Broadband Speed Test Megathread

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EDIT: out my last test. restarted my PC - no BB hog was running though; nothing - however upon doing so its back to it's best wireless 7mb best/good as it gets.

Marlow

Anti wrote: »

beat this suckas

I guess your limiting factor is that you probably only have a 100 mbit network card. Had it been from M$ IE to the hosting facility, the Dublin server is in, you should have archieved somewhere near 1 gbit/s

Tell your network admin to stick you on one of the gbit switches.

/M

Red Sleeping Beauty

Dublin south west



Bloody wireless keeps cutting out. The lights are on but it's not working half the time

Anti

Marlow wrote: »

I guess your limiting factor is that you probably only have a 100 mbit network card. Had it been from M$ IE to the hosting facility, the Dublin server is in, you should have archieved somewhere near 1 gbit/s

Tell your network admin to stick you on one of the gbit switches.

/M

Ill have to ask for a SSD raid array too then

sofireland

Vodafone @ Home up to 7mb, and i'm averaging this!!!

Magnet: Rory

sofireland wrote: »

Vodafone @ Home up to 7mb, and i'm averaging this!!!

where are u living.....the problem could be contention?

Squeeonline

supposed to be 2 Mb/s AFAIK. Not too bad. I'll have to test again when I get up to galway where I'm paying for 20Mb. I dont think it'll get above 10 and NTL will have the cheek to charge me to downgrade.

Magnet: Rory

Squeeonline wrote: »

supposed to be 2 Mb/s AFAIK. Not too bad. I'll have to test again when I get up to galway where I'm paying for 20Mb. I dont think it'll get above 10 and NTL will have the cheek to charge me to downgrade.

thats a good ping...but again the demon could be contention....that or your far far away from the exchange.

mikeymay

http://www.speedtest.net/result/381884556.png

NarkyMark

This is supposed to be a 3Mb connection... Its time to upgrade to 7Mb I think...

Nth County Dublin Location, 100m to local exchange

Oat23

No probs with UPC here, delighted that i switched from eircom.

Hogzy

24mb BT connection!!!! F*** You BT...Switching back to Eircom 7mb where i actually got what i paid for!

... just need couple of questions answered.

1. Does it matter if I'm doing anything else when I do the test? Currently I've got a few things on the go in utorrent.

2. This may seem obvious, but should I always choose the Dublin pyramid in speednet?

Marlow

Deleted User wrote: »

1. Does it matter if I'm doing anything else when I do the test? Currently I've got a few things on the go in utorrent.

Yes, it does matter. You should ensure, that you're not using wireless, but plug directly into the equipment delivered by your ISP, terminate ALL downloads and make sure no background updates are using bandwidth either (m$ update, antivirus etc.)

All the speedtests do is to max your broadband connection between you and the server you choose. If you're already using bandwidth, that won't be accounted for.

Deleted User wrote: »

2. This may seem obvious, but should I always choose the Dublin pyramid in speednet?

That depends on where you are, what provider you use and what their peerings are with the location, where the server is. In general you can always try two or three servers, if you think the server is the problem.

/Martin

Marlow

Hogzy wrote: »

24mb BT connection!!!! F*** You BT...Switching back to Eircom 7mb where i actually got what i paid for!

Do you get similar results on other servers ?

/Martin

Hogzy

Dublin server gives me an extra 500kbps and the london gives me 700. Although when i download things on bittorrent im getting 820kbps! Still tho its really dissapointing for 24mbps!

Magnet: Rory

Hogzy wrote: »

24mb BT connection!!!! F*** You BT...Switching back to Eircom 7mb where i actually got what i paid for!

If your only getting this from BT I really doubt that you'll get the full 7.6 with Eircom.

Marlow

Hogzy wrote: »

Dublin server gives me an extra 500kbps and the london gives me 700. Although when i download things on bittorrent im getting 820kbps! Still tho its really dissapointing for 24mbps!

That you only get 820 kbps on bittorrent has nothing to do with your line being 24 mbps or not. It's not a way to measure speed.

As for the Dublin and the Galway speedtest server, there should be no bottleneck to them, as they both are connected to the INEX (Dublin server is in a datacenter in Dublin, Galway speedtest server is in our datacenter in Galway, but with plenty of bandwidth connected to the INEX). Also BT's feed to the INEX is sufficient and actually recently upgraded. You could also try to download a Ubuntu ISO from Heanet or so, to see, what the story is.

Essentially your limiting factor is probably, that the line just isn't good enough and then you'd hardly be getting more with any other DSL provider. Also mind you, with BT you're on ADSL2+, Eircom with 7.2 mbit/s would be ADSL1. Guaranteed worse results.

