Broadband Speed & Ping Test Megathread

That_Guy

Eircom 8GB Next Generation broadband.

vectra

BArra wrote: »

how pray tell are you getting above 8meg, on an 8meg package

I have no idea.. Sometimes it hits 13mb while other times it can be less than 1 mb

jay93

internet here in lanzarote

Yo Buddy. You still alive?

Mine are all over the shop...












And one more lash at dublin



I don't have much faith in this testing system.

viperockz

Eircom 24mbps Broadband

Ranicand

viperockz wrote: »

Eircom 24mbps Broadband

UPC 30

demakinz

Shocking. Been like this the past week. with O2 new upgrade. What can i do?

irlpic

Hi im in Donegal and on eircom 3mb.

My download speed is if fine but does anyone know if this upload speed is the norm or should i be getting a higher upload speed than .20mb?

BArra

it should be ever so slightly higher

what are your line stats, snr and attenuation?

Cul a cnoic

Hi, Im on the Eircom 3mb broadbanb package, should I not be getting better speeds than this at Annagry, Co Donegal.

thanks for looking.

Doroteo

Change from Eircom 3 mb to this super UPC 15 mb ultrafast, this is the speed that I get any given time, after restart modem and computer still the same. Changing from Eircom censorship to UPC Internet freedom is not attractive with this speed.




Would you agree that 12:40 in the morning is not exactly peak hour.
Sandymount area, south Dublin 4 months with upc so far

flame123

OK Guys N Gals

How about this ..... I am with UPC in Dublin 15, on a 15MB line and with Digital. Got it in last May and to be honest, it was really excellent till 13th Sept this year. Then, for what ever reason the TV signal stred dropping and sometimes went altogether. BB always seemed fine, but since yesterday I wsa getting slow speeds so checked with speedtest.net and on checking late last night found I was getting download speeds around 2MB and uploads around 0.10 MB. The only spedetest server that gave a reasonable speed was in Sligo, which gave a reading similar to the UPC site mentioned below.

Strangely all the servers that the programme found were in Galway, Sligo and Limerick....none in Dublin

Then a check on UPC's website ( speedtest.upc.ie ) shows a 14.7 download and 1.34 upload which is good.

Question is..

any ideas why the UPC site gives better readings ( conspiracy theory..?) and how come the speedtest.net site cant find a Dublin server

flame123

This using the "Galway" server" ...


Then this result from UPC's speedtest site ..

Download Speed: 14632 kbps (1829 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1270 kbps (158.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
Latency: 11 ms
16 December 2010 17:33:04


All these within 5 mins

I am on a 15MB package with UPC and in Dublin 15

Love to hear anyones comments please

4k

UPC 15 meg in Galway.
Does anyone know what's the story?

8MB Vodafone

raveni

chalkitdown1

Currently getting less than 0.5mb on my 8mb Vodafone package tonight in North Cork.

I know it's "upto" 8mb, but this is just a joke.

Jofspring

Getting a result of about 14mb on the UPC speed test but all others giving nearer to 1.08mb or in around that. Suspicious alright. Tend to believe speedtest.net at the moment as YouTube videos not exactly loading fast. anybody hear anything from UPC about this?

VampiricPadraig

Got switched to NGB yesterday

Eircom 8MB NGB

Dublin_Gunner

Magnet 24mb just recently installed in my new house (had it in my last apartment across the road).

I'm wireless, but in the same room. Might connect it up and see what speeds I get...






That's 2.43MB/s for anyone who can't work it out.

Can't really have any complaints the jitter is not usually even 2ms, its usually 0 (which I thought should really be sort of impossible).

Nonetheless, on a good line, and literally 1 minute walk from the exchange.

I'm happy with that ::)

Dublin_Gunner

And here are the results over ethernet:


Thats 2.7MB/s...



pingtest pretty much the same as wireless.

