Download speeds

regedit

Sorry for starting a new threats but I will be very brief on this one.
I am on BB Plus and supposedly should have DL of 2 MB. The max DL speed I manage to get is 110 kB/s. I am not so much concerned about the UL but thought that the DL should be slightly better!

ebooborg

u cant tell ur BITS from your BYTES!


theres 8 BITS in a 1 BYTE

zuma

That download looks like a 1Mb connection....who is your ISP???

zuma

ebooborg wrote:

u cant tell ur BITS from your BYTES!

110 kB/s = 2mBit !!!

theres 8 BITS in a 1 BYTE

The problem really is...CAN YOU???

110KB/s ~ 1Mbit !!!

SickBoy

ebooborg wrote:

u cant tell ur BITS from your BYTES!

110 kB/s = 2mBit !!!

theres 8 BITS in a 1 BYTE

That doesn't add up either
Maybe the OP meant he should be getting double the 110k downloads which would be more realistic for a 2mb product...

regedit

zuma wrote:

That download looks like a 1Mb connection....who is your ISP???

(Esat) BT.

regedit

SickBoy wrote:

That doesn't add up either
Maybe the OP meant he should be getting double the 110k downloads which would be more realistic for a 2mb product...

I was hoping for at least 150-180 kB/s as I know the copper isn't fine.
I did not pay attention to it untill now but for the past few days, I have been testing downloads from various sources, different times of the day and under the best conditions (DL at 02 AM) I get around 105-110. I should probably get on to BT although I do not know what they can do (if the problem is the poor connection)!

Blaster99

Get the line speed, SNR, and line attenuation from the modem or router and post them here, please.

regedit

Blaster99 wrote:

Get the line speed, SNR, and line attenuation from the modem or router and post them here, please.

Blaster, I am not ashamed to say that I do not know how that is done.
I have a Zyxel Prestige 623-T1 router so if someone can tell me how this is done, I will post the results stat.

Tech Pete

Thats a 1Mbit line my man.
Call them and get it upgraded to 2!

Blaster99

I presume you know how to access the router's web interface? If so, try to find a status page or similar. Look for SNR, attentuation, and line speed. I'm not familiar with that router so I don't know the specifics.

You're either getting 1Mbps because Eircom or BT configured your service wrong (SNR & attenuation are good), or you're getting 1Mbps because that's the highest speed the ADSL modem can synch at (SNR & attenuation are bad). If the line speed is exactly 1024kbps, it would also be an indication that the line is configured wrong.

slave1

I do not know how that is done.

Type 192.168.1.254. in the address bar of your internet browser
Enter your username and password.
By default the username is admin, and the password is 1234.
Click the Ok button to log in to your router.
Ignore any reference to change the password
Under the maintenance section, click on system status
This is where I'm guessing because I don't have this router
There should be a Show Statictics button at the bottom of the system status section. Click this and you should have your connection setup
eg mine on BB+ is

WAN Port Statistics:
Link Status: Up
Upstream Speed: 128 kbps
Downstream Speed: 2048 kbps

Most folk on this thread reckon yours will read
WAN Port Statistics:
Link Status: Up
Upstream Speed: 128 kbps
Downstream Speed: 1024 kbps

Let us know...

exiztone

Sounds like they sold you the 1mbit package. They did that to me too (I wanted the 2mbit one). They forced us to upgrade instead of handling the mistake themselves. If you're getting your broadband cheaper for the first few months, when you get upgraded to 2mbit make sure that they stick with that payment plan.

regedit

All of ye were right lads.
Please see the attched pic.
I am so sorry I make the switchover from UTV to BT (the BT plus package). I went "live" on 15.05.2005. As yet, have not received a bill. I contacted Bill Murphy who "dealt" with them. Eventualy, in November, I received a printout of my "bill" which stated I owed them for the period May-November 570 Eu. Was on to the CS and tried to pay by installments or even to get them to lower the bill (due to their incompetence). Was told that I had set up a direct debit and that was not possible. In December, they took the money from my account just to put it back again the following day.
Now this thing with the speed. I signed up for a 2MB service but failed to notice (got suspicious 2day) that they were only providing the entry level product.
I will get on to them first thing in the morning.
Could anyone suggest or recommend what I do regarding my rights.
The help here was appreciated. Thanks

kaizersoze

That only a 1mb connection alright.
Ring them and tell them to upgrade you to 2mb ASAP.
If they're charging you for 2mb from the start tell them to deduct €10 for each month your connected.
There is no line attenuation ar SNR data so I can't tell if it's poor line quality or BT has the wrong speed setup on your line.
This is a regular occurrance when switching from 1mb UTV to 2mb BT. Eircom seem to make the change over but leave the speed the same.

regedit

I hope this helps

Downstreatm noise margin:
relative capacity occupation: 14%
noise margin downstream: 38.5 db
output power upstream: 0.5 dbm
attenuation downstream: 41.0 db
carrier load: number of bits per symbol(tone)
tone 0- 31: 00 00 00 00 00 22 23 33 44 44 44 32 02 22 22 00
tone 32- 63: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 23 33 22 20 00 03 34
tone 64- 95: 04 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44
tone 96-127: 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 22
tone 128-159: 20 00 00 02 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22
tone 160-191: 22 22 22 20 22 22 20 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
tone 192-223: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
tone 224-255: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