/Martin

311

Using the laptop at the moment with O2



Pong

Pinging www.l.google.com [74.125.79.99] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 74.125.79.99: bytes=32 time=295ms TTL=246
Reply from 74.125.79.99: bytes=32 time=234ms TTL=246
Reply from 74.125.79.99: bytes=32 time=305ms TTL=246
Reply from 74.125.79.99: bytes=32 time=241ms TTL=246

Ping statistics for 74.125.79.99:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 234ms, Maximum = 305ms, Average = 268ms

On eircom aswell at the moment at home.

Marlow

Lucky you. You seem to be in a H2UPA cell with a H2UPA device.

/Martin

311

Marlow wrote: »

Lucky you. You seem to be in a H2UPA cell with a H2UPA device.

/Martin

That was actually slow enough ,heres another one faster than my eircom connection


EIRCOM ,suppose to be 7MB but registers as 6MB on the router



bit of a pong off the ping ,it's usually faster than this

Pinging www.l.google.com [216.239.59.103] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 216.239.59.103: bytes=32 time=61ms TTL=247
Reply from 216.239.59.103: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=247
Reply from 216.239.59.103: bytes=32 time=63ms TTL=247
Reply from 216.239.59.103: bytes=32 time=76ms TTL=247

Ping statistics for 216.239.59.103:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 60ms, Maximum = 76ms, Average = 65ms

Marlow

311 wrote: »

That was actually slow enough ,heres another one faster than my eircom connection

The total for H2UPA is 7.2 mbit down/2 mbit up and that's to be shared with all users within the same cell.

So right now you're kindda monopolizing it.

Wait until more people are around and actively using it and you'd get less. But it's nice enough to see, that they've started deploying it.

Doesn't change the fact, that it isn't a broadband replacement. Especially latency is crummy.

This is 2 meg fixed wireless at home:

Latency can be as far down as 15 ms, usually max at around 60 ms. And i've got internet radio and a few other bits running in the background, which aren't accounted for.

That kindda latency you won't get from mobile internet offerings.

/Martin

311

Thats a mighty ping alright ,I'm deciding on whether or not to change from eircom at the moment.

UPC/NTL seem to be my best option at the moment ,all the new digital cables have been installed in my area.

Hogzy

Rorser wrote: »

If your only getting this from BT I really doubt that you'll get the full 7.6 with Eircom.

Was getting the full 7.6 with eircom...which was strange. thats why i upgraded...i assumed that id be up around the 15mb range!

Magnet: Rory

Hogzy wrote: »

Was getting the full 7.6 with eircom...which was strange. thats why i upgraded...i assumed that id be up around the 15mb range!

That is pretty odd, although benifits of ADSL2+ do become meaningless if you live a long way from the exchange I dont think that cut off point is anywhere near 7meg. What did BT have to say to explain?

ooPabsoo

gwenuska

http://www.speedtest.net/result/389602955.png

This link is the result of my broadband speed test. Can anyone translate it for me? My service provider says I have 2mb speed but the result of the test says its 873kbps???????

Not sure what it all means!

5uspect

You're getting about 0.8mbps from that location and sending 0.106mbps.
As well as a download speed you should have an upload speed (they're usually around 200 to 500 kbps, the idea being that you can download faster than you can upload so in the real world a website will only will only send you data at a low rate but you can check a broad number of sites at the same time)
Have you tried different locations at different times of the day? The ping seems a tad high. Think of the ping as the time for an echo to be heard. Speeds will suffer at peak times. The 2mb you have is a theoretical maximum, that said a consistent 800kbps would be considered low.

Antrim_Man

South Bray Eircom 3MB, but line restricted to 2MB as 3 was unstable :mad:

Unregistered.

Stupid PCs won't go faster than 100Mb!
:pac:

IRISHSPORTSGUY

Dead pleased with my current ISP.

Simplicius

I am Paying for 10MB DOwnload, and 1 Mb upload, i have logs from last weeks, these results are good ! compared to the < !Mb service I usually get

UPC around Dublin 1 - Parnell Dorset street is terrible

Irishpimpdude

UPC Installed a week ago :-) Delighted

Durklas

http://www.speedtest.net/result/394312398.png <--- 1mb/200kb
NTL 20mb/1.5mb ... f*** sake
Dublin 22
plz dont go with NTL , its cheap ISP , and u wont get anythink 'good' for cheap..

Few hours later ..
http://www.speedtest.net/result/394357065.png <--- 1.2mb/200kb

And ALL this VERY 'GOOD' ISP costs me 70euros including digital TV !

Great isnt it ?

