Slow Broadband in Galway?

galah

Just checking - is your NTL broadband connection very, very slow as well?

It's absolutely impossible to use at the moment, pages take up to 5 minutes to load (or terminate with a "page not found" error). Rang NTL, they said there's no problem in Galway, but I know that 3 people in my area have exactly the same problem...

Anyone any info on this?

(NTL told me yesterday arvo that someone from the broadband team will ring me back within 12 - 24 hours - but I would have to be at home...yeah, right, so I'll take a day off to wait for someone to tell me to restart my computer, right? FFS...)

forbairt

Hmmm might be better to post this in the Tech->Nets and Comms->Broadband

Hmmm my broadband has been rather sluggish the last while ... the last 3 - 4 months have pretty much been a disaster ... I'd move from NTL but I'm lazy ... and I really don't want a phone line

Pinging google.com [64.233.187.99] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 64.233.187.99: bytes=32 time=142ms TTL=241
Request timed out.
Reply from 64.233.187.99: bytes=32 time=133ms TTL=241
Reply from 64.233.187.99: bytes=32 time=139ms TTL=242

Ping statistics for 64.233.187.99:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 3, Lost = 1 (25% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 133ms, Maximum = 142ms, Average = 138ms

and the same a minute later ... EEK ....

Pinging google.com [64.233.187.99] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 64.233.187.99: bytes=32 time=482ms TTL=241
Reply from 64.233.187.99: bytes=32 time=1035ms TTL=241
Reply from 64.233.187.99: bytes=32 time=968ms TTL=242
Reply from 64.233.187.99: bytes=32 time=564ms TTL=241

Ping statistics for 64.233.187.99:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 482ms, Maximum = 1035ms, Average = 762ms


I think the rain might have broken broadband

tman

It was totally unusable yesterday, I saved the below and was gonna post it here but couldn't even get onto boards to do so...
ping google.ie -n 20

Pinging google.ie [66.249.93.104] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 66.249.93.104: bytes=32 time=82ms TTL=242
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 66.249.93.104: bytes=32 time=65ms TTL=242
Reply from 66.249.93.104: bytes=32 time=78ms TTL=242
Reply from 66.249.93.104: bytes=32 time=57ms TTL=242
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 66.249.93.104: bytes=32 time=57ms TTL=242
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Reply from 66.249.93.104: bytes=32 time=57ms TTL=242
Reply from 66.249.93.104: bytes=32 time=57ms TTL=242
Reply from 66.249.93.104: bytes=32 time=58ms TTL=242
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 66.249.93.104:
Packets: Sent = 20, Received = 8, Lost = 12 (60% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 57ms, Maximum = 82ms, Average = 63ms

0% packet loss today, seems to be back to normal...

cornbb

Had the same problem with NTL but it seemed to be ok again last night (touch wood...)

I was just about to post a topic about NTL.

My god, they have been pissing me off so unbelievably much. Our internet connection has been gone all weekend (since thursday possibly.. not too sure) and is only just after coming back. But apparently this is affecting a lot of people.

And it gets worse, they charged us a lot of money when we shouldn't have been paying anything whatsoever. Which also seems to have happened to a lot of people.

How are they getting away with it? I think they need to be named and shamed.

hairyfairy00

Same problem, i'm getting so fed up with NTL, i have phoned to complain and they just don't seem to care. Also you can't call the "free phone number" anymore from a mobile, i had to call a dublin number from my mobile and was on hold for 10 mins before i hung up, when i went to a pay phone to call the 1800 no. a guy on the phone told me that they were having "technical problems" and asked me to call back :mad: .

galwaygirleen

my gawd its so slow tonite gettin very p***t here people, usually i have me msn and yahoo on the go all the time while im browsing the net but tonite it aint happeining at all...... arghhh

biko

My speed with eircom

Mine, apparently.

forbairt

Mine at the moment .....

cornbb

Mine.



Cool site, btw!

Anima

I like

po0k

So everyone's trying out Joost I take it?

wet-paint

****, mine's been off all bloody day, but when I need it most, it's back on! And I'm NTL too. Two hours of wikipedia should pass me an exam tomorry.

forbairt

SyxPak wrote:

So everyone's trying out Joost I take it?

Tried ... got bored with ... maybe I just didn't play with it enough but that was a month or so ago so maybe its changed since ?

NTL is down again so I'm in Quench internet cafe as i have to get work done. It's ridiculous that it keeps happening!

left_behind

over the east side of the city theres no probs with the ntl.
friends in salthill having lots of problems but was better today

Steyr

Same prob with Eircom yesterday and today.

hairyfairy00

My broadband went completly about 12 lastnight and then my digital + teristeral channels went on and off all night....yes i did pay my bill but now i wish i didn't.

Mencius

Haven't had much problems in the last two weeks, just an occasional 10 minute downtime.

No point ringing NTL, they said a technician would call me back within 24 hours its now been nearly 3 weeks.

Tomcat1

Hi Guys

Anyone having a problem with Eircom Broadband, mine has been down since Sunday I reported it but its still down.I live in the City.