20mb Speed on 50mb connection?

Watto1020 · 02-10-2009, 08:18

Hi Guys,

i had virgin 50mb installed 10 days ago and since install i have been getting betwen 17-19mb with 1.6mb upload.

i have a virgin engineer due tomorrow to try and resolve but i was hoping some of you guys could confirm i have everything right at my end before he arrives?

here is a copy of my modem details:

Cable Modem Status

Item Status Comments

Acquired Downstream Channel 299.001343 MHz Primary Downstream Locked
Ranged Upstream Channel 37.504002 MHz Success
Provisioning State OK Operational
Ethernet Link Status Up 100 Mbps/Full duplex

Cable Modem Downstream

DS-1 DS-2 DS-3 DS-4
Frequency 299000000 307000000 315000000 N/A
Lock Status
(QAM Lock/FEC Sync/MPEG Lock) Y/Y/Y Y/Y/Y Y/Y/Y N/N/N
Channel Id 33 34 35 N/A
Modulation 256QAM 256QAM 256QAM N/A
Symbol Rate
(Msym/sec) 6.952 6.952 6.952 N/A
Interleave Depth I=12
J=17 I=12
J=17 I=12
J=17 N/A
Power Level
(dBmV) 5.52 5.28 4.93 N/A
RxMER
(dB) 37.09 37.36 37.64 N/A
Correctable
Codewords 1 1 2 N/A
Uncorrectable
Codewords 276 282 262 N/A

Cable Modem Upstream

US-1 US-2 US-3 US-4
Channel Type 1.0 N/A N/A N/A
Channel ID 1 N/A N/A N/A
Frequency
(Hz) 37504000 N/A N/A N/A
Ranging Status Success N/A N/A N/A
Modulation 16QAM N/A N/A N/A
Symbol Rate
(KSym/sec) 2560 N/A N/A N/A
Mini-Slot Size 2 N/A N/A N/A
Power Level
(dBmV) 32.50 N/A N/A N/A
T1 Timeouts 0
T2 Timeouts 0 0 0 0
T3 Timeouts 0 0 0 0
T4 Timeouts 0 0 0 0

if you require further info, please advise and i will add to this thread.
also i have added a screenshot of a speedtest from last night.

please advise

thanks in advance

Watto

Peter_ · 02-10-2009, 17:33

Quote:

Originally Posted by Watto1020

Cable Modem Downstream Power Level
(dBmV) 5.52 5.28 4.93
RxMER
(dB) 37.09 37.36 37.64

Cable Modem Upstream Power Level
(dBmV) 32.50

Your Upstream power is to low and needs to be adjusted.

Ignitionnet · 02-10-2009, 19:24

32.50 is workable, depends on how dirty the local network is.

Peter_ · 02-10-2009, 21:09

Quote:

Originally Posted by Broadbandings

32.50 is workable, depends on how dirty the local network is.

It is very low and can cause issues.

Watto1020 · 03-10-2009, 07:46

thanks guys, engineer due soon so will point that out

could that cause my connection to only be around 20mbit... upload at 1.6x so pretty good on that side

Ignitionnet · 03-10-2009, 17:12

Quote:

Originally Posted by Moldova

It is very low and can cause issues.

Indeed it can, but not necessarily. VM can go as low as 20dBmV with a 2560kHz modulation rate, all about how the network is set up and how close someone is to an amp or node.

Think the target is mid-high 40s.

Peter_ · 03-10-2009, 19:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Broadbandings

Think the target is mid-high 40s.

That is the target figure.

Watto1020 · 05-10-2009, 08:20

thanks for the input guys.. VM Engineer was due between 8am-12pm on saturday..

So i calls VM @ 1:30pm and asked about his whereabouts and i was told i have an engineer assigned to my property for today and i am on his work sheet, however he must have ran over on his previous call... no problem i thought, i can wait...

