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Chorus surprise...

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  • 20-01-2008 3:27am
    #1
    mjsmyth
    Registered Users Posts: 1,108 ✭✭✭


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    Could that possibly be right??? i am only on the 3Mb package....

    I ran the test again on Irish ISP tests and this is what I got:
    Download Speed Upload Speed
    11012 kbps (1345 KB/s) 308 kbps (38 KB/s)

    Maybe I had one too many red bulls, but that does seem exceedingly fast... I wonder will it last.....

    MJ


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    AlmightyCushion
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    Try downloading something from heanet or rapidshare.


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    #3
    mjsmyth
    Registered Users Posts: 1,108 ✭✭✭mjsmyth


    Just downloaded 2 videos from stage6 totaling 163mb.... they flew down, less than a minute... I wasn't timing, but seriously they were damn fast!

    mj


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    #4
    mjsmyth
    Registered Users Posts: 1,108 ✭✭✭mjsmyth


    Downloaded 50mb iso of damn small Linux from ftp.heanet.ie in 26 seconds.....

    MJ


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    christophicus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,969 ✭✭✭christophicus


    Lucky bastard. How many times have you run speedtest.net?? Where abouts are you based?


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    AlmightyCushion
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    mjsmyth wrote: »
    Downloaded 50mb iso of damn small Linux from ftp.heanet.ie in 26 seconds.....

    MJ

    That's around a speed of 2MBps. Not bad. :)


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    mjsmyth
    Registered Users Posts: 1,108 ✭✭✭mjsmyth


    run both speeedtest.net and irish isp test twice...

    emmm..... just ran it again, you won't believe this but...........
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    I'm in Naas by the way. anyhow, time for bed. Hopefully it will still be like this in the morning. 18Mb broadband... I could get used to that!

    mj


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    AlmightyCushion
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    Leave a few downloads going over night. At speeds like that you'd be daft not to.


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    christophicus
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    lol Nice man, Hope it stays that way for you !!!


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    challengemaster
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    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    Leave a few downloads going over night. At speeds like that you'd be daft not to.

    overnight? with speeds like that, he wont even be in bed!!

    (I hate you!!!) :D nice one though.


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    RoyalMarine
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    id fill a terabyte drive if i were you.


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    AlmightyCushion
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    RoyalMarineComm wrote: »
    id fill a terabyte drive if i were you.

    It would take a long time to fill a terabyte drive at those speeds.


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    Orion
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    With BT on 3Mb service - accurate enough which makes me hate the OP!


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    mjsmyth
    Registered Users Posts: 1,108 ✭✭✭mjsmyth


    Morning all, jaysus I am tired...... redbull is still flowing through my veins!

    I just checked on speedtest.net..... things have slowed down a lot. I am on 6Mb now.

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    To be honest, I don't know what is going on, somebody somewhere is messing around. I don't mind though, I can live with it!

    As for downloading stuff last night.... Well I couldn't find anything massive I wanted to download, so I did not abuse the hell out of it :)

    mj


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    godskitchen
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    They could have been testing the network for future upgrades, NTL in the UK, now Vigin, did this all the time and was always an indication of a upgrade coming very soon. They are now on 20Mb and soon to be 50 so I hear.

    I assume Chorus/Ntl's network is the same here as in the UK,(FTTC) so its only a matter of time before they catch up.


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    #16
    mjsmyth
    Registered Users Posts: 1,108 ✭✭✭mjsmyth


    All back to normal now.....

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    Ah well, it was good whilst it lasted!

    mj


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    DingDong
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    My result looked alot nicer a couple of months ago although it was just a glitch on speedtest :D


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    mjsmyth
    Registered Users Posts: 1,108 ✭✭✭mjsmyth


    Hehe, that would be nice!! Fortunately mine was no glitch! As I posted above, 50mb download in 26 seconds!

    mj


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    RoyalMarine
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    AlmightyCushion wrote: »
    It would take a long time to fill a terabyte drive at those speeds.

    not really that long..... :p


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    Praetorian
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    Well it's really good to know your connection is nice and future proofed. Could be a few years before they actually give you the maxspeed though.


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    #21
    crawler
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    EuroDOCSIS 2.0 will do a lot more than that @ 40Mbps or so.... DOCSIS 3.0 (2009/10) will do over 100Mbps with channel bonding.

    Speeds on cable will be faster than Xdsl long term but Cable will be contended whereas DSL need not be


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