NTL/UPC slowed to a crawl in Galway

cornbb

My 10MB NTL connection has been awfully slow the last few day

Pinging google.com:

PING google.com (74.125.67.100): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 74.125.67.100: icmp_seq=0 ttl=48 time=1833.581 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.67.100: icmp_seq=5 ttl=48 time=1577.647 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.67.100: icmp_seq=6 ttl=48 time=1580.401 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.67.100: icmp_seq=10 ttl=48 time=1812.007 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.67.100: icmp_seq=11 ttl=48 time=1722.448 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.67.100: icmp_seq=16 ttl=48 time=919.484 ms
64 bytes from 74.125.67.100: icmp_seq=20 ttl=48 time=1188.155 ms
 64 bytes from 74.125.67.100: icmp_seq=21 ttl=48 time=1340.569 ms
^C
--- google.com ping statistics ---
25 packets transmitted, 8 packets received, [B]68% packet loss[/B]
round-trip min/avg/max/stddev = 919.484/1496.787/1833.581/302.114 ms

Speedtest:


About half of what I usually get, for the last 3 days now. Anyone else around the country having problems??

christophicus

Crazy slow for me atm, I'm on the 20 Mb package and have been getting less than 1 mb for the last few hours. Speedtest.net would not even finish a test for me.

AlmightyCushion

Wow, that ping is freakin' nuts.

wet-paint

I'm on the 40mb line in Galway city, with no problems for as long as I can remember.

AlmightyCushion

wet-paint wrote: »

I'm on the 40mb line in Galway city, with no problems for as long as I can remember.

40Mb? Surely you mean 20Mb, right?

wet-paint

Surely I do. Hrm, why did I think it was twice that?

AlmightyCushion

wet-paint wrote: »

Surely I do. Hrm, why did I think it was twice that?

Ah, you got my hopes up.

_Sidhe_

That is a crazy ping.
What do you get on UPC's own speedtest?

cornbb

cornbb wrote: »

My 10MB NTL connection has been awfully slow the last few day
Speedtest:


About half of what I usually get, for the last 3 days now. Anyone else around the country having problems??

Im having the exact same problems, nearly exactly half the speed i normally get.
Im on the 20mbit package and am gettin between 6 and 10mbit. It is limited to this 24hrs a day for last 3-4 days. I am a heavy user so if throttling was ever to be or has just been introduced then id be pretty close to top of the list to get shafted! Anyone else in galway suffering lower than normal speeds?

Leiva

Guys....In the past week or 2 there has been many many posts in relation to problems with UPC Broadband .

I myself have posted issues I am having when on line gaming (never a problem til recently) and i have read at least 12 other threads started in the past 5 days in many different forums all related to different issues with UPC BB.

I think we may be having contention issues as they word out there is that UPC have been flooded with new customers taking up their new BB / PHONE/TV offer , I hope I am wrong and its down to upgrade works :rolleyes: ,

Keep an eye and us updated .

M.

christophicus

Don't throw your eyes up to heaven with regards upgrade works, they are pumping alot of money into upgrades, and with 120mb available next year I don't doubt the fact that they are working now for that.