[Eircom & Resellers..BT, UTV etc] ADSL Speed upgrade to 8MB discussion...ongoing

Griffin87

same here im on the rush exchange. and my ping is terrible since about friday i used to get 40ms to uk servers now its 100-120. but i have had no speed increase. im on the 2mb package

johnnyboy4711

when i started 1 had 2mb DL(paid for 3mb)
2 weeks ago
had 3mb for a day inbetween
now have 4mb!
very confused!
john
I just hope that that is not the extent of the speed increase ie 3mb to 4mb!!!

babaloushka

No upgrade in Lifford yet either - also on the list for last weekend. I'm on a 2mb package with UTV and I'm consistently getting much less than 1/2 mb for the last few days Pages are taking ages to load and I don't even bother with Utube, as it sputters and stammers far too much for comfort.

Baneblade

alastair wrote: »

Anyone know what the status of the Summerhill exchange is?
No sign of an upgrade here, despite the scheduled weekend switchover.

im on summerhill and got the upgrade

Bubonic

I keep asking but can anyone on the Clontarf exchange confirm an upgrade?

Psygnosis

Griffin87 wrote: »

same here im on the rush exchange. and my ping is terrible since about friday i used to get 40ms to uk servers now its 100-120. but i have had no speed increase. im on the 2mb package

Im on the rush exchange and got upgraded here are my stats ping irish and uk servers

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]
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C:\Users\Mick>ping www.boards.ie -t

Pinging www.boards.ie [89.234.66.107] with 32 bytes of
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=61
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=61
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=61
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=27ms TTL=61
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=61
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=28ms TTL=61

Ping statistics for 89.234.66.107:
Packets: Sent = 6, Received = 6, Lost = 0 (0% loss)
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 25ms, Maximum = 40ms, Average = 29ms
Control-C
^C
C:\Users\Mick>ping www.jolt.co.uk

Pinging www.jolt.co.uk [82.133.85.65] with 32 bytes of
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=165ms TTL=58
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=171ms TTL=58
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=164ms TTL=58
Reply from 82.133.85.65: bytes=32 time=164ms TTL=58

Ping statistics for 82.133.85.65:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss)
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 164ms, Maximum = 171ms, Average = 166ms

C:\Users\Mick>ping www.teamtalk.co.uk

Pinging www.teamtalk.co.uk [194.154.164.100] with 32 by
Reply from 194.154.164.100: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=250
Reply from 194.154.164.100: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=250
Reply from 194.154.164.100: bytes=32 time=102ms TTL=250
Reply from 194.154.164.100: bytes=32 time=88ms TTL=250

Ping statistics for 194.154.164.100:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss)
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 37ms, Maximum = 102ms, Average = 66ms

C:\Users\Mick>ping www.teamtalk.co.uk -t

Pinging www.teamtalk.co.uk [194.154.164.100] with 32 by
Reply from 194.154.164.100: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=250
Reply from 194.154.164.100: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=250
Reply from 194.154.164.100: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=250
Reply from 194.154.164.100: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=250
Reply from 194.154.164.100: bytes=32 time=38ms TTL=250
Reply from 194.154.164.100: bytes=32 time=37ms TTL=250

Ping statistics for 194.154.164.100:

mattman

RE: bad ping times...

I email BT yesterday..they got back this morning!

Said they were looking into the bad ping times.

They asked me for a few trace routes and stuff.

Sounds like its Eircom's fault.

Keep ya posted.

m.

ps: funny though, I can get ping time of about 70ms on wolfenstien enemy territory. but on call of duty 4, its always 100ms or worse! so i take it , its the location of the servers.

pps: used to ping boards 18ms now its 56ms.
ppps: call of duty4 used to be average 65ms..now its 100ms or worse!

Soldie

Little problem here with Eircom; I'm on the Home Professional package and should have been upgraded to the 7.6Mb package but my line is synching at only 5120/512 (kbps) - a router reboot doesn't change this.

My line stats are as follows:


Line State Up
Modulation DMT
Data Path Interleave


Downstream Upstream
Max Allowed Speed (kbps) 5120 512
SN Margin (dB) 4.50 12.00
Line Attenuation (dB) 47.00 29.00
CRC Errors 2 5

Should I be expecting better? Why am I not synching at 7.6Mb/672k?

My ping has also gone to **** (due to interleaving) - has anyone confirmed whether Eircom will lower the interleaving if you ask them? Please note that I don't want to downgrade package, I just want my good ping back!

PogMoThoin

Soldie wrote: »

Little problem here with Eircom; I'm on the Home Professional package and should have been upgraded to the 7.6Mb package but my line is synching at only 5120/512 (kbps) - a router reboot doesn't change this.

My line stats are as follows:


Line State Up
Modulation DMT
Data Path Interleave


Downstream Upstream
Max Allowed Speed (kbps) 5120 512
SN Margin (dB) 4.50 12.00
Line Attenuation (dB) 47.00 29.00
CRC Errors 2 5

Should I be expecting better? Why am I not synching at 7.6Mb/672k?

My ping has also gone to **** (due to interleaving) - has anyone confirmed whether Eircom will lower the interleaving if you ask them? Please note that I don't want to downgrade package, I just want my good ping back!

