*ALL* ntl 10Mb Discussion (Part 3)

Originally Posted by Sage013

I've just spoken to a manger in Technical Support in the UK (why? I was making a complaint about something I won't go into here). Seems that for the last few weeks the whole ntl network has been falling apart. People losing connections, connection speeds all over place etc. Whilst he wouldn't say this is a result of the 10Mb upgrade, it does seem odd that it's happened at the same time.

Complete and utter Crap. If he did say that the man is spouting crap.

However

If the Network is falling apart then why do i get good fast speeds with no drop outs ?

Originally Posted by Sage013

My current mood: Oh how I wish I took Bulldog up on their offer last month to pay for my BT line to be reconnected and use their up to 8Mb connection!!

Due to a problem the other day with a disconnection. I made some enquires for my area. Bulldog would only commit to March for my area if i signed up now .

Also 2.2 km from the exchange means i might only get 3 to 4 meg at the best of times for there upto 8 meg service.

ADSL2+ Well dont even get me going on the time frame they gave me for that.

So i decided to tell them where to stuff it.

If you still think they are good then look HERE

[Chrysalis]

you know adsl is fast becoming shaky in my eyes, adslguide doesnt make pretty viewing, so many yellow and red exhanges, bt's cbc pricing model is causing crazy things like plusnet capping at 128kbit on a 2meg connection, since plusnet brought metronet they are customers of 465mbit of bandwidth to 155mbit at plusnet and all sorts of other problems. There are exceptions of course like zen and ukonline but things are looking rosier for us at ntl now I think.

[Rone]

Since before chrimbo mines been terrible, it was fine on 3 meg, but either way its bad news now, ive been on the phone, and its been escalated to level 2.
heres my test, they all look like this.

Wed, 4 Jan 2006 18:45:56 UTC
1st 128K took 2062 ms = 63565 Bytes/sec = approx 529 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 1297 ms = 101058 Bytes/sec = approx 841 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 4250 ms = 30840 Bytes/sec = approx 257 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 8141 ms = 16100 Bytes/sec = approx 134 kbits/sec

Ive just rang back, [as nobody rang me back as promised] i've just had my next door neighbour round, and both theirs, and another further up are all as bad. It seems the case is still open, but the chap i spoke to said the 10 meg has given some problems.
Personally mine sounds more like a local fault, just hope it gets fixed, its been like this for almost 2 weeks now.
Just tried the Paul Marsden speedtest:

Wed, 4 Jan 2006 19:18:42 UTC

1st 512K took 27547 ms = 18.6 KB/sec, approx 153 Kbps, 0.15 Mbps
2nd 512K took 24656 ms = 20.8 KB/sec, approx 171 Kbps, 0.17 Mbps
3rd 512K took 37578 ms = 13.6 KB/sec, approx 112 Kbps, 0.11 Mbps
4th 512K took 53141 ms = 9.6 KB/sec, approx 79 Kbps, 0.08 Mbps

Almost as good.

[fire]

Wed, 4 Jan 2006 19:50:04 UTC
1st 128K took 93 ms = 1409376 Bytes/sec = approx 11726 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 94 ms = 1394383 Bytes/sec = approx 11601 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 93 ms = 1409376 Bytes/sec = approx 11726 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 93 ms = 1409376 Bytes/sec = approx 11726 kbits/sec

Is mine ok,i was getting shaky results,i changed my network card to auto sensing.

The NTL Newsgroups are rubbish at this hour.

[sicknote]

fire: yes i am using three wireless cards on my machines its a lil slower than wired across the network but NO clutter of cables and also works ok with the cable modem now which im pleased about

also for sage013: bulldog suks and i quote that from two friends that are no longer on it,they said the service was below par and there support was worse than nthell which i do find hard to believe

[KeithB]

Originally Posted by Dodger444

Hi, KeithB you could see if any of these proxy's work?

Hi, thanks but I'd already tried those and they didn't help. The attached image (if I've managed to attach it correctly) better explains what's happening with my download speed - downloading the 50MB iso file from http://homepage.ntlworld.com/testmyspeed/ shows the speed is up and down all of the time rather than being a reasonably flat line (as you'd expect).

