How bad is IBB Today!!

arcane99

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 70 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB)
Download Speed is:: 9 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Wed Dec 7 12:12:43 UTC 2005
Bottom Line:: 1X faster than 56K 1MB download in 113.78 sec
Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 48.28 % of your hosts average (118.145)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-Z81W329GA

spooky donkey

Well I just got kicked of a game server for hi ping I did some trace routes and it seems that the D15 - D24 link is gone bad again.

Tracing route to www.boards.ie [82.195.136.250]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 10 ms 9 ms 10 ms 83.141.64.65
2 14 ms 9 ms 20 ms DN40-fe-0-0-0-11-ballycoolin.irishbroadband.ie [
87.192.233.125]
3 205 ms 226 ms 212 ms DN03-fe-1-3-1-30-tallaght.irishbroadband.ie [62.
231.32.145]
4 245 ms 190 ms 199 ms DN42-as1-0-ibis-access.irishbroadband.ie [62.231
.52.134]
5 233 ms 224 ms 218 ms DN42-ge-0-2-0-50-ibis-gw.irishbroadband.ie [62.2
31.52.157]
6 231 ms 228 ms 250 ms suez-inex.hosting365.ie [193.242.111.23]
7 226 ms 246 ms * corerouter1.hosting365.ie [82.195.128.7]
8 216 ms 247 ms 247 ms boards.ie [82.195.136.250]

Trace complete.

Ping statistics for 82.195.136.250:
Packets: Sent = 50, Received = 49, Lost = 1 (2% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 154ms, Maximum = 249ms, Average = 218ms

BigMoose

Not that this really helps you guys at all, but it seems their DN03 hop in Tallaght is f*cked. From here it's grand:

Tracing route to boards.ie [82.195.136.250]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 8 ms 1 ms 1 ms 192.168.1.1
2 7 ms 19 ms 9 ms DN08-fe-0-0-1-160-belmont.irishbroadband.ie [62.
231.40.161]
3 7 ms 8 ms 9 ms DN38-fe-0-0-1-11-enterprise.irishbroadband.ie [8
7.192.233.85]
4 8 ms 10 ms 8 ms DN01-fe-1-3-0-11-rte.irishbroadband.ie [87.192.2
33.93]
5 8 ms 10 ms 9 ms DN05-as1-0-esb.irishbroadband.ie [83.141.117.21]

6 9 ms 11 ms 8 ms DN04-as1-0-guinness.irishbroadband.ie [83.141.11
7.1]
7 7 ms 7 ms 11 ms DN42-as0-0-ibis-access.irishbroadband.ie [62.231
.52.153]
8 * 10 ms 8 ms DN42-ge-0-2-0-50-ibis-gw.irishbroadband.ie [62.2
31.52.157]
9 10 ms 17 ms 21 ms panama-inex.hosting365.ie [193.242.111.87]
10 9 ms 10 ms 9 ms corerouter1.hosting365.ie [82.195.128.7]
11 11 ms 11 ms 12 ms boards.ie [82.195.136.250]

Trace complete.

joolsveer

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 110 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 97 kB)
Download Speed is:: 13 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Wed Dec 7 13:40:46 UTC 2005
Bottom Line:: 2X faster than 56K 1MB download in 78.77 sec
Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 22.54 % of your hosts average (50.103)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-5TSXI4DO6

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 155 Kbps about 0.2 Mbps (tested with 97 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 19 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server1)
Test Time:: Wed Dec 7 13:43:18 UTC 2005
Bottom Line:: 3X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 53.89 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 43.52 % faster than the average for host (50.103)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-JR8MFXKBS


I'm in Clonsilla and the above has been the average performance this morning.

optiplexgx270

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 1246 Kbps about 1.2 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Download Speed is:: 152 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Thu Dec 8 20:44:41 UTC 2005
Bottom Line:: 22X faster than 56K 1MB download in 6.74 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 69.52 % faster than the average for host (80.102)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-G9BVNFR02

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 961 Kbps about 1 Mbps (tested with 2992 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 117 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server1)
Test Time:: Thu Dec 8 20:46:09 UTC 2005
Bottom Line:: 17X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 8.75 sec
Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 100 % of your hosts average (80.102)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-90RMLUWAQ

