poor speeds peterborough

fred54321 · 26-03-2008, 20:22

i live in bretton i have had poor speeds for aweek try,d downloading demo files virgin media support told me to try only getting 1mb im on 20mb.they say something to do with ubr reply from them was if u not happy with your speed downgrade if they told ever customer that they would go broke.phoned retentions complaining for them to deal with the issues i am haveing we will see if he rings me back tomorrow.

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 19:37:39 UTC

Test 1: 1024K took 1469 ms = 697.1 KB/sec, approx 5744 Kbps, 5.61 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 1156 ms = 885.8 KB/sec, approx 7299 Kbps, 7.13 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 3110 ms = 329.3 KB/sec, approx 2713 Kbps, 2.65 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 3359 ms = 609.7 KB/sec, approx 5024 Kbps, 4.91 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 5195 Kbps, 5.08 Mbps

SimpleSimon · 26-03-2008, 22:15

I also live in Bretton. I am also on 20mb. I confirm that the speeds are VERY slow tonight and also last night. BUT it always seems to pick up after midnight. Not here during the day to try so can't say what its like then.

Simon

lucevans · 27-03-2008, 00:04

Which ubr are you on? I'm in Werrington, on cpc1-pete5-0-0-custXXX.pete.cable.ntl.com (click on "Connection" at the top of this page to see which one you're on) and speeds aren't too bad tonight.

AndyCambs · 27-03-2008, 04:31

I'm in Peterborough (North), and never had any speed problems.

SimpleSimon · 27-03-2008, 21:20

My connection is on cpc3-pete4-0-0-custXXX.pete.cable.ntl.com. What about you Fred54321?

Simon

Wicked_and_Crazy · 27-03-2008, 22:37

So slow here i cant even get this sites speed test to complete

cpc1-pete4-0-0-custXXX.pete.cable.ntl.com

Finally

Test 1: 1024K took 29906 ms = 34.2 KB/sec, approx 282 Kbps, 0.28 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 20047 ms = 51.1 KB/sec, approx 421 Kbps, 0.41 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 14047 ms = 72.9 KB/sec, approx 601 Kbps, 0.59 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 195484 ms = 10.5 KB/sec, approx 87 Kbps, 0.08 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 348 Kbps, 0.34 Mbps

ollie2001 · 29-03-2008, 20:02

I'm on the same as SimpleSimon

cpc3-pete4-0-0-custXXX.pete.cable.ntl.com

My download speeds are also really flakey. Ranging anywhere from 5mb to 10mb, but after midnight they are usually a lot better, 15mb upwards.

My modem power levels are fine, netstat -a is fine. Tracert's to bbc show some dropped hops now and again. I'm currently in the process of contacting VM support via their newsgroups, they've said there's no utlilization problems on the UBR so far, will have to wait and see what they say about my tracert responses.

Will keep you posted.

EDIT:

Hi

These results are a bit unusual.

From tests here the UBR is not over utilised or have any network related
issues that we can detect here.

Your signal levels and power levels are fine and your cable modem is one of
the newer ones.

Reverse tracerts to your computer do not show any issues

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms . [192.168.2.1]
2 8 ms 9 ms 7 ms 10.115.192.1
3 8 ms 9 ms 7 ms gsr01-lp.blueyonder.co.uk [62.30.0.129]
4 18 ms 16 ms 16 ms pc-62-30-249-29-ha.blueyonder.co.uk
[62.30.249.2

5 17 ms 17 ms 18 ms man-bb-b-ge-130-0.inet.ntl.com
[195.182.178.149]

6 55 ms 15 ms 17 ms lee-bb-a-so-200-0.inet.ntl.com
[213.105.175.141]

7 17 ms 15 ms 20 ms lee-bb-b-ae0-0.inet.ntl.com [62.253.187.186]
8 16 ms 15 ms 16 ms nth-bb-a-so-030-0.inet.ntl.com
[213.105.175.133]

9 17 ms 17 ms 17 ms pete-t2core-a-pos31.inet.ntl.com
[62.253.188.226

0 19 ms 19 ms 21 ms pete-t2cam1-a-ge-wan31.inet.ntl.com
[195.182.176
10]
1 18 ms 19 ms 20 ms ubr04pete-ge01.inet.ntl.com [80.3.130.18]

(next hop is firewalled).

If it is an issue its not with the ubr.

What time frame are we looking at that you are seeing these results?

Say if we arranged a technician to come and visit (say a 4pm to 7pm slot) do
you think you can replicate this issue for him?

--
Kind Regards
Ed Aresto
Virgin Media Technical Support
http://status2.virginmedia.com/

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Looks like i've got to have an engineer pop by! Will update you once he's been.

AndyCambs · 29-03-2008, 22:39

I'm still not having any problems:

That's with 4MB by the way.

fred54321 · 29-03-2008, 22:50

cpc1-pete4-0-0-custxxxx.pete.cable.ntl.com ubr problem there telling me had new 256 modem installed a week on still poor speeds and no fix with virgin media test only getting 2mb approx how sad is that.

i always have had good speeds dont expect to after 4pm to 12am,but in the day 2 mb not on.

ollie2001 · 30-03-2008, 00:39

Engineer booked for Monday evening

fred54321 · 30-03-2008, 21:45

if u are on the same line as me it will be the ubr they no about this problem sorting monday as far as i no will ring and chase them up monday afternoon they have a habbit of forgetting us.

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SIMPLESIMON
whats your download speeds like for the past week.

SimpleSimon · 01-04-2008, 21:44

This is tonight's reading

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 19:41:33 GMT

Test 1: 1024K took 1906 ms = 537.3 KB/sec, approx 4427 Kbps, 4.32 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 1297 ms = 789.5 KB/sec, approx 6505 Kbps, 6.35 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 1969 ms = 520.1 KB/sec, approx 4286 Kbps, 4.19 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 8843 ms = 231.6 KB/sec, approx 1908 Kbps, 1.86 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 4282 Kbps, 4.18 Mbps

Not been around the net for the last couple of days so can't say what it has been like. Think I will try some downloads at random times over the next couple of days and see what I get.

Simon

ollie2001 · 01-04-2008, 22:05

Strange, this is what I get off Robin Walker:

Tue, 1 Apr 2008 19:56:24 UTC
1st 128K took 665 ms = 197101 Bytes/sec = approx 1640 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 729 ms = 179797 Bytes/sec = approx 1496 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 727 ms = 180292 Bytes/sec = approx 1500 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 776 ms = 168907 Bytes/sec = approx 1405 kbits/sec

But using a multithreaded download manager on a microsoft download was pulling down at 1200KB/sec.

This is on a wireless laptop, so would think it would be a bit better on a wired PC.

Can't trust any speedtesting these days

icestar2 · 01-04-2008, 22:15

My area - spc1-birk3-0-0-cust685.bagu.broadband.ntl.com

My speeds now (on 20mb)

Test 1: 1024K took 2063 ms = 496.4 KB/sec, approx 4090 Kbps, 3.99 Mbps
Test 2: 1024K took 1953 ms = 524.3 KB/sec, approx 4320 Kbps, 4.22 Mbps
Test 3: 1024K took 2297 ms = 445.8 KB/sec, approx 3673 Kbps, 3.59 Mbps
Test 4: 2048K took 3515 ms = 582.6 KB/sec, approx 4801 Kbps, 4.69 Mbps

Tried playing some COD4 and my pings bouncing up to 300-400 making it unplayable.

ollie2001 · 01-04-2008, 22:37

Hmm, my pings in games dont usually go above 50ms, you playing on US or UK servers?