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Old 30-04-2007, 16:35   #46
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Re: Shockingly Low Speeds Today...

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For those who use speedtest.net change the server it uses to dublin, ive had the london one consistantly give bad speeds and yet if i change to the dublin server its a lot more like the 10meg 512k im suppose to have.
I always find Amsterdam or any of the German locations give the best speeds, possibly because of submarine cables to the continent rather than the UK's congested pipes since I'm on the coast and with two landing points just up the road.

Things have improved significantly here.


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Old 30-04-2007, 16:36   #47
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Oh Joy Joy

Because of this i missed Sunday Night Gaming with the NthwClan.



Not bad for 10 meg is it

Much better


Thanks to who ever fixed the faulty amp




Now i am ready for tomorrow
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Old 30-04-2007, 17:10   #48
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Re: Shockingly Low Speeds Today...

Not the speed I was getting, but much better than before:



Not even close when trying London though:

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Old 30-04-2007, 17:30   #49
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Re: Shockingly Low Speeds Today...



Same as usuall. Can't say I've had many problems in the recent weeks.

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Oh, and the latency issues are probably down to my browser. Pings in games are consistently under 20ms (to uk based servers).

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London's never the best example, but it's far better than the 2 - 3meg I usually get
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Old 30-04-2007, 19:57   #50
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Re: Shockingly Low Speeds Today...

Hi,

Still have really bad download speeds for a 10Mb service.

Tried to phone CS but after being a a queue for nearly an hour, i gave up.
I'll try again tomorrow.

Maybe I should have stayed with the old Samsung STB



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Hi,

I should have read further up the chain.

The Dublin server certainly gives a better speed.

Still not the magic 10 though.

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Old 30-04-2007, 19:58   #51
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Re: Shockingly Low Speeds Today...

Still a great connection though, especially considering it's the evening.
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Old 30-04-2007, 20:16   #52
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Old 30-04-2007, 20:31   #53
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Re: Shockingly Low Speeds Today...

According to the speed tester I am averaging 1.92 but even clips viewed at IMDB keep stopping with "buffering" displayed. It never used to be like this but now always seems to happen. Total Crap!
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Re: Shockingly Low Speeds Today...

I use Giganews' speed test, because it is consistent - if it gets slow speeds there, then there is a problem, because I used to get 10mb speeds. It is showing as 2mb-3mb speeds at the moment.

The fact that the Speedtest.com's Dublin server is better than London (~7mb, not 10mb, but better than London's 1mb!), suggests that it is all NTL/VM's end, and no real need to contact CS or TS. They should know about it, and I am guessing it is to do with the 20mb upgrade.
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