Im getting faster than these really irishisptestcom rates 1.97 down/2.30up which is what i get off 70% of servers

Steffano2002

Here's what my "business" 3Mb/3Mb connection can do at 1:50 A.M. (useless...):

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 986 Kbps about 1 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB)
Download Speed is:: 120 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Fri Dec 09 2005 01:49:39 GMT+0000 (GMT Standard Time)
Bottom Line:: 18X faster than 56K 1MB download in 8.53 sec
Diagnosis: Looks Great : 11.92 % faster than the average for host (66.12)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-U8RSYQD3F

:::.. Upload Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 437 Kbps about 0.4 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB)
Upload Speed is:: 53 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Fri Dec 09 2005 01:50:39 GMT+0000 (GMT Standard Time)
Bottom Line:: 8X faster than 56K 1MB upload in 19.32 sec
Diagnosis: 90% + Okay : running at 100 % of your hosts average (66.12)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-X5YK463ML

BigMoose

Not sure why poeple use the testmy.net. It's hosted in the states and seems to give really bad results (assume it's over used?). Just ran it followed by irishisptest and got:

Connection is:: 885 Kbps about 0.9 Mbps (tested with 1013 kB)
Download Speed is:: 108 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)

And 5.69Mb/s on irishisptest.

ADSL Guide always gives better results than irishisptest for me when running from home over my IBB connection but I cant run it from work as the proxy seems to stuff things up.

arcane99

BigMoose wrote:

Not sure why poeple use the testmy.net. It's hosted in the states and seems to give really bad results (assume it's over used?). Just ran it followed by irishisptest and got:

Most people will run www.testmy.net as well as running www.irishisptest.com to verify each others results. There does be only a few kbps in the difference Better than the difference between advertised 1mb and 100 kbps results and with testmy you are able to keep track with your tests over the months for when you go to comreg. It is also easier to copy and paste instead of capturing the image file.

Still, people wouldnt be using these things if they didnt think they had a problem.

Dummy

Arcane - I spoke to Comreg during the week about IBB who told me that there was effectively nothing they can do. It appears that the broadband industry here in Ireland is not regulated.

They advised me to contact the Office of Consumer Affairs which I have done and who have been very helpful.

If people have accounts as private consumers as opposed to a business, contact the Office of Consumer Affairs.

Drapper

arcane99 wrote:

BigMoose wrote:

Not sure why poeple use the testmy.net. It's hosted in the states and seems to give really bad results (assume it's over used?). Just ran it followed by irishisptest and got:

Most people will run www.testmy.net as well as running www.irishisptest.com to verify each others results. There does be only a few kbps in the difference Better than the difference between advertised 1mb and 100 kbps results and with testmy you are able to keep track with your tests over the months for when you go to comreg. It is also easier to copy and paste instead of capturing the image file.

Still, people wouldnt be using these things if they didnt think they had a problem.

speeds still look sh1t no matter what you use! the lads are trying to get this point across !

1mb on 3mb line is crap! dire and waste of ping time and bandwidth, no matter what ISP you use

BigMoose

Drapper wrote:

speeds still look sh1t no matter what you use!

No they dont! And that's my whole point. 885kbs looks nothing like 5.9Mb/s which is what I got with the two! On my IBB connection I get near the full connection speed on ADSL guide but less than half of it in testmy.net so the speeds do not look sh*t not matter what you use...

I'm not denying IBB have their issues - and I have been hit by them myself off and on. But you cannot expect the company to take complaints seriously when in fact you are (in my case) getting near your full speed when this tool claims you are not.

arcane99

F**k Me.

Speed of Saturday Morning @ 1.68 Mb on a 1 Mb line.

Bloody hell never seen that speed before. Still I never seen a 1mb speed before on IBB.

For the past month, its been 70-100kb/s

Drapper

arcane99 wrote:

F**k Me.

Speed of Saturday Morning @ 1.68 Mb on a 1 Mb line.

Bloody hell never seen that speed before. Still I never seen a 1mb speed before on IBB.

For the past month, its been 70-100kb/s

well SMART, NLT and Eircom are upgrading ! so they might be testing faster speeds!!!

jesus_thats_gre

Drapper wrote:

speeds still look sh1t no matter what you use! the lads are trying to get this point across !

