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Mr J · 24-06-2006, 14:23

That's exactly what I mean, which speed test did you use and where is it. I didn't realise that there was one on here.

Anyway, get yourself an ftp client, fillezilla or something and then get yourself connected to ftp.blueyonder.co.uk - tick option box for annonymous username and pass in your ftp client - move in to the blueyondergames folder, then demos folder and start a download on a decent size file, 500mb to 1gb. See what your speed is there during the download, mines is usually about 1.1/1.2MB/s, which is what you should be getting. If you are getting less, then let ntl's customer services know and I'm sure they will look in to it for you.

The reason I say try this is that some speed tests don't give you an accurate result, they go off and download from ftp servers on the other side of the world or ping servers on the other side of the world, which your never gonna get a decent speed result from. Also, trying to download something which is now all tied in to the same infrastructure as ntl's, should really show you what your true download speed is.

Also, have you tried running a few traces from your machine to websites, see if you have any spikes along the way?

24-06-2006, 14:23	#8
Mr J Inactive Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Here and there. Services: NTL 10mb Posts: 49	Re: Speed Test results issue: on 10MB but only getting 5MB That's exactly what I mean, which speed test did you use and where is it. I didn't realise that there was one on here. Anyway, get yourself an ftp client, fillezilla or something and then get yourself connected to ftp.blueyonder.co.uk - tick option box for annonymous username and pass in your ftp client - move in to the blueyondergames folder, then demos folder and start a download on a decent size file, 500mb to 1gb. See what your speed is there during the download, mines is usually about 1.1/1.2MB/s, which is what you should be getting. If you are getting less, then let ntl's customer services know and I'm sure they will look in to it for you. The reason I say try this is that some speed tests don't give you an accurate result, they go off and download from ftp servers on the other side of the world or ping servers on the other side of the world, which your never gonna get a decent speed result from. Also, trying to download something which is now all tied in to the same infrastructure as ntl's, should really show you what your true download speed is. Also, have you tried running a few traces from your machine to websites, see if you have any spikes along the way?