[TimBrad]

i think i am also in the same boat, i got NTL 10MB about 11 days ago, all was perfect, and i was amazed, ever since christmas i've had sites not loading at all, streaming videos not loading, my ping to uk gaming servers is still also quite high and most dl's this year (2k6) have bordered on 10-50kb/sec, microsoft.com dl's are hitting about 850 kb/sec whereas before christmas (I ran the .net 23mb download as a test) it would take 18 seconds for 23mb at approx ~1250KB/sec

Running a DL test on that very file now..not too bad, 26.2 seconds, approx 1100kb/s average. But i can't dl everything from microsoft, all other dl sites, filefront, fileplanet etc.. are running slower than P2P on 1mb.

Speed test results:

1st 512K took 9266 ms = 55.3 KB/sec, approx 456 Kbps, 0.45 Mbps
2nd 512K took 8297 ms = 61.7 KB/sec, approx 508 Kbps, 0.5 Mbps
3rd 512K took 9078 ms = 56.4 KB/sec, approx 465 Kbps, 0.45 Mbps
4th 512K took 10031 ms = 51 KB/sec, approx 420 Kbps, 0.41 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 462 Kbps, 0.45 Mbps

[Chrysalis]

you know opera is cpu hungry when processing http results of that testmyspeed was Thu, 05 Jan 2006 11:07:42 GMT
1MB File download took 11157 ms = 94 KiloBytes / sec.

But immediatly before that I downloaded a video clip in getright at full 10mbit.

IE was only 3mbit tho, I wonder if the web server is becoming overloaded.

[kq501]

I was having problems too. I upgraded to 10mb on the 25th and wasnt getting even half that speed. I changed to an ethernet cable and it went up to around 7-8mb max. I have now uninstalled my Zonealarm firewall (out of mere curiosity) and I am now hitting nearly full speed... this cant be coincidental.

Fri, 6 Jan 2006 17:36:43 UTC

1st 512K took 438 ms = 1169 KB/sec, approx 9633 Kbps, 9.41 Mbps
2nd 512K took 422 ms = 1213.3 KB/sec, approx 9998 Kbps, 9.76 Mbps
3rd 512K took 437 ms = 1171.6 KB/sec, approx 9654 Kbps, 9.43 Mbps
4th 512K took 438 ms = 1169 KB/sec, approx 9633 Kbps, 9.41 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 9730 Kbps, 9.5 Mbps

Does anyone know of a less restricting firewall that is as good as ZA?

[kq501]

This is my speeds with ZA running...

Fri, 6 Jan 2006 20:37:57 UTC

1st 512K took 563 ms = 909.4 KB/sec, approx 7493 Kbps, 7.32 Mbps
2nd 512K took 546 ms = 937.7 KB/sec, approx 7727 Kbps, 7.55 Mbps
3rd 512K took 563 ms = 909.4 KB/sec, approx 7493 Kbps, 7.32 Mbps
4th 512K took 578 ms = 885.8 KB/sec, approx 7299 Kbps, 7.13 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 7503 Kbps, 7.33 Mbps

[kevin5428]

hello every one, new here today, have been reading the forum for couple of months now and just registered today , so greetings,
have 10mb, running about 5.8 im using sunbelt kerio firewall as free, wasnt willing to pay for norton 3 years on the trot does any one konw of any problems with speed caused by kerio? also using avg anti virus, should i be expecting more speed or should ibe happy with my lot?
many thanks
kevin
Fri, 6 Jan 2006 20:58:05 UTC

1st 512K took 719 ms = 712.1 KB/sec, approx 5868 Kbps, 5.73 Mbps
2nd 512K took 734 ms = 697.5 KB/sec, approx 5747 Kbps, 5.61 Mbps
3rd 512K took 656 ms = 780.5 KB/sec, approx 6431 Kbps, 6.28 Mbps
4th 512K took 657 ms = 779.3 KB/sec, approx 6421 Kbps, 6.27 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 6117 Kbps, 5.97 Mbps

[fire]

Is that using a STB or SACM?If it is a STB it is about right.Make sure you are not using usb for the internet.

[kevin5428]

no im not using usb, Is that using a STB or SACM? sorry dont know wot this means? can u explain?
kevin

[fire]

Originally Posted by kevin5428

no im not using usb, Is that using a STB or SACM? sorry dont know wot this means? can u explain?
kevin

SACM is a modem,STB is the box you get your tv through.

[kevin5428]

actually im using a home 120? i think i have to get a firmware upgrade is that rught?