Magnet: Rory

Durklas wrote: »

http://www.speedtest.net/result/394312398.png <--- 1mb/200kb
NTL 20mb/1.5mb ... f*** sake
Dublin 22
plz dont go with NTL , its cheap ISP , and u wont get anythink 'good' for cheap..

Few hours later ..
http://www.speedtest.net/result/394357065.png <--- 1.2mb/200kb

And ALL this VERY 'GOOD' ISP costs me 70euros including digital TV !

Great isnt it ?

What the hell?? What excuse are they giving? Contention? Distance?

yoshytoshy

According to speedtest.net I've got a 50MBit line on ntl :rolleyes:


Magnet is more reliable and the ping i get is usually around 6 or 7. this one is ten

Marlow

yoshytoshy wrote: »

According to speedtest.net I've got a 50MBit line on ntl :rolleyes:


Magnet is more reliable and the ping i get is usually around 6 or 7. this one is ten

Speedtest.net also build that speedtest for Magnet. It's the same thing. Why you get 50 mbit to the Dublin server is a bit of a mystery. The higher ping times are down to peering. UPC has peering with Magnet, I'm not sure how well they are connected to the hosting center, that the Dublin server is hosted in (traceroute to "westnet.ie" and you'll know).

If you do the speedtest on the Galway server, it goes through Smart's UPC peering to reach ourselfes on a direct line we have from Smart.

/Martin

Durklas

Rorser wrote: »

What the hell?? What excuse are they giving? Contention? Distance?

ALL they (NTL) say is : 'plz turn off ur modem and wait for 3mins , then turn on the modem and the 'problem' should be solved ... ' and u can go with them forever , atm im ****ed cant do anythink about it, so what i will do is - wont pay any bills , bey bey NTL!

yoshytoshy

Marlow wrote: »

If you do the speedtest on the Galway server, it goes through Smart's UPC peering to reach ourselfes on a direct line we have from Smart.

/Martin

cheers ,i've been using speedtest but don't really know much about it.

Limerick stays at about 60mbit and then drops to this.


Galway is consistant at this speed



the line is fairly clean apart from some lags every couple of hours ,maybe have to wait a few seconds for a page. had some router problems(wifi) that had my speed at less than 10mbit ,everything seems to be ok now.

Magnet: Rory

Durklas wrote: »

ALL they (NTL) say is : 'plz turn off ur modem and wait for 3mins , then turn on the modem and the 'problem' should be solved ... ' and u can go with them forever , atm im ****ed cant do anythink about it, so what i will do is - wont pay any bills , bey bey NTL!

Where are you living? Im sure there are probably numerous competitors (including my own....Magnet) only too happy to supply you with a faster service.

Magnet: Rory

There are traditionally 4 main elements (there are others I just cant think of them) which affect the speed of a users broadband on a DSL line.

1. The equiptment at the exchange (Magnet and Smart use ADSL2+ making the top speed 24Mbs)
2. The distance from the exchange.
3. The line quality (broken lines can damage the quality and lines made of an alloy or poor quality copper can affect speed)
4. And finally the number of other customers sharing the line, also known as contention. (Magnet and Smart can offer the service on an uncontended or 1:1 basis, this means there is no slowdown at peak times)

In short it was probably me who told you Magnet could offer you the service at a much faster speed than Eircom are offering. Whoever is telling you that you can only get a max speed of 7Mb on any given line just doesnt know their copper.

Hookey

Not bad. On Fibre To Home.

octsol

octsol

This is what we have to put up with



DownstreamUpstreamMax Allowed Speed (kbps)2048256SN Margin (dB)25.5020.00Line Attenuation (dB)5.505.00



Anyone know if you can determine whether my local exchange is running ADSL, ADSL2 etc

yoshytoshy

yoshytoshy wrote: »

Limerick stays at about 60mbit and then drops to this.


Galway is consistant at this speed


.

only fair to post that these results are completely wrong. as mentioned in another thread ,it's a reading of local network rather than the broadband bandwith.
sorry.

Colcum

Terrible stuff...

Provider: Eircom 3MB ADSL
Location: Kilcullen, Kildare





Ping google.com, average = 428s
C:\>

minxie

location galway upc :eek:

octsol

octsol wrote: »

Anyone know if you can determine whether my local exchange is running ADSL, ADSL2 etc

Unless you're on a business package with Eircom you are on standard ADSL (G.DMT 992.1). Those results are pretty bad alright, but according to the line stats you must be pretty much sitting on the exchange!

But at least Abbeydorney is ADSL enabled, my parents on the Finuge exchange will never see it.

Just upgraded to 3mb.

CRAIG07

3mb in limerick