Whats your average speed

apb27 · 31-12-2008, 11:24

I've seen a lot of 'complaint' threads saying their speeds are nowhere near what they pay for - especially for 20mb subscribers.

I have had 20mb service for about a year now and the speeds have been great. Directly from the modem i get 19,500kb (which i heard was the maximum?) and 730kb upload. And when using a wireless N router still manage 17,000kb-18,000kb and same upload.

As for downloads, using download accelerator plus the downloads are always 1900kb/s or plus, sometimes even hitting 2300kb/s. I live ~50 from my exchange which probably makes a huge difference. Oh and my ping is always under 20, normally 15.

So whats your average speed directly from a modem, and using a router?

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On another note, does anybody know how this could of happened?

If you saw my other thread, you know i had 3 junction boxes in my house. Well the other day i hooked my modem up to the one we havent used for a while, and i ran a speed test. The web page was pretty laggy and not responding well and came up with this...

I think my connection got flooded or something, it just shot up. I retried and got 32,000kb/s and after that it went back to normal 19,000kb/s. The ping is higher than normal, and upload is same though - it was probably a speedtest.net mistake?

broadbandking · 31-12-2008, 11:29

Prob the webpage was cached I normally get around 45Mb

apb27 · 31-12-2008, 11:33

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Originally Posted by broadbandking

Prob the webpage was cached I normally get around 45Mb

your using the 50mb service right? i was looking forward to that but my area doesnt have it yet. its lame. So do they have to install new wiring in our area or they just havent got to it yet?

I know i need a new modem. That sleek black one for my old surfboard anyday.

broadbandking · 31-12-2008, 11:39

Its work they have to with UBR and network, the new modem nice little modem tbh, I am going back to 20Mb in Feb so just loving it whilst I have it, the new router nice aswell, only gripe I have with it is the speeds I get from giganews are worse than my 20Mb.

Rik · 31-12-2008, 12:10

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Originally Posted by broadbandking

only gripe I have with it is the speeds I get from giganews are worse than my 20Mb.

Thats rather worrying seeing as im a GN subscriber waiting for 50Mb to arrive in my area.

I know Giganews can supply 100Mb pretty constantly as I downloaded for days on my seebox at 11MB/s.

blade85 · 31-12-2008, 12:19

I average 1meg/sec

but its pretty much always 1.2megs/sec

Im on a 10meg connection, so thats about as fast as it can go...so im happy

keyholder · 31-12-2008, 12:55

My average speed. ermm CRAP !!

i reboot my modem everyday and then get probs 9847 kbs from speedtest.net uplaod about 480kbs,

bout hour later ive dropped to 3 meg. ring up CS they say oh reboot your modem etc , done that, rebouter your wireless, done that, type this command into dos, NO THANKS, conect ur pc directly to the ethernet, ermm done that, hold on let me check how much you have downlaoded today, oh sorry sir you have downloaded more than the average user. Ermm, stop making up BULL *****, and unrestrict me!

I wudnt tell my worst enemy to get VM. !!!

Welshchris · 31-12-2008, 13:04

http://www.speedtest.net/result/381795968.png

my average download is between 800k - 2.2mb/s

Fatec · 31-12-2008, 13:34

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Originally Posted by Rik

Thats rather worrying seeing as im a GN subscriber waiting for 50Mb to arrive in my area.

I know Giganews can supply 100Mb pretty constantly as I downloaded for days on my seebox at 11MB/s.

The 50Mbit product has MAJOR problems with giganews, the speed varies like hell, expect anything from 5Mbit with random bursts upto 40+ etc, it's never stable.

That's what you get with such a poor upload.

You're right about giga though, i've seen them push 200+ easy with no dropouts etc.

As to OP, i get an average of 90-100Mbit, both ways

broadbandking · 31-12-2008, 14:39

And here was me thinking the problem with my giganews was my PC stupid me not considering Virgin Media could be the problem

chrisruk · 31-12-2008, 19:08

Not so good at the moment however rock solid normally Happy New Year all

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