3:30 pm - i call VM again and i am put through 4 different departments and finally at 4pm speak to someone who tells me that the engineer assigned to me doesnt work on saturdays and they are not sure why he was assigned in the first place and shocked no one had told me earlier...

i wasnt too pleased like..

engineer re-booked for next saturday! - speeds still the same, power the same, etc. so will keep your info to hand when he hopefully arrives next week.. nearly 2 weeks with <40% of broadband speed!

webcrawler2050 · 05-10-2009, 09:58

Quote:

Originally Posted by Watto1020

thanks for the input guys.. VM Engineer was due between 8am-12pm on saturday..

So i calls VM @ 1:30pm and asked about his whereabouts and i was told i have an engineer assigned to my property for today and i am on his work sheet, however he must have ran over on his previous call... no problem i thought, i can wait...

3:30 pm - i call VM again and i am put through 4 different departments and finally at 4pm speak to someone who tells me that the engineer assigned to me doesnt work on saturdays and they are not sure why he was assigned in the first place and shocked no one had told me earlier...

i wasnt too pleased like..

engineer re-booked for next saturday! - speeds still the same, power the same, etc. so will keep your info to hand when he hopefully arrives next week.. nearly 2 weeks with <40% of broadband speed!

Bad luck, there - if only VM would get their act together, they actually might keep more customers.

ozsat · 05-10-2009, 10:35

Really they should now payout the same fee that they charge if you are not in on a pre-arranged callout.

Watto1020 · 05-10-2009, 14:20

that would be nice lol... anyone know what the fee is if the problem is not virgins, etc?

Watto1020 · 27-10-2009, 11:40

Well the virgin engineer came out last week and took my annuenator off and ran a speed test on the secret virgin test site which hit 48-49mbit.

i ran speed test while he was there on speedtest.net and also he said use gamefiles... max i got was 28mb but he said he has proved the virgin network is ok as his test site works and thats that.

i also tried using the wireless while he was there and that was 20mbit, he said that it may be a faulty wireless router - so he went to his van and got a dlink 615 and said i could have that to try.. he didnt take the netgear wireless so i got two wireless accesss points etc and two wireless dongles but neither getting above 28mb/sec on speed tests on 4 seperate machines.

he also told me to download the TCP/IP optimizer from speedguide and set it to max and apply. i have tried this and its made absolutely no difference to either my desktops or mine or my GF's laptop.

virgin guy just said he proved the network works ok (on the secret site) but in the real world its still slow

jellyfish · 27-10-2009, 11:55

Quote:

Originally Posted by Watto1020

Well the virgin engineer came out last week and took my annuenator off and ran a speed test on the secret virgin test site which hit 48-49mbit.

i ran speed test while he was there on speedtest.net and also he said use gamefiles... max i got was 28mb but he said he has proved the virgin network is ok as his test site works and thats that.

i also tried using the wireless while he was there and that was 20mbit, he said that it may be a faulty wireless router - so he went to his van and got a dlink 615 and said i could have that to try.. he didnt take the netgear wireless so i got two wireless accesss points etc and two wireless dongles but neither getting above 28mb/sec on speed tests on 4 seperate machines.

he also told me to download the TCP/IP optimizer from speedguide and set it to max and apply. i have tried this and its made absolutely no difference to either my desktops or mine or my GF's laptop.

virgin guy just said he proved the network works ok (on the secret site) but in the real world its still slow

whats this secret site he used, must be tweaked so it always shows the maximum speed you should get

Watto1020 · 27-10-2009, 12:05

got it bookmarked and will post tonight, he gave me a "login" he shouldnt have give me etc.

stil concerned tho, on all the different systems ive tried the max download speed ive hit is 2.4mb/sec and that was a combination of about 4 downloads..

people on here getting 6mb/sec etc,

Peter_ · 27-10-2009, 16:38

Quote:

Originally Posted by Watto1020

got it bookmarked and will post tonight, he gave me a "login" he shouldnt have give me etc.

stil concerned tho, on all the different systems ive tried the max download speed ive hit is 2.4mb/sec and that was a combination of about 4 downloads..

people on here getting 6mb/sec etc,

The login details will soon stop working so to prevent people posting or forwarding the link for everyone to use.