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Upstream noise margin:
relative capacity occupation: 18%
noise margin upstream: 26.0 db
output power downstream: 17.0 dbm
attenuation upstream: 25.0 db
carrier load: number of bits per symbol(tone)
tone 0- 31: 00 00 00 00 00 22 23 33 44 44 44 32 02 22 22 00
tone 32- 63: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 02 23 33 22 20 00 03 34
tone 64- 95: 04 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44 44
tone 96-127: 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 33 22
tone 128-159: 20 00 00 02 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22
tone 160-191: 22 22 22 20 22 22 20 20 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
tone 192-223: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
tone 224-255: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00

regedit

Also, I carried out a line speed test from a website:http://www.speed.xpri.com/adsl/ . I hope the results (Attached) or off some help.

leeroybrown

The important values:

noise margin downstream: 38.5 db
attenuation downstream: 41.0 db

noise margin upstream: 26.0 db
attenuation upstream: 25.0 db

I'm on a a 2Mbit service and am getting the following (down/up):

Attenuation 38 db 11.5 db
Noise Margin 17 db 25 db

My upstream attenuation is significantly better than yours and your downstream noise margin is much better than mine. I remember looking at the kinds of figures required over a year ago but they are well gone from my memory now. Your noise margins will definitely be good enough but those attenuations might be borderline.

kaizersoze

As leeroybrown said your downstream line attenuation looks a little high but your SNR is excellent. Your line "should" handle 2mb but you may have problems at the end of the month when the 2mb goes to 3mb.
Am I right in thinking you're a little over 3km from the exchange?
Check the internal phone wiring in your house and try plugging the modem into the main phone socket (if it's not already) rather than an extension socket.
Also unplug all other devices (fax, digi cordless phone, skybox etc.) from your phoneline to see if the figures improve.

regedit

kaizersoze wrote:

As leeroybrown said your downstream line attenuation looks a little high but your SNR is excellent. Your line "should" handle 2mb but you may have problems at the end of the month when the 2mb goes to 3mb.
Am I right in thinking you're a little over 3km from the exchange?
Check the internal phone wiring in your house and try plugging the modem into the main phone socket (if it's not already) rather than an extension socket.
Also unplug all other devices (fax, digi cordless phone, skybox etc.) from your phoneline to see if the figures improve.

Almost imposible to have "wired" router the way you suggest. If I knew a wireless router one would do the job better, I would go for one.

To be honest, I do not know how far away I am from the Blanch exchange but I am almost sure it is beyond the 3 km.

Blaster99

I think those numbers are ok, and the fact that it "magically" syncs at 1024/128 is a little suspicious. I would demand BT to verify the configuration in the exchange with eircom.

He's only asking you to make those changes temporarily to get a different reading. But I would start beating up on BT's support first.

Blaster99

By the way, a semi-related question. I'm quite far from the exchange, at least by Eircom's definition of far, and my router sometimes syncs below 2048kbps. I have an oldish Netgear ADSL router. Are there any modems or routers that are known to be better than others when it comes to dealing with poor-ish lines?

regedit

Just gopt upgraded a few days to BT plus (check my original post) and these are the statistics from my router.
Would anyone comment on them.
Thanks

DSL Upsream Noise margin: 11.01.2006 (before the upgrade)
relative capacity occupation: 40%
noise margin upstream: 13.0 db
output power downstream: 17.5 dbm
attenuation upstream: 25.5 db

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DSL Downstream Noise Margin: 11.01.2006
relative capacity occupation: 97%
noise margin downstream: 38.5 db
output power upstream: 1.5 dbm
attenuation downstream: 39.0 db

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Downstream Noise margin, 18.01.2005
relative capacity occupation: 26%
noise margin downstream: 32.0 db
output power upstream: 0.0 dbm
attenuation downstream: 40.5 db

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Upstream noise margin , 18.01.2006
relative capacity occupation: 18%
noise margin upstream: 26.0 db
output power downstream: 18.0 dbm
attenuation upstream: 25.0 db

aido_2006

Heres a good site for speed tests...

http://www.auditmypc.com/internet-speed-test.asp

hellboy99

can anyone tell me if this is good ?

actualBitrateFarInt= 128 kbit/s
actualBitrateFarFast= 0 kbit/s
actualBitrateNearInt= 2048 kbit/s
actualBitrateNearFast= 0 kbit/s
relCapacityOccupationUpstr= 21 %
relCapacityOccupationDnstr= 33 %
noiseMarginUpstr= 24.0 dB
noiseMarginDnstr= 11.5 dB
outputPowerDnstr= 7.0 dBm
outputPowerUpstr= 0.5 dBm
attenuationUpstr= 31.0 dB
attenuationDnstr= 50.0 dB