Broadband Speed & Ping Test Megathread

Savman

It'll do!

Jev/N

Formerly Magnet 24Mb, now this...

TheMadMan697

Jev/N wrote: »

Formerly Magnet 24Mb, now this...

Now thats what i call broadband. Where do you live?

adox

adox wrote: »

Vodafone dsl 8mb line

Been on to Vodafone since originally posting the above and bundled my line rental and off peak calls with them(saving a great amount on the way I had it before) and my line picked up in a couple of stages to a very respectable looking result below for my connection:

Trevor451

UPC connection has been doggy this evening

mark17j

Trevor451 wrote: »

UPC connection has been doggy this evening

UPC acting up tonight for me too...

gqma0

Upgraded to 60Mb/s yesterday. Long live FTTH

Trevor451

My upc broadband seems to be working fine now.



It turns out a server (that handles my area) was faulty.

mark17j

MungBean

Ya really dont know what your gonna get with these guys.

jay93

gqma0 wrote: »

Upgraded to 60Mb/s yesterday. Long live FTTH

Niiccee

Pings seem great on FTTH even better than the pings on UPC !!

mark17j

deejer

The thing about it is this is the best I can hope to get. And its not like I live at the top of a mountain or anything. Im 5miles from Tipp Town

mark17j

brijay

PrzemoF

n00bizme

Digweb Metro Home
Whatever you do, don't go over the DL limit, else face the wrath of 0.12 mb download speeds for a month. A.K.A half the speed of dial-up.

brembo26

Wired home network:


Wireless home network:

lost_lad

That's indicative of what I always get.

I don't want to start a new thread but I'm curious to know....

Do Vodafone throttle Video sites?

I'm having a horrible time watching video from anywhere but YouTube effectively. I've compared my streaming ability with friends in various parts of the country on Eircom and UPC and they can stream the same video I can't even if they are only getting 3mb of broadband.
I was fine on Eircom before switching.

I've only recently switched to Vodafone and I don't like their attempts at incorrect billing or the fact I raised this as an issue a week ago and am still awaiting comment...

yenoah

Tell me, how do you determine your actual speeds? Speedtest is great but depending on which server you choose, can affect the results. I find some servers slow and others fast.

TheMilkyPirate

Over wireless

jay93

Got upgraded to NGB 8Mb the other day connection is very solid and is a huge improvment from our older standard broadband at 1Mb!!

downloads are hitting nearly 900 Kb/s so im very happy



The above was our connection before the upgrade!!

jay93

yenoah wrote: »

Tell me, how do you determine your actual speeds? Speedtest is great but depending on which server you choose, can affect the results. I find some servers slow and others fast.

Go here : http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download

begin the download of the Linux ISO this should give your proper download speed i started the download just to see am getting 840 Kb/s .

You don't have to wait for the file to finish cancel it when you see the highest speed that your internet is hitting alot more relaible than speedtest.net .

Dublin_Gunner

50mb UPC over wireless...

TheRedDevil10

UPC 25MB, :mad:

Dublin_Gunner

TheRedDevil10 wrote: »

UPC 25MB, :mad:

My 50 meg went a bit FUBAR earlier too, turn off your router, and turn it back on again after about 10 seconds, and let it reconnect. SHould fix it.

TheMilkyPirate

jay93 wrote: »

Go here : http://www.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu/download

begin the download of the Linux ISO this should give your proper download speed i started the download just to see am getting 840 Kb/s .

You don't have to wait for the file to finish cancel it when you see the highest speed that your internet is hitting alot more relaible than speedtest.net .

4.1mbps

Happy with that

Eircoms "next generation broadband:" :mad:

lost_lad

yenoah wrote: »

Tell me, how do you determine your actual speeds? Speedtest is great but depending on which server you choose, can affect the results. I find some servers slow and others fast.

I have tried all the servers Dublin seems to be best.
I have two network speed monitors on the laptop.
When streaming from sockshare for example I'll be getting stuttery speeds while the same video being streamed by a mate is working just grand. I've tried with two mates in different parts of the country. It seems odd...

Jakmeehan

Carnsore Broadband, Wexford.

the_real_dave

Western Gateway, UCC. I've seen it get up to 900MB/s, but at the moment, the computer I'm on is on 100Mb LAN.

