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Old 22-01-2013, 19:36   #76
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Re: Chalk and Cheese - Sky and Virgin Broadband

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guys the .nl ookla BETA server can max out upload properly. uses higher send buffers.

Thanks for sharing. I'll go give it a blast just now.
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Old 22-01-2013, 20:14   #77
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guys the .nl ookla BETA server can max out upload properly. uses higher send buffers.
Nice results!

Got the highest upload speed from a speedtest on that server but a slower download. Worth remembering though
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Re: Chalk and Cheese - Sky and Virgin Broadband

I just topped 19 upload from it now as well.

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Old 22-01-2013, 21:49   #79
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I just topped 19 upload from it now as well.

Awesome upload speed!

Finding the decent upload speed makes cloud based backups useable now.
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Old 23-01-2013, 13:05   #80
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Re: Chalk and Cheese - Sky and Virgin Broadband

I get good results to that Amsterdam server, as well

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Much better Adam
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Old 23-01-2013, 18:00   #83
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I think my upload speed has hit its limit. I'm currently hitting 1.7mb down via Utorrent. I'm hopeful I might actually hit 18mb!
Your download is maxed out. Your upload has plenty more margin but 1.3Mb is the limit on most services, it's an artificial cap.
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You should be able to get 15-20Mbps download and >1.0Mbps upload on that line, potentially up to 1.5-2Mbps upload with annex M, if Sky offer that option.
Oh hey, I was spot on!


---------- Post added at 17:59 ---------- Previous post was at 17:58 ----------

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Apparently it lies.

No surprise it makes everyone's upload "look" faster if it inflates the numbers by 10-20%...

Incidentally the mobile app consistently returns higher figures too but the number of times I've seen it hit 25Mb/sec means its totally unreliable.

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Hrmph, it's actually spot on for me, I wonder if your system clock is buggered:



Never seen it max out a 100Mb line before, time to test the gigabit methinks. Maximum I've ever got on the upload used to be 250Mb.
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Hrmph, it's actually spot on for me, I wonder if your system clock is buggered:
Nail on the head.... Dont know whats up with it. Can I PM you?

Qas'll fix it

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Re: Chalk and Cheese - Sky and Virgin Broadband

Sure you can try
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I get some awesome speeds with Steam, hehe
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I have had just over 9MB/s on steam, its lovely
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I have had just over 9MB/s on steam, its lovely
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