More NTL/UPC Speed Upgrades UPTO 20MB..MegaThread

NiSmO

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blobert

Hi Guys, just wondering if anyone in the Dublin 6 area had been upgraded yet.

I'm currently on a 6mb connection has anyone got upgraded to a faster one in this area?

Ravenholm

can anyone on the 20mb package using a wireless router tell me what kind of speeds that they are getting over wireless?

I mentioned earlier in this thread that my Belkin G+ Mimo is only giving me around 6 meg over wireless and 11meg wired.

Is anyone using a Wireless N router and if so are you getting the ull 20meg over wireless?

thanks

smithy1981

Hey, I got the 20mb installed yesterday. The first thing i did when i got in from work was download one of the files recommended in this thread. The speed stayed at 1mb-1.1mb for the entire download which made me think they only gave me the 10mb package. I rang them yesterday evening and was told it takes a few hours to reach top speed, but here i am again today topping at 1.1mb/s. Should i wait a few more days and see or do ye reckon your man on the phone was talking ****e?

cahirhennessy

smithy1981 wrote: »

Hey, I got the 20mb installed yesterday. The first thing i did when i got in from work was download one of the files recommended in this thread. The speed stayed at 1mb-1.1mb for the entire download which made me think they only gave me the 10mb package. I rang them yesterday evening and was told it takes a few hours to reach top speed, but here i am again today topping at 1.1mb/s. Should i wait a few more days and see or do ye reckon your man on the phone was talking ****e?

Probably talking ****e. I'm having problems too with my "20 mb" connection. Lucky to get 6 mb that in the evening. Seems to be a common problem in dublin 1/8. Where are you?

smithy1981

cahirhennessy wrote: »

Probably talking ****e. I'm having problems too with my "20 mb" connection. Lucky to get 6 mb that in the evening. Seems to be a common problem in dublin 1/8. Where are you?

Clonmel, I dont know anyone here that has any problems with the speed. I'll ring them again and see what they say.

Paddy@CIRL

Rang them last night to double check that the engineer would be here today between 13.30 and 17.30, was told that was the case and if there was any hassle to ring them.

Lo' and behold no engineer shows up, rang them and they tried to tell me I cancelled the appointment last Wednesday. Lost the plot, hung up and rang back to get a different operator who had a clue. Was told the appointment was only put in the notes and never put through so they're going to send the engineer Saturday morning instead.

I'm sooooo looking forward to my NTL experience .... :rolleyes:

smithy1981

Ravenholm wrote: »

can anyone on the 20mb package using a wireless router tell me what kind of speeds that they are getting over wireless?

I mentioned earlier in this thread that my Belkin G+ Mimo is only giving me around 6 meg over wireless and 11meg wired.

Is anyone using a Wireless N router and if so are you getting the ull 20meg over wireless?

thanks

That was the problem i had. I was getting 10 meg over wireless but am getting the full 20 wired. Would a better router solve the problem??

Aquos76

smithy1981 wrote: »

That was the problem i had. I was getting 10 meg over wireless but am getting the full 20 wired. Would a better router solve the problem??

It did for me. I changed to a linksys wrt54g router with some third party firmware and noticed a massive difference. Almost full speeds on my wireless connection now.

franman

Aquos76 wrote: »

It did for me. I changed to a linksys wrt54g router with some third party firmware and noticed a massive difference. Almost full speeds on my wireless connection now.

Im having the same problem with my download speed over my wireless. I also tried changing to a linksys wrt54g but this didnt help. What was the third party firmware you used?

DingDong

franman wrote: »

Im having the same problem with my download speed over my wireless. I also tried changing to a linksys wrt54g but this didnt help. What was the third party firmware you used?

http://lifehacker.com/software/router/hack-attack-turn-your-60-router-into-a-600-router-178132.php

blobert

Hi Guys, just wondering if anyone in the Dublin 6 area had been upgraded yet, I see no mention of it on this thread.

Are the 10/20mb connections available in all areas that support NTL broadband or is it being introduced on a phased basis?

I'm currently on a 6mb connection and have not got a letter from them with any mention of upgrades yet...

cahirhennessy

blobert wrote: »

Hi Guys, just wondering if anyone in the Dublin 6 area had been upgraded yet, I see no mention of it on this thread.

Are the 10/20mb connections available in all areas that support NTL broadband or is it being introduced on a phased basis?

I'm currently on a 6mb connection and have not got a letter from them with any mention of upgrades yet...

