Speed this morning.

andrew163

Yes, UTV traffic to boards.ie goes through London...


Tracing route to boards.ie [82.195.131.128]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 35 ms 33 ms 35 ms 195.218.116.25
2 86 ms 37 ms 33 ms UTV-DUB-fastethernet0-0.116.218.195.in-addr.arpa
[195.218.116.1]
3 38 ms 38 ms 47 ms 195.218.126.178
4 39 ms 43 ms 37 ms 195.218.112.195
5 49 ms 52 ms 50 ms pos0-1.cnr-1.r18.telh.as5388.net [195.92.55.134]

6 * 49 ms 49 ms 195.50.116.121
7 47 ms 53 ms 124 ms so-1-3-0.gar2.London1.Level3.net [212.113.3.29]

8 50 ms 98 ms 48 ms ge-11-0.ipcolo1.London1.Level3.net [212.187.131.
39]
9 69 ms 68 ms 70 ms 80.253.124.22
10 68 ms 72 ms 69 ms sneezy.hosting365.ie [82.195.133.195]
11 65 ms 63 ms 63 ms boards.ie [82.195.131.128]

Trace complete.

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Pinging boards.ie [82.195.131.128] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 82.195.131.128: bytes=32 time=85ms TTL=54
Reply from 82.195.131.128: bytes=32 time=71ms TTL=54
Reply from 82.195.131.128: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=54
Reply from 82.195.131.128: bytes=32 time=65ms TTL=54

Ping statistics for 82.195.131.128:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 61ms, Maximum = 85ms, Average = 70ms

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Downloads seem to be coming in at full speed for me, BUT after a few minutes, big downloads (e.g. 328MB) seem to be resetting (after about 20 or 30MB). I'm not sure if this is just the server or UTV, but this was happening on all downloads a while ago before i adjusted the MTU settings. I'm trying to find a different download server to test the connection.....will post results (or delete this bit of the post if it turns out to be the server :rolleyes: )

<edit> yep, it's happening on other servers aswell. both located in the US. </edit>

ArthurG

I've had this problem recently, after 20/30 megs of a large download, get a 'Server has reset' error. Very annoying, especially when you go away for a few hours only to find the damn download has stalled.

geecee

Those W@nkers in UTV have just had the cheek to send me a bill for the UTV Clicksilver "service"...

I have been charged for March and April....
Whilst I don't dispute the billing frequency amounts...

I do dispute their rights to charge me ANYTHING given the service I have received since March 18th!
I was thinking I would be receiving compensation FROM them, bot paying them for nothing!

What do others think?
Has anybody successfully disputed their charges with UTV?

dub45

Originally posted by oscarBravo
Sound advice - although whether or not you do this affects me not at all. Do you go off on a rant every time someone offers suggestions on how to behave yourself correctly in an unfamiliar environment?

No - only when people take it on themselves to instruct others or 'offer suggestions' which are not invited or indeed welcome. I prefer Mary Poppins to stay in the film or indeed book.

oscarBravo

Originally posted by dub45
No - only when people take it on themselves to instruct others or 'offer suggestions' which are not invited or indeed welcome.

The suggestions weren't even directed to you. I'm really confused as to why you're so upset about me offering advice to someone else.

I prefer Mary Poppins to stay in the film or indeed book.

I prefer Usenet newbies to know how to behave politely before they start top-posting, over-quoting etc.

On boards.ie you're expected to read the board charters and behave appropriately - why should Usenet be any different?

Ripwave

Originally posted by dub45
No - only when people take it on themselves to instruct others or 'offer suggestions' which are not invited or indeed welcome.

As someone who has had to put up with all sorts of unsnipped and misformatted messages for years on newsgroups, I sure as hell invite everyone to advise newbies on netiquette.

(And I second the recommendation about OE-Quotefix for anyone who won't install a real newsreader. OE-Quotefix will make your own mail-reading and newsreading experience much more pleasant, and is worth it for that alone, even if you, like Dub45, don't give a ****e for anyone enjoyment of newsgroups).

hairball

it's 7:26 pm thursday...at this time last night I was pulling my copious ammounts of hair out in distress at the apparent collapse of my broadband (sub 56k for most of the night)

Heres what I 've been getting all day today:


utvinternet speed test


948592 bytes transferred in 18.226 secs

407 kbit


pings:

C:\Documents and Settings\Peter Marrey>ping www.utvinternet.com

Pinging www.utvinternet.com [194.46.8.120] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 194.46.8.120: bytes=32 time=43ms TTL=62
Reply from 194.46.8.120: bytes=32 time=41ms TTL=62
Reply from 194.46.8.120: bytes=32 time=41ms TTL=62
Reply from 194.46.8.120: bytes=32 time=39ms TTL=62

Ping statistics for 194.46.8.120:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 39ms, Maximum = 43ms, Average = 41ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Peter Marrey>ping www.jolt.co.uk

Pinging clarity.jolt.co.uk [195.149.21.11] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=53ms TTL=56
Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=50ms TTL=56
Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=49ms TTL=56
Reply from 195.149.21.11: bytes=32 time=49ms TTL=56

Ping statistics for 195.149.21.11:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 49ms, Maximum = 53ms, Average = 50ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Peter Marrey>ping www.boards.ie

Pinging www.boards.ie [82.195.131.128] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 82.195.131.128: bytes=32 time=68ms TTL=54
Reply from 82.195.131.128: bytes=32 time=116ms TTL=54
Reply from 82.195.131.128: bytes=32 time=75ms TTL=54
Reply from 82.195.131.128: bytes=32 time=74ms TTL=54

Ping statistics for 82.195.131.128:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 68ms, Maximum = 116ms, Average = 83ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Peter Marrey>

These pings are the lowest I've ever had.......

hmmmmmmmm.....I can but hope:)

Originally posted by dogz
IOLBB is back i think, downloading at 65kb/s now and was downloading at 11 last night at over 40kb/s!:) How about everyone else on iolbb plus what speeds u gettin today/last night. Pings are ok to good for me too but I dont really care because I dont play games online.:rolleyes:

If your on IOLbb plus you should only get theoretical max 64kB/sec

IE 512kb / 8 = 64kB

But you will never get this.