Dubba

Vodafone advertise up to 8Mb download speed. I've never seen it go over 4.5Mb tho.
Anyone with experience off getting better speeds with Vodafone got any tips?

mark17j

Wifi

jay93

Dubba wrote: »

Vodafone advertise up to 8Mb download speed. I've never seen it go over 4.5Mb tho.
Anyone with experience off getting better speeds with Vodafone got any tips?

It could be a limitation of your line.
Have you ever been with another provider for DSL.?

whirlpool

We recently switched from Vodafone to Eircom, and have received bills from Eircom. Does anybody have any idea why it still says Vodafone when I do a speedtest.net test?




Also, my broadband has only dis-improved since switching to Eircom (which was not my choice.)

mark17j

whirlpool wrote: »

We recently switched from Vodafone to Eircom, and have received bills from Eircom. Does anybody have any idea why it still says Vodafone when I do a speedtest.net test?




Also, my broadband has only dis-improved since switching to Eircom (which was not my choice.)

You need to log into your router settings and sign out of the vodafone service,, and sign in with eircoms.. I think it's Username eircom@eircom.net with password broadband1
You are still using Vodafone.

whirlpool

mark17j wrote: »

You need to log into your router settings and sign out of the vodafone service,, and sign in with eircoms.. I think it's Username eircom@eircom.net with password broadband1
You are still using Vodafone.

Thanks for your reply. I'm going to try to sort out the router settings now. But before that, just a quick question. You said I'm "still using Vodafone." Does that mean I'm going to be charged by Vodafone?

Thanks.

Dubba

jay93 wrote: »

It could be a limitation of your line.
Have you ever been with another provider for DSL.?

Yea its a limitation on the line. I rang Vodafone and was told that the line has been upgraded to next generation, but is maxed at around 4Mb.

I was with BT broadband a few years back but changed to Vodafone automatically when they shut down their service.

Creasy_bear

Hello all......I just switched to upc today 25meg

Everytime I do a speed test (speedtest.net)it's giving me a different result. When I do a speed test on the upc site it's telling me it's around 23 download.

What are you supposed to believe?

edit - those tests are all wireless.

mark17j

Creasy_bear wrote: »

Hello all......I just switched to upc today 25meg

Everytime I do a speed test (speedtest.net)it's giving me a different result. When I do a speed test on the upc site it's telling me it's around 23 download.

What are you supposed to believe?

edit - those tests are all wireless.

You shouldn't expect to get the full speed over wireless...
I use wireless also on UPC (Cisco modem) and it can range from 10mb - 21mb, if i hook up my ethernet wire I can achieve upto 30mb.
I've noticed even with a good signal speeds can decrease at various times, probably due to congestion on the channel, switch around from 1 - 2 and 11.

Creasy_bear

mark17j wrote: »

You shouldn't expect to get the full speed over wireless...
I use wireless also on UPC (Cisco modem) and it can range from 10mb - 21mb, if i hook up my ethernet wire I can achieve upto 30mb.
I've noticed even with a good signal speeds can decrease at various times, probably due to congestion on the channel, switch around from 1 - 2 and 11.

how do I do that?

go to the router page thingy?

mark17j

Creasy_bear wrote: »

how do I do that?

go to the router page thingy?

Yep, 192.168.1.1 click ''set-up'' - under wireless, click "Basic" channel 2 or 11 works best for me.

Creasy_bear

mark17j wrote: »

Yep, 192.168.1.1 click ''set-up'' - under wireless, click "Basic" channel 2 or 11 works best for me.

you're a gentleman, thank you!

I'm getting seriously sick of eircoms slow speeds :mad:

VampiricPadraig

Deleted User wrote: »

I'm getting seriously sick of eircoms slow speeds :mad:

I would get onto the eircom guys at Twitter (@eircom) and show them that speed test and they should help you. Don't bother with phone support.

Contributing to thread



Asked Eircom if I could get faster upload, they said that I would have to come off NGB and go to a business package just for faster speeds. Kinda BS if you ask me!

Creasy_bear

Can anyone tell me, when doing the speedtest on speedtest.org which server should you pick? I just tested it there on the three servers in Dublin (eircom,digiweb & vodaphone I think they are) they all give different results.
When I check the server in Galway (airwire) it gives the worst results.......I'm in Galway. I've just switched to UPC.

Crann na Beatha

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mark17j

Wifi

Ronan

Upgraded to 100mb with UPC today, seemed rude not to at only €5 extra a month

Wired:


Wifi:



Might do some tinkering to see if I can get the wifi speed up a bit, but so far so good.

mark17j