I think you have to fill ou this form http://www.upc.ie/contact/upgradebroadband/ or phone their support line and they can do it straight away...

emi_nenCe

hmm since this new upgrade ive got awful ping to some uk servers. looks like ntl is having routing issues. could anyone do a tracert to this ips 193.238.84.1, 82.136.56.11 and send it to me or post em here? would appreciate that. just want to make sure theres no problem with my pc before i call ntl


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thanks guys

sandleman1979

1 1 ms 1 ms 2 ms 10.10.10.1
2 23 ms 62 ms 24 ms 10.91.224.1
3 52 ms 53 ms 29 ms 089-101-162081.ntlworld.ie [89.101.162.81]
4 25 ms 68 ms 62 ms ie-dub01a-ra4-xe-0-2-0-0.aorta.net [213.46.165.8
1]
5 45 ms 104 ms 39 ms nl-ams05a-rd1-gige-3-0.aorta.net [213.46.160.97]

6 133 ms 108 ms 177 ms us-nyc01b-rd1-pos-12-0.aorta.net [213.46.160.242
]
7 125 ms 186 ms 125 ms us-nyc01b-ri1-10ge-0-1-0-0.aorta.net [213.46.190
.178]
8 128 ms 126 ms 155 ms xe-8-3-0.edge1.NewYork1.Level3.net [4.78.164.221
]
9 174 ms 155 ms 133 ms sprint-level3-te.newyork1.Level3.net [4.68.111.1
58]
10 205 ms 210 ms 229 ms sl-bb20-lon-4-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.9.165]
11 176 ms 196 ms 259 ms sl-bb23-lon-3-0.sprintlink.net [213.206.129.151]

12 372 ms 209 ms 204 ms 213.206.128.63
13 171 ms 138 ms 216 ms 89.191.196.130
14 146 ms 184 ms 134 ms dustworld-gw.iph.datahop.it [195.72.128.150]
15 144 ms 136 ms 127 ms teamspeak.dustworld.net [193.238.84.1]

sandleman1979

Hope these help.. I'm on ntl by the way... (as you can see form the trace route..)
1 2 ms 1 ms 1 ms 10.10.10.1
2 18 ms 20 ms 53 ms 10.91.224.1
3 14 ms 45 ms 16 ms 089-101-162065.ntlworld.ie [89.101.162.65]
4 45 ms 93 ms 68 ms ie-dub01a-ra3-xe-0-2-0-0.aorta.net [213.46.165.7
3]
5 24 ms 58 ms 33 ms at-vie01a-rd1-pos-5-2.aorta.net [213.46.160.89]

6 137 ms 103 ms 142 ms us-nyc01b-rd1-pos-10-0.aorta.net [213.46.160.154
]
7 147 ms 97 ms 138 ms us-nyc01b-ri1-10ge-0-1-0-0.aorta.net [213.46.190
.178]
8 166 ms 193 ms 133 ms xe-8-3-0.edge1.NewYork1.Level3.net [4.78.164.221
]
9 117 ms 106 ms 123 ms sprint-level3-te.newyork1.Level3.net [4.68.111.1
58]
10 185 ms 238 ms 313 ms sl-bb20-lon-4-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.9.165]
11 212 ms 201 ms 204 ms sl-bb23-lon-3-0.sprintlink.net [213.206.129.151]

12 207 ms 174 ms 187 ms 213.206.128.63
13 226 ms 219 ms 118 ms 89.191.196.130
14 107 ms 172 ms 146 ms ge-2-3-465-br1.thn.as9153.net [82.136.0.17]
15 176 ms 110 ms 165 ms hydrogen.no-servers.net [82.136.56.11]

Kotek Besar

emi_nenCe wrote: »

..could anyone do a tracert to this ips 193.238.84.1, 82.136.56.11 and send it to me or post em here?..

C:\>tracert 193.238.84.1

Tracing route to teamspeak.dustworld.net [193.238.84.1]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 * * * Request timed out.
2 14 ms 16 ms 6 ms 10.92.224.1
3 14 ms 11 ms 8 ms 089-101-162129.ntlworld.ie [89.101.162.129]
4 9 ms 25 ms 13 ms ie-dub01a-ra3-xe-0-2-0-0.aorta.net [213.46.165.7
3]
5 31 ms 22 ms 23 ms at-vie01a-rd1-pos-5-2.aorta.net [213.46.160.89]

6 120 ms 101 ms 101 ms us-nyc01b-rd1-pos-10-0.aorta.net [213.46.160.154
]
7 101 ms 129 ms 100 ms us-nyc01b-ri1-10ge-0-1-0-0.aorta.net [213.46.190
.178]
8 98 ms 106 ms 104 ms xe-8-3-0.edge1.NewYork1.Level3.net [4.78.164.221
]
9 100 ms 98 ms 102 ms sprint-level3-te.newyork1.Level3.net [4.68.111.1
58]
10 167 ms 166 ms 175 ms sl-bb20-lon-4-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.9.165]
11 165 ms 179 ms 166 ms sl-bb23-lon-3-0.sprintlink.net [213.206.129.151]

12 168 ms 167 ms 167 ms 213.206.128.63
13 97 ms 97 ms 98 ms 89.191.196.130
14 102 ms * 100 ms dustworld-gw.iph.datahop.it [195.72.128.150]
15 96 ms 103 ms 99 ms teamspeak.dustworld.net [193.238.84.1]

Trace complete.


