the old style modem?



PS Im gonna give NTL an ear full tommorow. Sick n tired of putting up with this B.S

PPs Apologies for opening up a new thread for this admins, please be gentle!
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