You are telling porkies

Originally posted by dogz
IOLBB is back i think, downloading at 65kb/s now and was downloading at 11 last night at over 40kb/s!:) How about everyone else on iolbb plus what speeds u gettin today/last night. Pings are ok to good for me too but I dont really care because I dont play games online.:rolleyes:

If your on IOLbb plus you should only get theoretical max 64kB/sec

IE 512kb / 8 = 64kB

But you will never get this.

You are telling porkies

Richard Dower

The max you get from IOLBB is 50-55K down...i have never once seen a constant downstream of more then this.

Sure it starts fast, three figures and drops pretty quickly and settle around the 52-54K range.

But nobody is getting 65K down from any 512Kbps package, even if you lived in the exchange and connect directly you won't see it.

If you've got 1MB then 65K down is poor, you should see 100-105K.

Giblet

Ah it's great I've been getting 120k all day for the last few weeks.

/me loves local wireless thingy.

Richard Dower

What package are you on?, 120K down seems too much for 1MB line.

griffdaddy

Originally posted by ronoc
If your on IOLbb plus you should only get theoretical max 64kB/sec

IE 512kb / 8 = 64kB

But you will never get this.

You are telling porkies

According to esat iol bb+ will actually connect at 600kbs during times of low contention. It's in a recent post somewhere but i have to get back to finding the barrel of ambrosia that's in the hanger in deus ex!

Richard Dower

Originally posted by griffdaddy
According to esat iol bb+ will actually connect at 600kbs during times of low contention. It's in a recent post somewhere but i have to get back to finding the barrel of ambrosia that's in the hanger in deus ex!

It's porkies, Eircom have it set at the exchange level to 512Kbps...it won't go any faster then this. Someone at Esat is fibbing. And when you factor in overheads the downstream will never come close to the 64K down.

I'd LOVE 600K down, broadband in Ireland sucks for speeds...it's too expensive for a 1MB line.

In the UK they enjoy a home package that offers 1MB/256K for home users at a very reasonable price.

http://www.bt.com/broadband/bb_info.jsp?targetSection=1Mb&obsNoSee=Y&vStore=1322&obsPage=/broadband/bb_info.jsp&obsType=LINK&obsOID=83033

So why can't we have this here???

Mutant_Fruit

I have reached averages of 61.7kb/sec downloading on my connection. With overheads, the closest you could expect to possibly get is 62kb/sec out of the theoretical max of 64kb/sec. 60-61 is more realistic though.

Roller Toaster

But you're on wireless....the rules are completely different...

Mutant_Fruit

tcp/ip overheads are tcp/ip overheads, i wouldn't think it would make the slightest bit of difference whether my ethernet card shunts the data through an antenne, or your ethernet card shunts the data through a modem. Its still internet traffic in TCP/IP format. Therefore the same overheads will apply.

Correct me if i'm wrong.

Ripwave

Originally posted by Richard Dower
So why can't we have this here???

Look at the complaints they get when they can only deliver 512 to a fraction of the "audience" - imagine the howls of abuse they'd get if they were offering 1MB at a price that people could afford, but to even less people than can currently get 512.

Roller Toaster

Originally posted by Mutant_Fruit
tcp/ip overheads are tcp/ip overheads, i wouldn't think it would make the slightest bit of difference whether my ethernet card shunts the data through an antenne, or your ethernet card shunts the data through a modem. Its still internet traffic in TCP/IP format. Therefore the same overheads will apply.

Correct me if i'm wrong.

Yeah okay I get that but I was referring to the fact that you were saying that you get 61k a sec which is a little confusing for anyone who doesn't know that you're on wireless. It's like a digiweb customer bitching in a "bad utv pings" thread because they're getting pings in the 1000s

Mutant_Fruit

Roller Toaster: I know what you mean, but when i saw this i just had to add my comment

And when you factor in overheads the downstream will never come close to the 64K down.

No matter what connection you are on, you can expect to achieve a max of 61kb/sec downstream. Which is quite close to the theoretical max. Of course, it does depend completely on the ISP, and how much bandiwdth is currently available, so you might not achieve that...

Roller Toaster

Well back on topic...I get around 57k regularly which I'm very happy with. I've never gotten above that though.

Richard Dower

I guess then it depends on the location, server and other factors. I saw 55K down tonite for a patch i downloaded. But...even when i was living really close to the exchange i never saw 60K+ on any downloads on any site.

the_syco

I'm on Eircom.

2.3 Mbit

SoBe

just got my line installed today from a local cable company in longford,tried the utv test thingy and this is what i got

948592 bytes transferred in 7.35 secs

1 Mbit

on a down load i get between 125k and 135k

im happy with it :-D

DMT

Originally posted by ronoc
If your on IOLbb plus you should only get theoretical max 64kB/sec

IE 512kb / 8 = 64kB

That should be 512/8.192 = 62.5kbps

Long story.....

kin9pin

Originally posted by fli
just got my line installed today from a local cable company in longford,tried the utv test thingy and this is what i got

948592 bytes transferred in 7.35 secs

1 Mbit

on a down load i get between 125k and 135k

im happy with it :-D

why are you posting on this thread?

SoBe

well the thread is called speed this morining isnt it?it didnt specify a provider now did it?