Slow and slower narrow band
22-11-2015, 14:05
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Re: Slow and slower narrow band
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Originally Posted by samtayloryork
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There are various speed tests available to users some test the network (usually linked to the provider) some are connection. I am using WHICH & BT as a baseline and up 4 others at random at same time to check. Unfortunately it is not always clear what is what.
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Unfortunately all the web (and client based) speed tests are potentially inconsistent/inaccurate which is why SamKnows developed hardware based test suite that is used by major UK (and other Worldwide) ISP's, OfCom to produce (within 95% confidence) comparative of "end user" averages by Speed Tier(and other performance metrics) and ISP.
FWIW, here's 2 Brighton users Downstream results(by hour) for Vivid200 tier from 1October2015 to current date of posting:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/1ox6zrs7v2...35.33.png?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8vxwvg3872...34.40.png?dl=0
You can derive many reports along with monthly averages and compare these with SK/VM published UK average results each month:
http://store.virginmedia.com/broadband/speeds.html
Obviously these 2 reports only represent a trivially small proportion of the samples that relates to the SK/VM/OfCom stats.
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22-11-2015, 14:07
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Re: Slow and slower narrow band
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Originally Posted by samtayloryork
Signed up for full Vergin 200; like last time, goes now even slower, lucky to get into the 20's. Can anybody say, when they say fibre connected is that to the street, town or county leval. they have not changed any cabling to/in the house since 20++ YEARS SINCE THE DAYS OF BELL / C&W ????
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I have had the same cable to the house since Jones Cable, precursor to Bell Cablemedia, and I am getting 200Mb/s (occasionally dropping to 160-170).
Hopefully, you will get your problem sorted soon.
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22-11-2015, 14:41
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Re: Slow and slower narrow band
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Originally Posted by samtayloryork
All ready waiting for them to arrange; After the standard No Yes No Yes you maybe have a problem.
There are various speed tests available to users some test the network (usually linked to the provider) some are connection. I am using WHICH & BT as a baseline and up 4 others at random at same time to check. Unfortunately it is not always clear what is what.
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No there are no speed tests available to users to test the network. You can only test your own connection, nothing else. The network impacts on your connection, obviously, but you cannot test 'the network'.
If you're running a bunch of speed tests at the same time this may go some way towards explaining the results of the tests.
As would your use of Which as a baseline.
Pretty good given my connection is ~64Mb/s down and 19Mb/s up.
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22-11-2015, 15:48
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Re: Slow and slower narrow band
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Originally Posted by Hugh
I have had the same cable to the house since Jones Cable, precursor to Bell Cablemedia, and I am getting 200Mb/s (occasionally dropping to 160-170).
Hopefully, you will get your problem sorted soon.
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I'm the same! ... get my full 200mbps 24/7 and my cable is 10+ years old! 
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22-11-2015, 17:57
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Re: Slow and slower narrow band
And we're not even neighbours... 
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22-11-2015, 19:48
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Re: Slow and slower narrow band
I do hope the OP is willing to come back and eat humble pie once a tech has been out to sort out his power levels.
Ranting on about service when there is a known power level problem does nothing.
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23-11-2015, 10:45
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Re: Slow and slower narrow band
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Originally Posted by pip08456
I do hope the OP is willing to come back and eat humble pie once a tech has been out to sort out his power levels.
Ranting on about service when there is a known power level problem does nothing.
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What does the scouter say about his power level?
---------- Post added at 11:38 ---------- Previous post was at 11:37 ----------
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Originally Posted by horseman
Unfortunately all the web (and client based) speed tests are potentially inconsistent/inaccurate which is why SamKnows developed hardware based test suite that is used by major UK (and other Worldwide) ISP's, OfCom to produce (within 95% confidence) comparative of "end user" averages by Speed Tier(and other performance metrics) and ISP.
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You realise the "SamKnows hardware based test suite" is literally a web and client based speed test running on a very slow Linux computer right?
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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
If you're running a bunch of speed tests at the same time this may go some way towards explaining the results of the tests.
As would your use of Which as a baseline.
Pretty good given my connection is ~64Mb/s down and 19Mb/s up. |
Man that's terrible.
Oh wait.
It's worse than terrible.
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23-11-2015, 11:12
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Re: Slow and slower narrow band
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23-11-2015, 12:19
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Re: Slow and slower narrow band
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Originally Posted by pip08456
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I skimmed it but can't seem to find his actual power levels, I only see one reply from VM saying they're fine and another saying they're not.
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23-11-2015, 12:27
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Re: Slow and slower narrow band
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Originally Posted by qasdfdsaq
I skimmed it but can't seem to find his actual power levels, I only see one reply from VM saying they're fine and another saying they're not.
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He hasn't posted power levels anywhere. Can only go by the message from the 2nd mod re upstream levels.
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23-11-2015, 13:54
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Re: Slow and slower narrow band
Ah, at least I'm not going insane
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23-11-2015, 15:40
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Re: Slow and slower narrow band
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Ah, at least I'm not going insane
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Bit late for you to go insane, surely?
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Err.
That's really not too good.
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23-11-2015, 19:53
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Re: Slow and slower narrow band
Also comparing against BT ADSL instead of FTTC? What are they smoking.
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23-11-2015, 20:14
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Re: Slow and slower narrow band
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Also comparing against BT ADSL instead of FTTC? What are they smoking.
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I believe marketing folks prefer cocaine.
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03-12-2015, 18:55
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Re: Slow and slower narrow band
The Virgin chap came, said he had know idea why he was here. took a test and left.
Virgins help line said he was only looking.
Previously their help line said change your hub to computer cable from CAT5 To CAT6 which was promptly done. (no effect as we don't get the connection speed)
Yet they insist that the 20+ year bits to the Hub are all OK when they installed the Hub they never even changed the bit in the house.
One suspects Virgin are just Lazy or running a VW Scam.
Are they advertising there network speed or customer connectionspeed.
Also there sugest speed recording app only recorded into the low 20 today, all a bit fishy.
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