giganews (usenet)

buba3d · 02-11-2010, 19:51

trying to download a linux file for my laptop however i'm getting speeds of 30-50kbps, anybody else got this problem?

50mb connection

Andrewcrawford23 · 02-11-2010, 19:53

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Originally Posted by buba3d

trying to download a linux file for my laptop however i'm getting speeds of 30-50kbps, anybody else got this problem?

50mb connection

possible th new traffic shaping even tohugh it a linux distro it will be seen as file sharing protocol

cant be sure this is the problem

buba3d · 02-11-2010, 19:57

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Originally Posted by Andrewcrawford23

possible th new traffic shaping even tohugh it a linux distro it will be seen as file sharing protocol

cant be sure this is the problem

then what's the point of having a 50mb connection, hell whats the point of the 100mb connection if its just going to be the same?

just under 50 quid for a half arsed product.

Sirius · 02-11-2010, 19:58

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Originally Posted by buba3d

trying to download a linux file for my laptop however i'm getting speeds of 30-50kbps, anybody else got this problem?

50mb connection

To be honest we all might as well get used to paying for a top dollor 50 meg cable modem service but getting only a 2 bit adsl speed. Traffic shaping if ever i have seen it. Try a speed test on speedtest.net and i bet you get 50 meg.

buba3d · 02-11-2010, 20:07

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Originally Posted by Sirius

To be honest we all might as well get used to paying for a top dollor 50 meg cable modem service but getting only a 2 bit adsl speed. Traffic shaping if ever i have seen it. Try a speed test on speedtest.net and i bet you get 50 meg.

aberdeen gets me 20mb

Sirius · 02-11-2010, 20:08

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Originally Posted by buba3d

Then by that your not being traffic shaped

pip08456 · 02-11-2010, 20:24

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Originally Posted by buba3d

aberdeen gets me 20mb

Looks like it's time to post your modem stats and log file to see if there's an obvious problem.

carbon60 · 02-11-2010, 20:38

Giganews is painfully slow here too. Getting 5k/sec. I've had it happen before and the next night it was fine.

buba3d · 02-11-2010, 20:52

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Sigma · 02-11-2010, 20:52

I came here to start a thread about Giganews too. I've been with them for 2 years and I could always max out my connection consistently. In the last week or so, my download speeds have looked like this: -

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Giganews say there's no problem at their end. I can get around 19 Mbps consistently in speed tests and when downloading files direct from the web. It made me wonder if this is related to the new traffic shaping. It's happening to me outside peak times though, and my area hasn't been upgraded as I'm not receiving the new faster upload speeds. Could it be possible that Virgin are testing their traffic shaping in my area? Whatever the cause, it's doing my head in.

pigpen · 02-11-2010, 21:03

Just did a quick test myself and I'm getting 53MBit/6.6MB/s from Giganews. So whatever is happening in the previous posts isn't happening to me (yet?).

SnoopZ · 02-11-2010, 21:04

I had a similar problem on Astraweb yesterday evening and changing the port fixed it.

Sigma · 02-11-2010, 21:15

I've tried ports 119, 80 and 23 with Giganews and I've tried news.giganews.com and news-europe.giganews.com, but it makes no difference at all.

pip08456 · 02-11-2010, 21:23

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Originally Posted by buba3d

Your download power level should be 6dBv or less. Need to call it in, to stand the best chance of avoiding our Indian friends I suggest you call in the morning close to 08.00am on

0800 052 0431

Also keep an eye on your upstream power you don't want that going over 55dBv.

buba3d · 02-11-2010, 21:36

i got the download power down to 7db using the wee connectore type thing you get supplied when the modem gets installed.

i think its a ubr issue, somebody on another forum told me to use ssl settings and it worked a trick, 50mb full

but i just want my wow back to normal