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Old 23-02-2007, 15:45   #1
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Speed Test
Signed up for the TW 2Mb sevice last July. Regular tests over first few months came out consistently just above 2Mb. However, for the past month I am getting no more than 1.70 mbps. Is this something I should just accept as normal service or are there any steps I can take to get back to nearer 2mb?

Grateful for any views/advice please.
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Old 23-02-2007, 16:12   #2
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1.7Mbps isn't really that bad... some people get a lot less than that...
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Old 23-02-2007, 20:56   #3
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Re: Speed Test
Well, I as learned only a day ago on this very forum....

I had 10mb broadband, but never got more than 6mb connection. I thought it was just my connection or maybe a fault with my service, turns out that it was because I was usaing the USB connection from my modem instead of Ethernet.

Which do you use?

tbh, at 2mb both should give full bandwith.
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Old 23-02-2007, 21:16   #4
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Re: Speed Test
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Signed up for the TW 2Mb sevice last July. Regular tests over first few months came out consistently just above 2Mb. However, for the past month I am getting no more than 1.70 mbps. Is this something I should just accept as normal service or are there any steps I can take to get back to nearer 2mb?

Grateful for any views/advice please.
How's the latency / pings?

Changed anything about home network recently?

Tried using something like Netmeter and downloading two things at once to see if added together they can provide full speed?
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Old 24-02-2007, 09:14   #5
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Re: Speed Test
Thanks for the replies - I am connected via ethernet. Thanks to this forum have now discovered Dan Elwell's speed test which I understand is the VM recommended one. It is very thorough, connecting to sample servers all over the world, and is showing my download speed consistently just above 2000kbps. I will use this test in future rather than the Tiscali one I was using before.
The only downside is that the free version of the Dan Elwell test doesn't have the upload test activated. (When I find a test for this, I understand I should be looking for up to 256kbps on the 2Mb package).
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Old 24-02-2007, 09:25   #6
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Re: Speed Test
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Thanks for the replies - I am connected via ethernet. Thanks to this forum have now discovered Dan Elwell's speed test which I understand is the VM recommended one. It is very thorough, connecting to sample servers all over the world, and is showing my download speed consistently just above 2000kbps. I will use this test in future rather than the Tiscali one I was using before.
The only downside is that the free version of the Dan Elwell test doesn't have the upload test activated. (When I find a test for this, I understand I should be looking for up to 256kbps on the 2Mb package).
its 200kbps?
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