21-05-2006, 22:03
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NTL Speed Test
Hi
Does anyone know the web address that NTL tech Support give you to test ya speed.
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21-05-2006, 22:04
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Join Date: Nov 2003
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Re: NTL Speed Test
probably depends who you speak to...
there are lots you can use, but the most reliable way i have found is to download a large file from tucows or download.com to give a good indication of speeds.
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21-05-2006, 22:32
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Re: NTL Speed Test
This site is no longer in use
There is no officially sanctioned ntl:telewest speed test at present
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22-05-2006, 00:18
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Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: Stockport
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Re: NTL Speed Test
So the link at the top of this page that everyone uses is only a ball park figure, right ?
I've used it several times in the last few days and it came out every time at 2.85 / 2.86.
That would be great if I was on 3 meg, but unfortunately I'm paying for 10 meg, and to me that seems a tad slow.
Rang CS and, "yes, that's right Mr Goodwin you are on 10 meg"
OK I'll phone BB Technical, and I got through to an operative who after a few minutes told me that there was something wrong with my settings at their end, but he couldn't alter it because some system or other was down.
I phoned again the next day and got through to a different chap who was just going to read me his script and tell me my connection was indeed ok.
I am prepared to accept it's "up to" 10 meg, but not prepared to accept that three quarters of my speed is lost in transit.
Is this possible at all ?
Can anybody check what's going on ?
cheers.
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22-05-2006, 12:58
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Re: NTL Speed Test
All those on 10Mb but getting considerably less - have you tweaked your RWIN and MTU (should be 1500) settings?
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22-05-2006, 20:13
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Join Date: Apr 2005
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Re: NTL Speed Test
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Originally Posted by __spc__
All those on 10Mb but getting considerably less - have you tweaked your RWIN and MTU (should be 1500) settings?
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I think its a case that NTL are throttling connections or certains ports during peak hours. This morning I downloaded a file from the office 1.02MB/s and now the same file is downloading at 122 KB/s
I am going to try an ftp connection on another port to determine if its port throttling or just general contention capping.
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22-05-2006, 22:07
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Join Date: Jul 2005
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Re: NTL Speed Test
I wouldn't have thought tweaking the MTU would bring back my missing speed somehow. It's too far out for that to make a difference 
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