So all in all I'm not far off the 24Mbit connection I pay for.

seligehgit

I'm with 3 wireless broadband,I've a E5830 modem,supposed to have a Download Speed of up to 7.2Mb/s,The results are in and are crap!!!!:eek:Did both tests a couple of times and there appears to great variance in all the results,obviously the nature of the traffic on the internet,the quality of my connection/limitations of my bandwidth.But it is quite shocking what one achieves as compared with what they say you can achieve.

seligehgit

Furet wrote: »

3 Wireless Broadband, about 6km south of Cashel.
Service has improved of late, though it's still rather unreliable.

What package are you on Furet?Far better results than mine?What modem are you using?My video streaming is very tempermental!:mad:

RoyalMarine

Dublin_Gunner

RoyalMarineComm wrote: »

You lie!!

Ninja edit My email doesn't lie!!

RoyalMarineComm wrote: »

Image: http://www.speedtest.net/result/1092986933.png

but its not accurate!
downloaded a movie right after at 3.8mb/s

and I assume you mean 3.8MB/s

lensman

you have to take these tests with a pinch of salt,...results below are on the UPC 30Mb package on wireless connection.

Dublin_Gunner

lensman wrote: »

you have to take these tests with a pinch of salt,...results below are on the UPC 30Mb package on wireless connection.

I assume wireless N and near enough to the router?

It wouldn;t be uncommon to receive higher than expected speeds on UPC, happens quite a lot, particularly when they're upgrading their equipment in your area.

Fact is, speedtest will not report a HIGHER result than your line will allow.

lensman

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

I assume wireless N and near enough to the router?

It wouldn;t be uncommon to receive higher than expected speeds on UPC, happens quite a lot, particularly when they're upgrading their equipment in your area.

Fact is, speedtest will not report a HIGHER result than your line will allow.

yep,...Scientific Atlanta EPC2203 UPC supplied modem,..my own D-link wireless N router not supplied by upc,...12ft away in an alcove not a clear line of site.

narnar2000

Just upgraded to UPC's 30 Mbit package, but in reality only getting about 4-6Mbit when downloading a large file (eg Ubuntu image). I'm using Win7.

When I try it on my phone, I get:


The upload seems right on both devices but the download is wildly wrong on Win7, but about right (accurate, not what I should be getting) on my phone.

Anyway, does anyone have any tips on how to get my full 30 Mbit (or 90% of it)? I'm using the same E08C007 modem that NTL supplied at least 4 years agp, and a new Netgear wireless router. Results are about the same over ethernet. Latest WiFi drivers installed.

Is the problem more likely on my side or UPC's?

narnar2000

Dublin_Gunner wrote: »

Fact is, speedtest will not report a HIGHER result than your line will allow.

Oh yes it will!! I've never got a realistic result from speedtest.net on Vista or 7 on my UPC connection (see my post just above). Usually it reports 100-200 Mbit. But when I try to dl a 100 MB file, it could easily take an hour...

hadepsx

dont know if this will upload, on 30mb upc in carlow

drake70

Regional Broadband 2 Mb package

Kilcoole, Wicklow

:mad:

TheRedDevil10

UPC sent me a text this morning saying that my BB speed has been upgraded from 15Mb to 20Mb. Happy enough with the results.

Joeface

currently ****e with voda but what else is to be expected . 3mb




and it gets worse

biko

narnar2000 wrote: »

Is the problem more likely on my side or UPC's?

Try connect wired to the modem, the Cisco is notoriously bad at wireless.

UPC 20MB Tirellan wireless


More
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056125699

lensman

UPC 30Mb stand alone package Dublin
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jake is right

Vodafone. In Shankill.

lolie

RVP 11 wrote: »

wtf:eek:

http://www.upc.ie/broadband/hundred/

apope8

upc 20meg





very happy!!

Gotta love UPC

conor.hogan.2

Do you ever find that videos load slowly ^ ? (I do even though im on the same package)

copeyhagen

my work connection, dublin city centre.

Mycroft H

RVP 11 wrote: »

I can beat that : P

landyman

landyman wrote: »

I can beat that : P

Not at home you can't.;)

photonirvana

Vodafone 7Mb broadband in Cobh, Co. Cork during daytime:




Vodafone so-called broadband in Cobh, Co. Cork in the evening:

BArra

Eircom 7MB/384K - Not NGB

Line Attenuation (Down): 17 - (Up): 8
DSL Noise Margin (Down): 19 - (Up): 16

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pajor

O2 mobile broadband stick

szines

szines