1mb on 3mb line is crap! dire and waste of ping time and bandwidth, no matter what ISP you use

Seriously dude, you are a little excitable and with some of the extreme statements made on this forum, its little wonder that IBB have dismissed complaints posted here as crazy..

There is no doubting that IBB have a a huge number of problems however.

Drapper

jesus_thats_gre wrote:

Seriously dude, you are a little excitable and with some of the extreme statements made on this forum, its little wonder that IBB have dismissed complaints posted here as crazy..

There is no doubting that IBB have a a huge number of problems however.

but they are still sh1te, there is not doubt, 90% of Boardsters are not FREAKS

jesus_thats_gre

90% is a made up figure. In general, satisfied customers do not post up about their experiences. Thus, all you hear is negative reports of IBB's service. Now, the fact that when compared to the number of complaints about other ISPs, there is no doubting problems do exist.

Regardless of how valid your claims are, no one in IBB or even the press are going to pay much attention to outlandish and dismissive statements along the lines of:

"but they are still sh1te, there is not doubt, 90% of Boardsters are not FREAKS"

"speeds still look sh1t no matter what you use! the lads are trying to get this point across !

1mb on 3mb line is crap! dire and waste of ping time and bandwidth, no matter what ISP you use"

Drapper

jesus_thats_gre wrote:

"but they are still sh1te, there is not doubt, 90% of Boardsters are not FREAKS"

"speeds still look sh1t no matter what you use! the lads are trying to get this point across !

1mb on 3mb line is crap! dire and waste of ping time and bandwidth, no matter what ISP you use"

so why do you you bother?

ohh yeah to add to the list thier customer service is SH1t too!!

NTL, SMARt and Eircom makes IBB look like a buch of amatuers!

And the press are addressing the rip off nature of BB in Ireland ...... FACT

jesus_thats_gre

Drapper wrote:

so why do you you bother?

ohh yeah to add to the list thier customer service is SH1t too!!

NTL, SMARt and Eircom makes IBB look like a buch of amatuers!

And the press are addressing the rip off nature of BB in Ireland ...... FACT

I would advances advances in Broadband penetration in this country to more than the press - Ireland Offline for one...

Anyway, you just keep doing what you are doing, its obviously working for you...

Drapper

I'm with NTL mate, IBB did not work out for me after 14 months of Dial up speeds!

I wanna warn people of what they face.......... they are other better options !

Nephew

i never had a bad word to say about ibb for the first 3 months, but since they upgraded the lines the quality of my connection has steadily declined. on a supposed 2mb connection i get speeds that are not worthy of a 512k connection. not forgetting at least one outage a week, anything from 3 hours to a day. i'm pretty sure we had to sign a 12 month contract with ibb, whats the deal with canceling before the year is up? the reason being that their service isn't what they claim it to be.

my connection is so **** that it took me 15 minutes to post the above

Drapper

Nephew wrote:

i never had a bad word to say about ibb for the first 3 months, but since they upgraded the lines the quality of my connection has steadily declined. on a supposed 2mb connection i get speeds that are not worthy of a 512k connection. not forgetting at least one outage a week, anything from 3 hours to a day. i'm pretty sure we had to sign a 12 month contract with ibb, whats the deal with canceling before the year is up? the reason being that their service isn't what they claim it to be.

my connection is so **** that it took me 15 minutes to post the above

jesus_thats_great...............

cutepape

HAve Ripwave.. and ever since the outage last week, read the email on the boards.. since I never got it, the service has been pure sh**e.
Had to wait for 60min before I got through on their phone number..

"we are working on it.. you just have to wait"
Oh well.. then its OK!!! *FFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

Def. going to switch to another provider..

jesus_thats_gre

Drapper wrote:

jesus_thats_great...............

ping www.jolt.co.uk

Pinging www.jolt.co.uk [82.133.85.65] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=53
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=53
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=53
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=53

Ping statistics for 82.133.85.65:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 15ms, Maximum = 18ms, Average = 16ms




ping www.boards.ie

Pinging www.boards.ie [82.195.136.250] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 82.195.136.250: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=57
Reply from 82.195.136.250: bytes=32 time=6ms TTL=57
Reply from 82.195.136.250: bytes=32 time=6ms TTL=57
Reply from 82.195.136.250: bytes=32 time=6ms TTL=57

Ping statistics for 82.195.136.250:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 6ms, Maximum = 9ms, Average = 6ms


And I am off Three Rock... Drapper

So am I jesus and my speeds are as solid as yours. Cant complain.

