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whats going on with adsl 24 ,,,had real poor speeds for the last 5 or so days and it seems to be taking ages for some 1 to get back to me ,,,its taking up to 30 sec to load a simple web page
Well, we need to know more information than that. Please can you provide some BT speedtest results at different times of the day, and also advise what set up you have, e.g. are you in the master socket, which router do you have and are you using wireless etc...
1 from yesterday
Test1 comprises of Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Your DSL connection rate: 7616 kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP profile for your line is - 6500 kbps
Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 3654 kbps
1 from today
Test1 comprises of Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Your DSL connection rate: 7616 kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP profile for your line is - 6500 kbps
Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 3051 kbps
and 1 from tonight
Test1 comprises of Best Effort Test: -provides background information.
Your DSL connection rate: 7616 kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP profile for your line is - 6500 kbps
Actual IP throughput achieved during the test was - 3383 kbps
yes im in the master socket using a belkin f5d7633 router ,,,wired not wireless
Those speeds are well within the reasonable limit, each one over 3Mb. Although you should see higher at times with your 6500 profile, BT won't treat the speeds you see as any fault. Have you tried changing the MTU to 1500 in the Belkin router setup as this can help with browsing?
buster1967
11/03/2009, 22:51
What is the best MTU setting with the Netgear Router James and do you have to do something different with my O/S being Vista.
sorry for crashing thread but I to am having speed problems, is this a temp problem?
I am suposed to be 8mb but getting about 300kbps very rarely 500kbps most of the time my upload speeds are quicker than downloads. When i joined adsl24 about Nov i was getting 5.5mbps down, left Pipex because of poor speeds but this is worse. Tried master socket testpoint no difference
pool_ace_king
13/03/2009, 19:24
sorry for crashing thread but I to am having speed problems, is this a temp problem?
I am suposed to be 8mb but getting about 300kbps very rarely 500kbps most of the time my upload speeds are quicker than downloads. When i joined adsl24 about Nov i was getting 5.5mbps down, left Pipex because of poor speeds but this is worse. Tried master socket testpoint no difference
Try raising a ticket or post a new thread if i was you :cool:
What is the best MTU setting with the Netgear Router James and do you have to do something different with my O/S being Vista.
I would try 1492 and 1478, see which works best for you :)
MTU of 1492 works fine here with a Netgear DG834GT.
http://www.speedtest.net/result/427450490.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
Swampfever
14/03/2009, 00:50
I was under the impression Vista was self tuning as regards its network settings ?
Also why the need to change the mtu to a lower value than the internet standard of 1500 ?
Just curious thats all :)
I was under the impression Vista was self tuning as regards its network settings ?
Also why the need to change the mtu to a lower value than the internet standard of 1500 ?
Just curious thats all :)
The MTU can be changed in the router settings as well as the OS.
A lot of users find that an MTU of 1500 doesn't give a fully optimised connection.
The 1500 quoted as the internet standard can result in packet loss and a lower sync. I've always thought it's best to have a play with it to see what suits your particular connection.
Also why the need to change the mtu to a lower value than the internet standard of 1500 ?
For some peculiar reason, Enta connections don't seem to 'like' an MTU setting of 1500 with certain routers. For example, when I moved to ADSL24 from F2S, where I had no problems with an MTU setting of 1500 on a D-Link router, I found that I could no longer browse any Microsoft sites until I lowered the MTU setting.
ADSL24 used to recommend an MTU setting of 1500 on their Activation Details e-mail details but I believe that this recommendation was dropped after I reported my findings to James back in 2007.
Yup! Got to say ADSL24 - that there IS a speed issue here!!!
When I first joined I had MUCH better speeds (well u would wouldn't you!) and this is todays:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/429758429.png
Seeing as I am on a Office package u gotta admit this is crap!!!
Explanation due.
NO - I haven't changed anything my end
YES - I have raised a ticket
YES - I am not happy. At all.
YES - I expect u will give me some claptrap about it being weekend and everyone is downloading porn / gaming
The sort of speeds I USED to get is below in my signature!!!!!
Explanation?
