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Chrysalis · 18-05-2006, 22:15

I notice you are leicestershire rather then leicester, which part of leicester you in?

I agree with the other poster that judging from the posts I have seen on here and another forum well over 80% of leics posters are complaining of poor speeds which seems high compared to other areas.

My ubr has just had a reseg but things havent improved to the extenct that my performance matches different areas.

Thu, 18 May 2006 22:14:00 UTC

1st 512K took 751 ms = 681.8 KB/sec, approx 5618 Kbps, 5.49 Mbps
2nd 512K took 711 ms = 720.1 KB/sec, approx 5934 Kbps, 5.79 Mbps
3rd 512K took 571 ms = 896.7 KB/sec, approx 7389 Kbps, 7.22 Mbps
4th 512K took 811 ms = 631.3 KB/sec, approx 5202 Kbps, 5.08 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 6036 Kbps, 5.9 Mbps

my conclusion is that the routing over ntl's network for the leics area is unoptimal and perhaps using poorer peering links then other areas. Some sites show this eg. newshosting and gigenews providers allow reverse traceroutes and the routes to ntl are different depending on what area you in and go in over different peers/transit so I can see this is probably true for much of the internet.

Also I have been told by more then one person that some parts of leics network that are analogue based have been done badly in the days they were installed so this probably affects it and some parts are so bad thats why they cant have broadband. I dont know if this has any bearing on speeds but it would be something to consider.

18-05-2006, 22:15	#35
Chrysalis cf.mega poster Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 12,048	Re: 10mb bb more like 6mb! I notice you are leicestershire rather then leicester, which part of leicester you in? I agree with the other poster that judging from the posts I have seen on here and another forum well over 80% of leics posters are complaining of poor speeds which seems high compared to other areas. My ubr has just had a reseg but things havent improved to the extenct that my performance matches different areas. Thu, 18 May 2006 22:14:00 UTC 1st 512K took 751 ms = 681.8 KB/sec, approx 5618 Kbps, 5.49 Mbps 2nd 512K took 711 ms = 720.1 KB/sec, approx 5934 Kbps, 5.79 Mbps 3rd 512K took 571 ms = 896.7 KB/sec, approx 7389 Kbps, 7.22 Mbps 4th 512K took 811 ms = 631.3 KB/sec, approx 5202 Kbps, 5.08 Mbps Overall Average Speed = approx 6036 Kbps, 5.9 Mbps my conclusion is that the routing over ntl's network for the leics area is unoptimal and perhaps using poorer peering links then other areas. Some sites show this eg. newshosting and gigenews providers allow reverse traceroutes and the routes to ntl are different depending on what area you in and go in over different peers/transit so I can see this is probably true for much of the internet. Also I have been told by more then one person that some parts of leics network that are analogue based have been done badly in the days they were installed so this probably affects it and some parts are so bad thats why they cant have broadband. I dont know if this has any bearing on speeds but it would be something to consider.