[Merged] BB Speed Upgrades

[Stuart]

Originally Posted by Ben

Sun, 1 Aug 2004 18:19:21 UTC
1st 128K took 719 ms = 182298 Bytes/sec = approx 1517 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 718 ms = 182552 Bytes/sec = approx 1519 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 703 ms = 186447 Bytes/sec = approx 1551 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 735 ms = 178329 Bytes/sec = approx 1484 kbits/sec

Ben's location is Hertfordshire.

Originally Posted by kliro

Sun, 01 Aug 2004 18:54:57 GMT
1st 128K took 3578 ms = 36633 Bytes/sec = approx 305 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 3594 ms = 36470 Bytes/sec = approx 303 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 3640 ms = 36009 Bytes/sec = approx 300 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 3641 ms = 35999 Bytes/sec = approx 300 kbits/sec
I had the PC left on all night and just reset it now and the speed is definately increased

*Watches as everyone starts resetting their PC*

Kliro's location is Manchester.

So, with that in mind:

Originally Posted by BBKing

NO UPGRADES WILL HAPPEN AT THE WEEKEND. THE ONLY AREAS ANYONE WILL SEE INCREASED SPEEDS ARE THE TRIAL AREAS AROUND SOUTH MANCHESTER AND PARTS OF HERTFORDSHIRE/BEDFORDSHIRE.

Having said that, I wish they would do trials for STBs in Bromley..

[Kliro]

Kliros location is South Manchester

HMMMM Rochdale aint that far from him then aint it not .... lookin forward to this week then.

[printerman]

Sun, 1 Aug 2004 19:14:17 UTC
1st 128K took 21310 ms = 6151 Bytes/sec = approx 51 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 16810 ms = 7797 Bytes/sec = approx 65 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 19000 ms = 6899 Bytes/sec = approx 57 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 19120 ms = 6855 Bytes/sec = approx 57 kbits/sec

this is pants,,,,i'm supposed to be on 150k going to 300k why am i so slow!

[Kliro]

Are you downloading anything :S

[printerman]

No and i've also switched off my firewall for the online test.

[BBKing]

Quite. So to reiterate what I said - South Manchester and parts of Herts/Beds were tested last week to see if our procedures worked, we got together and discussed how things went. Hence no upgrades since then.

It's all a lot simpler than some people are making out. Taking rumours as facts and what people guess goes on at ntl is a good recipe for getting in a muddle.

[printerman]

Quite. I'm expecting my BB supplier to supply me with what i'm paying for, not to slow me down while they 'upgrade'.

[Graham F]

Originally Posted by printerman

Quite. I'm expecting my BB supplier to supply me with what i'm paying for, not to slow me down while they 'upgrade'.

I would say that your problem is unrelated to the upgrade. Have you tried rebooting pc and BB connection?

Originally Posted by printerman

Quite. I'm expecting my BB supplier to supply me with what i'm paying for, not to slow me down while they 'upgrade'.

To be fair - there could be a number of factors which is causing your broadband connection to slow down. As BBKing is saying no further upgrades have occured since the trial that they ran middle of last week, so I do not think you can blame the upgrades on your slow connection.

[printerman]

Hang on....if i download a test file using mIRC its running at about 18KB/sec...Thats about right isn't it...?

[Kliro]

Well you wouldnt get that speed with the results you got from the test, I think thats normal speed for 150k

[printerman]

Yeah thats what i though, 150k / 8 = 18.75. Looks about right....i'll run that test again later i think.!

[BBKing]

Quite. I'm expecting my BB supplier to supply me with what i'm paying for, not to slow me down while they 'upgrade'.

Funny, I must have missed the item on the uplift meeting agenda that said 'bugger up people's connection randomly'. Must have nodded off.

Mon, 2 Aug 2004 19:43:05 UTC
1st 128K took 829 ms = 158109 Bytes/sec = approx 1315 kbits/sec
2nd 128K took 1156 ms = 113384 Bytes/sec = approx 943 kbits/sec
3rd 128K took 937 ms = 139885 Bytes/sec = approx 1164 kbits/sec
4th 128K took 1094 ms = 119810 Bytes/sec = approx 997 kbits/sec

That about right for 1.5mb???

Confused now