Your speedtest in your sig was run on a tuesday at 6.31 pm. If you run a test at the same time on a weekday you will see the same top speed - so you are comparing a non-busy time with a busy time which is not going to be directly comparable.
It may well have been faster during busy times in the past because Enta were able to keep lighting more bandwidth to help with the busy periods (e.g. weekend) but because of the rise in bandwidth costs and the fact that them lighting more capacity just for most people to be downloading huge amounts more quickly does not make good viable business sense as they lose huge amounts of money on this.
boysteve
15/03/2009, 16:32
Here's mine from the last week of Jan
20/02/09
15:30 5808 361
19:30 6568 358
21/02/09
07:30 6964 364
10:22 6317 369
14:49 1868 359
21:22 3377 353
22/02/09
05:10 6985 370
11:30 6566 361
16:55 1571 379
19:06 1760 366
20:30 1621 367
21:39 2501 361
23/02/09
07:45 6970 367
10:37 6909 344
12:22 6688 363
24/02/09
12:00 6940 369
15:05 6388 369
16:12 6091 364
16:14 6666 357
20:38 5072 363
22:07 3464 369
22:30 2047 366
25/02/09
09:44 6953 364
23:42 2688 353
You can see the weekend of 21/22 I was getting 1.5-2.5 for most of the day, this did not affect my internet usage or gaming at all.
Still happy with ADSL24 :)
get used to being Pwned at the Weekend ;)
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Hi James. I kind of take your point but maybe it is time to clamp down on file sharers. I myself do not indulge in such unsocial bandwidth hogging activities and why should those of us who use the web for 'legal' purposes suffer as a result?
If u incidentally look at my line reports since I joined they have got progressively worse.
Today:
http://www.speedtest.net/result/430355165.png
buster1967
15/03/2009, 22:55
but maybe it is time to clamp down on file sharers
How do you know people are file sharing they could be using their bandwidth for backing up servers or watching online TV which if you have used a bandwidth monitor uses quite a lot of bandwidth.
I myself do not indulge in such unsocial bandwidth hogging activities
How do we know what you use your bandwidth for sounds like a double bluff to me LOL.
If u could check my usage reports u would see but u can't.
So double bloody LOL back!
I reckon we just all shut up and see how it goes in April :)
http://www.speedtest.net/result/427450490.png (http://www.speedtest.net)
buster1967
15/03/2009, 23:14
Considering you know i cant see what you have used your bandwidth for how do i know what your using it for, not that im bothered what you use it for its got nothing to do with me.
Have you checked to see how much someone can use up bandwidth wise if they use it for remotely backing up their servers, its quite a few GB depending on the server.
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I reckon we just all shut up and see how it goes in April
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You mean this changeover business? Yeah. Will wait and see.
Hi James. I kind of take your point but maybe it is time to clamp down on file sharers. I myself do not indulge in such unsocial bandwidth hogging activities and why should those of us who use the web for 'legal' purposes suffer as a result?
i had to lol at that
no offence i hope
( pround File Sharer ) of Bittorent D/ling big Distors
Not all of us File Sharers are illegal you no
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no offence taken. each to their own.
well over a week l8r and ive still got the probs ,,,i think adsl 24 is going to the dogs and im getting to the point where ill be telling them where to stick there service b4 long5
Yeah speeds still suck apart from 3am - 3pm, Monday to Friday.
Mine (http://www.speedtest.net/result/432628195.png) seems ok :o:D
cloudy73
19/03/2009, 15:02
Mine (http://www.speedtest.net/result/432628195.png) seems ok :o:D
Yes your line speeds do seem fine apart from the fact the 1st post is ADSL MAX up to 8MB, your line speed shows on ASDL2+ line up to 24MB.
Good point but mine was adslmax up to 8mb a few days ago and speeds were great (http://www.speedtest.bbmax.co.uk/results.php?t=1237043541&v=6507958) then too :D
cloudy73
19/03/2009, 16:11
LOL - just beat you on ADSL MAX, but envious of your ADSL2 speeds ;)
buster1967
19/03/2009, 22:12
cloudy your stats are probably the best ive seen d/l wise i live 102 metres from my exchange and i very much doubt id see stats like that.
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