Cable Forum - View Single Post - New modem, bandwidth upgrade, horrible speed drop!

ianpstark · 08-06-2006, 16:44

Hi all,

First post here, so forgive my newbiness.

I've just upgraded to 10mb. NTL replaced my trusty old CMX modem with a ntl:250 because the CMX was not able to support 10mb.

They installed it today and after the engineer had left I ran the same speed check that I had run earlier this morning (before the modem swap). The check was from adslguide.org.

Disappointingly, whereas before I was getting speed reports of up to 6mbps down and almost 500kbps up, I now get 0.9mbps down and 0.1 up. I understand that these tests are flaky at best but I was certainly not expecting a drop!

Nothing else has changed on my setup other than the modem. Can anyone offer any suggestions as to what's going on?

Also, another thread in the forum talks about a CF speed test and mentions a link at the top of the page - all I can see is links to google ads about speed tests. Is there a specific CF test and if so, where can I find it?

Thanks for any help.

Ian . . .

08-06-2006, 16:44	#1
ianpstark Inactive Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Yateley, Hampshire Services: VM XL Posts: 18	New modem, bandwidth upgrade, horrible speed drop! Hi all, First post here, so forgive my newbiness. I've just upgraded to 10mb. NTL replaced my trusty old CMX modem with a ntl:250 because the CMX was not able to support 10mb. They installed it today and after the engineer had left I ran the same speed check that I had run earlier this morning (before the modem swap). The check was from adslguide.org. Disappointingly, whereas before I was getting speed reports of up to 6mbps down and almost 500kbps up, I now get 0.9mbps down and 0.1 up. I understand that these tests are flaky at best but I was certainly not expecting a drop! Nothing else has changed on my setup other than the modem. Can anyone offer any suggestions as to what's going on? Also, another thread in the forum talks about a CF speed test and mentions a link at the top of the page - all I can see is links to google ads about speed tests. Is there a specific CF test and if so, where can I find it? Thanks for any help. Ian . . .