Drapper

jesus_thats_gre wrote:

ping www.jolt.co.uk

Pinging www.jolt.co.uk [82.133.85.65] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=18ms TTL=53
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=17ms TTL=53
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=53
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=15ms TTL=53

Ping statistics for 82.133.85.65:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 15ms, Maximum = 18ms, Average = 16ms




ping www.boards.ie

Pinging www.boards.ie [82.195.136.250] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 82.195.136.250: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=57
Reply from 82.195.136.250: bytes=32 time=6ms TTL=57
Reply from 82.195.136.250: bytes=32 time=6ms TTL=57
Reply from 82.195.136.250: bytes=32 time=6ms TTL=57

Ping statistics for 82.195.136.250:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 6ms, Maximum = 9ms, Average = 6ms


And I am off Three Rock... Drapper

but most peolpe are treated like your avatar by IBB!

BTW I was wondering who was getting the good connection this weekend of third rock !

Mutant_Fruit

My connection is grand again. Still, i'll be jumping ship soonish i think. I can't be bothered with an unreliable connection. Its not the hassle and pain i go through every time it fúcks up for a few months. I'm gone back down to a mere 2-3% packetloss, which is MUCH better than before.

Bring on Smart or NTL. They seem much more reliable than any wireless provider.

optiplexgx270

Direction
Actual Speed
True Speed (estimated)

Downstream 1894 Kbps (236.8 KB/sec) 2045 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 2166 Kbps (270.8 KB/sec) 2339 Kbps (inc. overheads)

3rock also always solid these days.

arcane99

arcane99 wrote:

F**k Me.

Speed of Saturday Morning @ 1.68 Mb on a 1 Mb line.

Bloody hell never seen that speed before. Still I never seen a 1mb speed before on IBB.

For the past month, its been 70-100kb/s

Sorry I spoke to soon.
Sunday afternoon

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 94 Kbps about 0.1 Mbps (tested with 579 kB)
Download Speed is:: 12 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Sun Dec 11 17:26:52 UTC 2005
Bottom Line:: 2X faster than 56K 1MB download in 85.33 sec
Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 54.34 % of your hosts average (118.145)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-1GARCQE5T

MrJoeSoap

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 31 Kbps about 0 Mbps (tested with 97 kB)
Download Speed is:: 4 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Sun Dec 11 2005 17:40:01 GMT+0000 (GMT Standard Time)
Bottom Line:: 1X faster than 56K 1MB download in 256 sec
Diagnosis: Awesome! 20% + : 55 % faster than the average for host (12.57)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-C4E3Q0DXZ

arcane99

:::.. Download Stats ..:::
Connection is:: 41 Kbps about 0 Mbps (tested with 579 kB)
Download Speed is:: 5 kB/s
Tested From:: http://testmy.net/ (server2)
Test Time:: Sun Dec 11 20:03:03 UTC 2005
Bottom Line:: 1X faster than 56K 1MB download in 204.8 sec
Diagnosis: May need help : running at only 23.84 % of your hosts average (118.145)
Validation Link:: http://testmy.net/stats/id-IQBJPV48G

ecodub

cutepape wrote:

HAve Ripwave.. and ever since the outage last week, read the email on the boards.. since I never got it, the service has been pure sh**e.
Had to wait for 60min before I got through on their phone number..

"we are working on it.. you just have to wait"
Oh well.. then its OK!!! *FFS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!*

Def. going to switch to another provider..

I have the same problem with RIPWAVE it was good but never great. Now for the last 2 and a half weeks it is really SLOW. Irish Broadband advertises it as 512k download, I am lucky to get 20k at the moment. It is so bad I won't use it for credit card purchases as the as the connection can time out during processing. I emailed IBB support for 10 days never got a responce, I finally got through to support on the phone last week and like above they said "we are experiencing problems in that area and we are working on it"

If others out there are thinking of getting BB - I wouldn't recommend 'Ripwave'

See attachment - Graph of recent Speed test result