Put that info in here & you'll see thats all your line is able for

Jonathan

Soldie wrote: »

Little problem here with Eircom; I'm on the Home Professional package and should have been upgraded to the 7.6Mb package but my line is synching at only 5120/512 (kbps) - a router reboot doesn't change this.

My line stats are as follows:


Line State Up
Modulation DMT
Data Path Interleave


Downstream Upstream
Max Allowed Speed (kbps) 5120 512
SN Margin (dB) 4.50 12.00
Line Attenuation (dB) 47.00 29.00
CRC Errors 2 5

Should I be expecting better? Why am I not synching at 7.6Mb/672k?

My ping has also gone to **** (due to interleaving) - has anyone confirmed whether Eircom will lower the interleaving if you ask them? Please note that I don't want to downgrade package, I just want my good ping back!

Cause your stats are ****e.

Soldie

What causes that and is there anything I can do about it?

Jonathan

Soldie wrote: »

What causes that and is there anything I can do about it?

Sell your house and move closer to the exchange unfortunately.

Calebmcd

Think yourself lucky

i still sync @ 3mb

Max Allowed Speed (kbps) 3072 384
SN Margin (dB) 14.00 14.00
Line Attenuation (dB) 48.00 28.00

smellslikeshoes

jmccrohan wrote: »

Sell your house and move closer to the exchange unfortunately.

Yep thats pretty much it.

Fighting Irish

Any news on what date the Carlow exchange is being upgraded?

This thread would rule if the OP or a mod could update the 1st post

Nichololas

Any word on the nutley exchange yet? Sorry if it's been mentioned before, travelling at the moment so I don't get much time to follow developments. IIRC my line was supposed to be upgraded the day I left (30th june, I think) to start travelling, so obviously I'll come back after 2 months and it won't have been done. :pac:

dxhound2005

Fighting Irish

You asked about Carlow a week ago and you know that it is Post September like me in Dundalk. I gave you the reply I got from Eircom about Dundalk (they dont know the date but likely will be sometime this year) and I suggested that you could e mail them for a date for Carlow. Did you do this and what did they say?

mattman

dxhound2005 wrote: »

Fighting Irish

You asked about Carlow a week ago and you know that it is Post September like me in Dundalk. I gave you the reply I got from Eircom about Dundalk (they dont know the date but likely will be sometime this year) and I suggested that you could e mail them for a date for Carlow. Did you do this and what did they say?

they have bagenalstown done! why not carlow town?? I dont know!

ps: im on 5meg now(from 3meg with BT)..my pings are gone from 60ms to 110 ms average...so if u play games...DONT !! get the 2meg package! I think those ping times are good.

jarvis

Bubonic wrote: »

I keep asking but can anyone on the Clontarf exchange confirm an upgrade?

Not many answers on here anymore. Everyone wants to ask questions rather than answer them.
Don't know if Clontarf was upgraded but Artane was and it's not a million miles away but that wouldn't mean anything, sorry.

Jonathan

jarvis wrote: »

Not many answers on here anymore. Everyone wants to ask questions rather than answer them.
Don't know if Clontarf was upgraded but Artane was and it's not a million miles away but that wouldn't mean anything, sorry.

There was nearly a month in the difference between the malahide and portmarnock exchanges being upgraded so that means nothing unfortunately.

Moonbeam

my 2meg is now 3meg on the Balbriggan exchange.

Ronan

On the Portmarnock exchange we went from 3mb to 7.6mb and it was awful, now we have been put back to 3mb (they just did it) and it is still only clocking at 2.1mb and has a ping of 400ms. Angry calls will ensue.

Baneblade

clontarf has been upgraded

Yakuza

Bubonic wrote: »

I keep asking but can anyone on the Clontarf exchange confirm an upgrade?

Yes, see my post here:
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=56881584#post56881584

Jonathan

Ronan wrote: »

On the Portmarnock exchange we went from 3mb to 7.6mb and it was awful, now we have been put back to 3mb (they just did it) and it is still only clocking at 2.1mb and has a ping of 400ms. Angry calls will ensue.

As i said before, are you sure this is not due to the flooding?

Tyrant^

on Naas exchange

Been "upgraded" yesterday from 3mb to something between like 1-7.5 mb !?!?! **** pings... **** for games lots of disconnecting JOY !

I feel Ireland is right next to Kazakhstan on the list technological greatness !

Ronan

jmccrohan wrote: »

As i said before, are you sure this is not due to the flooding?

No, I've been in touch with them and the issue with the flooding was resolved yesterday morning, they say this is a different problem.

maninaskirt

Hi, I got the upgrade on Saturday morning after the Carbury exchange was done but ever since then my connection has been very poor, I'm was on the UTV 2Mb service, I now have 3Mb:



Here are my line stats, they don't look too bad and when I input them to ADSL site to find out what my line is capable of it tells me 8.1Mb, do these stats look good or bad to you? All advice appreciated.

Type Interleave Path
Status SHOWTIME

Downstream Upstream

Data rate(Kbps)
3072Kb 384Kb

Noise Margin
23 12

Output power(dBm)
13 80

Attenuation(dB)
37 18

Anti

This is total bull****. I was on the 3meg BT package, now im in the 4meg package... Huge pings now. Worst thing is, i didnt agree to this at all.

alastair

Baneblade wrote: »

im on summerhill and got the upgrade

Only got the upgrade in Summerhil this lunchtime - connection went down at 9.30 this morning.