C:\>tracert 82.136.56.11

Tracing route to hydrogen.no-servers.net [82.136.56.11]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 * * * Request timed out.
2 6 ms 7 ms 7 ms 10.92.224.1
3 14 ms 17 ms 14 ms 089-101-162161.ntlworld.ie [89.101.162.161]
4 15 ms 15 ms 15 ms ie-dub01a-ra4-xe-0-2-0-0.aorta.net [213.46.165.8
1]
5 33 ms 34 ms 48 ms nl-ams05a-rd1-gige-3-0.aorta.net [213.46.160.97]

6 119 ms 109 ms 108 ms us-nyc01b-rd1-pos-12-0.aorta.net [213.46.160.242
]
7 106 ms 131 ms 110 ms us-nyc01b-ri1-10ge-0-1-0-0.aorta.net [213.46.190
.178]
8 135 ms 107 ms 124 ms xe-8-3-0.edge1.NewYork1.Level3.net [4.78.164.221
]
9 109 ms 108 ms 107 ms sprint-level3-te.newyork1.Level3.net [4.68.111.1
58]
10 175 ms 197 ms 175 ms sl-bb20-lon-4-0.sprintlink.net [144.232.9.165]
11 177 ms 174 ms 176 ms sl-bb23-lon-3-0.sprintlink.net [213.206.129.151]

12 175 ms 175 ms 175 ms 213.206.128.63
13 * 132 ms 110 ms 89.191.196.130
14 108 ms 106 ms 104 ms ge-2-3-465-br1.thn.as9153.net [82.136.0.17]
15 108 ms 107 ms 107 ms hydrogen.no-servers.net [82.136.56.11]

Trace complete.


Both going through New York. :rolleyes:

Col_Loki

Im having the same problem with my download speed over my wireless. I also tried changing to a linksys wrt54g but this didnt help. What was the third party firmware you used?

What speed of wireless card is on your laptop? If its an older one it might only be capable of 11mbs. Try plugging your laptop directly in and going to www.speedtest.net . Will give you an idea of what the problem is....might want to switch off your wireless while doing the test also.

Aquos76

try downloading something frem heanet rather than using speedtest.net. you will get a more accurate download speed. Maybe this file

kamin99

franman wrote: »

Im having the same problem with my download speed over my wireless. I also tried changing to a linksys wrt54g but this didnt help. What was the third party firmware you used?

I have left eircom to upc under the illusion I will get 20mb ,but after a week of having it and a dozen phone calls to them as i get around 4 to 9 mb finally they said they will send an engineer to change the router ! .Well this is their last chance other wise I’m moving back to eircom as they don’t deliver what they advertise

NiSmO

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kamin99

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yeh i seriously regret moving from Eircom ,UPC is Crab...

Hank Scorpio

well
there is alot of happy of NTL customers, but there is alot of unhappy ones.

I think possibly NTL got ahead of themselves pumping everyone up to 20megs..

There is massive contention problems on cable even compared to a standard eircom 2 meg package, with eircom or any dsl provider ur guarentted a certain speed, i.e 24/1 contention, however iv been informed this isnt the case on cable..

To see someone say they`d prefer there old eircom dsl package back to NTL/UPC kinda proves this.

To people with NTL and ur happy with ur speeds, just hope more people from ur area dont catch on cause your gona be faced with the same problems.

DingDong

There is a team of people who work to resolve contention issues. People with the problem aren't forgotten about. Some times it isn't fix as fast as UPC would like but they do work to resolve the problem as fast as possible.

kamin99 where are you living? Does it not still work out cheaper for 4Mb to 9Mb than eircom's equivalent. I know not much of an argument(your not getting what you expected) but some thing to think about.

UPC have had a hell of a battle to modernise the cable infrastructure in Ireland but they are starting to turn a corner and they are still pumping the money in to created a top notch network. If someone said we would see speeds of 20mb largely available in Ireland(at a cheap price) most people would of said not a chance.

AlmightyCushion

nuxxx wrote: »

There is massive contention problems on cable even compared to a standard eircom 2 meg package, with eircom or any dsl provider ur guarentted a certain speed, i.e 24/1 contention, however iv been informed this isnt the case on cable..

Last time I checked upc's contention ratio is 17/1. Don't know where I heard that though might have actually been on this thread.

I'm with DingDong. Yes contention seems to be bad in spots but even if you're only getting 1/5th of the speed you're meant to be getting, it's still better than eircoms speeds. Still sucks not to be getting the full 20Mbps.

Moriarty

emi_nenCe, you'll have the same path to hosts on the net as every other upc customer.

dub45

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Last time I checked upc's contention ratio is 17/1.

Don't know where I heard that though might have actually been on this thread.

I'm with DingDong. Yes contention seems to be bad in spots but even if you're only getting 1/5th of the speed you're meant to be getting, it's still better than eircoms speeds. Still sucks not to be getting the full 20Mbps.

If you dont know where you heard it then how can you possibly say that you checked?:rolleyes:

I have never seen them state their contention ratio - as I have posted here several times I emailed them ages ago asking that question and I am still waiting on a reply.

NiSmO

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ondafly

NiSmO wrote: »

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did someone have to come out and fix the issue for you ?

I'm currently a very happy BT customer, but since the new offers from UPC, I'm seriously thinking of changing over....don't want to hear bad stuff about them though !