*ALL* ntl 10Mb Discussion (Part 3)

[testcard]

Originally Posted by fragless

I too have the same setup and F5D7230-4 ver 2, the box says "10mb wan" so I presume this is why I can not get any faster than 7mb, would appear the F5D7230-4 can not take the 10mb

To test the speed, I use http://www.irishisptest.com/myspeed/ during peak times the speed is slower by 1mb to 2mb.

Oh dear.

I can download at full speed it just browsing thats not.
If i sell this router I may upgrade.

[ant78]

my speed is really bad,
this test was on the adsl speed test page,
Downstream917 Kbps (114.6 KB/sec)990 Kbps (inc. overheads)Upstream497 Kbps (62.1 KB/sec)536 Kbps (inc. overheads)

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this test was on the quick links test above

Sun, 4 Dec 2005 20:54:21 UTC

1st 512K took 1828 ms = 286810 KB/sec, approx 2363 Kbps, 2.31 Mbps
2nd 512K took 1766 ms = 296879 KB/sec, approx 2446 Kbps, 2.39 Mbps
3rd 512K took 1719 ms = 304996 KB/sec, approx 2513 Kbps, 2.45 Mbps
4th 512K took 2453 ms = 213733 KB/sec, approx 1710 Kbps, 1.67 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 2258 Kbps, 2.21 Mbps
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And on the irish broadband speed checker my download speed was 1.8mb and my upload was 485kbs.

To say im paying for a 10mb service and getting a 1-2mb service is a ****ing joke

[Mauldor]

After posting my other thread there, I got on the phone to Tech Support as my Speeds were amazing Slow even from Uk Mirror Service & a download manager to boost the number of connections. Now there is Database Maint going on (as the recorded message says) which means they are a bit more limited to what they can do.

I explained that when I rang last time the Lady swapped over my channel and all that night I was hitting 900K - 1.2MB/Sec. The next night as I told him I was back to 30K - 5mbit in speeds all depending on what time of day it was. If it was just downloads I could have overlooked this until they sorted it all out maybe but Gaming was a write off in terms of Lag and Disconnections even if the servers were UK based. My point to him was that I was told even with the UBR fully Saturated - I should get no lower then 2mbit but this is def not the case.

He got me do download Spybot, I explained to him that the machine I am testing on has a FRESH Installed of XP SP2 plus not been on the web as such (the wonders of a Ghost Image). The download speed of the program was between 50KB?Sec and 141KB/Sec - not quite your 10mbit then. Remembering also I have SB4100 with New Firmware and a Router that has 100Mbit port (Linksys). I also explained that the speeds can get a lot faster if I stay up till 3am but I dont plan to do this anytime soon. I ran said Spybot and suprise, found nothing.

He assured me the UBR was not in a flooded state and disgregearded all the Errors present on the Modem with Sync Lost, DHCP Server Unavaialble and many others. The best he could come up with was "It is still a trail and by End of Jan 2006 it *might* get better".

Now some questions:

1. Is this a trail or not? If people are been Auto Upgraded and customers can jump to 10mbit via Web page etc - then surely it is not a trail any longer?

2. How long do we expect the speeds to jump all over the place and be SLOWER then the 2mbit service which I used ot be on? I do not expect 10mbit ALL the time btw - far from it but 30K - 104KB/Sec is a bit off do we agree?

3. How come some people get a consatnt 10mbit speed on downloads? Does the system not share all the bandwidth equally.

4. Ref point 3 - How much Bandwidth Does each UBR have on D/L and U/L and roughly how many people share one UBR?

Thanks

[Vegeta]

So the 3mbit service is now 10mbit, what is the 2mbit service going to be upgraded to?

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Vegeta

So the 3mbit service is now 10mbit, what is the 2mbit service going to be upgraded to?

10 meg, but with a lower quota, and it won't happen until next year.

[nffc]

Originally Posted by Stuart C

10 meg, but with a lower quota, and it won't happen until next year.

Questions like that are the precise issue with having three threads, the last in excess of 1000 posts, discussing one issue - to get the salient points out of the chatter, takes too long for people to bother leading to a question that's simple and could have been found out independently.

I don't blame anyone for asking though.

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by nffc

Questions like that are the precise issue with having three threads, the last in excess of 1000 posts, discussing one issue - to get the salient points out of the chatter, takes too long for people to bother leading to a question that's simple and could have been found out independently.

I don't blame anyone for asking though.

The article is still on the front page... http://www.cableforum.co.uk/article/...n-november-8th

[MarcM]

Gits still havent upgraded me.. Renf area.

[buba3d]

Upgraded at 12am on the dot
Download speed is going from 500-900
Upload speed is going from 60-83 (i love it)

Glasgow area

[Martyn]

wonder what will change on ntl's web, wonder when it will change also, lol

[Zanny]

Morning everyone, my first post so be gentle

Let me get this straight, Im currently on the 2mb service and if I stay this way wont get upgraded till new year. BUT today is December the 5th. So if I phone up and ask to be upgraded to the 3mb will I automatically get 10mb? If so Ill ring up today....

Originally Posted by Zanny

Morning everyone, my first post so be gentle

Let me get this straight, Im currently on the 2mb service and if I stay this way wont get upgraded till new year. BUT today is December the 5th. So if I phone up and ask to be upgraded to the 3mb will I automatically get 10mb? If so Ill ring up today....

Hi Zanny and welcome, if you phone up I'd imagine you'll be upgraded.

[Zanny]

Cool, customer service open yet?

Originally Posted by Zanny

Cool, customer service open yet?

8am I think mate.

[Zanny]

Thanks for your help, my penalty for wanting to upgrade my pricing plan? Buying the missus a new tumble drier