*ALL* ntl 10Mb Discussion (Part 3) - Page 111

klaus1013 · 13-01-2006, 08:17

I'm also seeing packet loss during the same period. I don't think there's much NTL can do about it atm, so unless it changes in the next few days I'm gonna downgrade to 2Mb...

Klaus

Mauldor · 13-01-2006, 13:19

This 10mbit Upgrade seems a bit of a Failed Experiment to be honest, while it was great to be able to download something at super fast speeds, the constant changes in speed depending on what time of day you use the service is a bit bad. To explain further - I was on 10mbit until just a few days ago and grabbing some drivers etc from Variosu Sites (Dell, ASUS etc) as well as grabbing some bits and bobs from the News Servers (nothing big). Now the Speeds were very low - Indeed it was coming in @ 30KB/Sec. Now as it goes after 11pm the speeds shot up on everything bar the News Servers (NTL One.)

After my Downgrade to 2mbit - the drivers from the same site came in @ 236KB/sec and the news server were a constant 2mbit no matter what time of day I was using it. On top of this with the 10mbit service, there is that 75Gig month of course and downgrading when they get something in place to a slower speed. Maybe they preffer everybody to be on 2mbit instead and only have the 10mbit for marketing purposes?

fire · 13-01-2006, 15:05

Well i have had 10 mbit since the 3rd January,i get the speed in the link below anytime of the day.I hope i don`t start getting bad speeds.The NTL newsgroups can sometimes be slow though.

http://img107.imagevenue.com/img.php...ge=4e726_o.JPG

manfredojr · 13-01-2006, 19:22

Do you think degrading to 2mb will stop the packet loss?

klaus1013 · 13-01-2006, 20:37

Nice speed you're getting there fire!

manfredojr, when I was on 3Mb I had very little packet loss, usually none. From comments in this forum, other forums and friends on 2Mb, it seems like a stable connection.

My speed is a lot better this evening though, but only around 400kbps. My packet loss has also dropped from around 60% to about 15%. So things may be improving, perhaps I'll hold on a little longer before downgrading.

Klaus

manfredojr · 13-01-2006, 20:42

Yeh, Well i play CS(Counter-Strike) and from about 5-11 i get packet loss extremely annoying.

fire · 13-01-2006, 21:00

Try the test below and show the results:

http://www.irishisptest.com/myspeed/

I just done it at 10 pm and got 9.84 mbps down and 552 kbps up.That is through a Linksys wireless router.

manfredojr · 13-01-2006, 21:54

7.77mbp/s and 490 upload.

fire · 13-01-2006, 23:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by manfredojr

7.77mbp/s and 490 upload.

Well that is not that bad.

manfredojr · 13-01-2006, 23:59

It changes every so often, That's how i get packet losses.

Rik · 18-01-2006, 10:27

Lately when ive been surfing or downloading, my connection just stops, the lights all stay lit on cable modem, but i lose connection to the outside world.

This is very annoying, at first I thought it might be a problem with the NIC card, but this happens on all 3 I have tried!

This is becoming a very regular occurance now, I will contact Tech Support tomorrow, but before I do could I ask you guys to look at the attached cable modem config screenshot and tell me if they are the correct values?

What should these readings be on 10Meg?
Do these look correct?

Many Thanks

Rik

fire · 18-01-2006, 12:17

Have you tried unplugging the modem,it resets itself.

sicknote · 18-01-2006, 13:46

as i said in of sections of this forum i have now downgraded to 2mg and its quite stable gettin constant 230k etc but upload suks at 11k ish

but hey considering the speeds given to people on 10mg connection 2mg line is super:P ntl really need to get there fingers out of the backsides and sort these issues out now,when the last engineer came round he actually admitted that they had a lot of speed problems in a lot of areas and they were desperately tryin to work on the exchanges and put out patches but until that happens they can shove there 10mg where the sun dont shine:P
such a poor poor rollout no wonder most are going to 2mg...i could go on but i got some time to look at other isp options

rogerdraig · 18-01-2006, 13:50

its a conspiracy to get all the heavy users to downgrade

leaving a lovely fast 10meg conection for those who just email twice a week

sicknote · 18-01-2006, 15:21

haha maybe your right there