Baguely/Stockport (SK8 ish) Speed Poll

[mudkumpf]

Hi

As I reported in another post, I'm getting nowhere near 10mb on my connection. While broswing another thread, I noticed a couple of others in my area mention that they had speed "issues".

Anyone able to confirm if a) they're a tech and there's something wrong in this area, or b) they're in this area and do/don't get 10 mb?

CHeers

Muds

[swoop101]

Baguley here, been up and down all day.
tests show from 3 to 8 meg

[grubbymitts]

I always get crappy surfing speed off the Baguley proxy during 6pm and 9pm, so I have to change. Yet downloading is always spot on 2mb.

[Sherlock614]

Baguley here, same usual crappy speeds via speed tests on the whole, but never noticably bad generally.

Download speeds seem to be pretty consistent (1mb/s +), regardless of the speed tests but it's been like this since day 1.

[altis]

1mbps is not bad these days:

Fri, 31 Mar 2006 07:55:55 GMT

1st 512K took 4390 ms = 116.6 KB/sec, approx 961 Kbps, 0.94 Mbps
2nd 512K took 4340 ms = 118 KB/sec, approx 972 Kbps, 0.95 Mbps
3rd 512K took 4340 ms = 118 KB/sec, approx 972 Kbps, 0.95 Mbps
4th 512K took 4290 ms = 119.3 KB/sec, approx 983 Kbps, 0.96 Mbps

Overall Average Speed = approx 972 Kbps, 0.95 Mbps

Bill C says elsewhere on here that we are getting upgraded soon.

[scrotnig]

I have 2mb in the same area and it's always perfect. As far as I can tell anyway. The speed test on here and elsewhere always tells me my speed equastes to 1.9mbps, good enough for me.

[mudkumpf]

CHeers one and all - I think I may have isolated my problem (but feel free to continue posting speeds )

Turns out my modem was using the wrong config file, according to the tech, so he re-applied the upgrade. Unfortunately, he did say that it may also be due to my modem just being too old and flaky, so a new one may be required.

The upgrade patch made no difference so I called back tonite, and have a house call on monday with a new modem.

I guess my only gripe now, is that the first guy told me that in a 5min phone call, and the "overseas" lass this evening insisted on re-running all the speed tests (abt 20mins) only to come back and say "I think we need to send you a tech...." - Now I understand they have to be diligent, but that took the mickey a little as I'd already done all that once...........

I guess what also galls me is that they made a point of putting a note on my file about the one time I had 18 open netstat connections on a support call ("Oh yes sir, you're the one with the 18 open connections"), but they don't log what they've told me, so I have to prove it all over again,.....

ahem

move along....

muds