Broadband Speed & Ping Test Megathread

brijay · 20-02-2013 11:55pm

petersburg2002 wrote: »

Thought I was seeing things. With so much negativity about Eircom. All working well for you?

Had a few issues at the very start but it's all good now!

petersburg2002 · 20-02-2013 11:58pm

brijay wrote: »

Had a few issues at the very start but it's all good now!

Good to hear. Lets hope they continue with the rollout. Looks mightily impressive

dreamers75 · 21-02-2013 12:06am

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150mb UPC

Went from 24mb NGB Eircom (which was 5mb really never got more).

I did get 110mb on one test but tbh compared to what it was and the issues i had i can live with the above.

Harry Deerpark · 21-02-2013 12:41am

brijay wrote: »

65

Does that include line rental? Give us a price breakdown and what packages do Eircom offer on fiber broadband? Can't see anything on their site.

red_bairn · 21-02-2013 9:33pm

brijay wrote: »

Had a few issues at the very start but it's all good now!

Where are you located? Is that just the broadband or a bundle?

brijay · 22-02-2013 11:39pm

red_bairn wrote: »

Where are you located? Is that just the broadband or a bundle?

Wexford Yeh its a bundle

Sarz91 · 27-02-2013 6:01pm

I don't really understand. Which do I trust for ping?

OR

It's not a one off occurrence. Speedtest gives a much higher ping for me than pingtest. Any ideas?

red_bairn · 27-02-2013 6:20pm

Sarz91 wrote: »

I don't really understand. Which do I trust for ping?

OR

It's not a one off occurrence. Speedtest gives a much higher ping for me than pingtest. Any ideas?

Try ping via cmd prompt.

Sarz91 · 27-02-2013 6:54pm

red_bairn wrote: »

Try ping via cmd prompt.

I pinged my modem just there using cmd and got 3ms. I then set it up to ping youtube and got 48ms. What's the deal with speedtest?

red_bairn · 27-02-2013 7:12pm

Sarz91 wrote: »

I pinged my modem just there using cmd and got 3ms. I then set it up to ping youtube and got 48ms. What's the deal with speedtest?

ping eircom.net

Sarz91 · 27-02-2013 7:21pm

red_bairn wrote: »

ping eircom.net

Average ping of 38ms from www.eircom.net. That means the speedtest on eircom is wrong too.

Cork981 · 27-02-2013 7:38pm

Sarz91 wrote: »

Average ping of 38ms from www.eircom.net. That means the speedtest on eircom is wrong too.

Do a tracert to any website. Then ping the second hop which should be a router an your exchange this will give the ping from your network your exchange.

By sending a ping command it uses a raw icmp echo request cuts out all the java and browser delay.

Sarz91 · 27-02-2013 7:59pm

Cork981 wrote: »

Do a tracert to any website. Then ping the second hop which should be a router an your exchange this will give the ping from your network your exchange.

By sending a ping command it uses a raw icmp echo request cuts out all the java and browser delay.

Tracert to youtube on the second hop gave 42ms 37ms 38ms. I then pinged the corresponding address. I got an average of 37 ms.

Cork981 · 27-02-2013 8:04pm

Sarz91 wrote: »

Tracert to youtube on the second hop gave 42ms 37ms 38ms. I then pinged the corresponding address. I got an average of 37 ms.

37 seems normal for a dsl connection.
I had 29-32ms when I was on adsl and synced at 10mb

But of course a ping can vary, if you want to lower your ping you could request to have interleaving switched off depending on your line stats.
But realistically you won't see any difference.

looters · 10-03-2013 12:54pm

Sarz91 wrote: »

Average ping of 38ms from www.eircom.net. That means the speedtest on eircom is wrong too.

What do you mean the ping is wrong?, there is no wrongs, it is what it is.

looters · 10-03-2013 12:56pm

Cork981 · 16-03-2013 4:12am

gavmcg92 · 21-03-2013 7:15pm

UPC just upped me to 60 from 50. Happy days.

IrishStuff09 · 21-03-2013 7:36pm

Is it normal to be only getting 20-25mb on UPC in the days after the install?

gavmcg92 · 21-03-2013 8:44pm

IrishStuff09 wrote: »

Is it normal to be only getting 20-25mb on UPC in the days after the install?

On a wired or wireless connection?

Sarz91 · 21-03-2013 8:58pm

IrishStuff09 wrote: »

Is it normal to be only getting 20-25mb on UPC in the days after the install?

I remember being told it can take up to 10 days fro the modem/router to settle in. Could be a myth but it might be true.

IrishStuff09 · 21-03-2013 9:24pm

gavmcg92 wrote: »

On a wired or wireless connection?

Wireless. Its usually ~12mb though.

gavmcg92 · 22-03-2013 1:34am

IrishStuff09 wrote: »

Wireless. Its usually ~12mb though.

Try a wired connection and if you are getting lower than 50 (I assume that's what you're on) get in contact with UPC. If you're getting 50 wired and 12 wireless, you might have a faulty router or you're device might not be n capable.

IrishStuff09 · 22-03-2013 8:38pm

Just tried a wired connection and am impressed

Only supposed to get 50MB, and didn't get a text about being upgraded.

gavmcg92 · 22-03-2013 10:43pm

IrishStuff09 wrote: »

Just tried a wired connection and am impressed Only supposed to get 50MB, and didn't get a text about being upgraded.

Don't complain :P

So is your wireless still causing trouble?

dreamers75 · 22-03-2013 11:38pm

dreamers75 wrote: »

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150mb UPC

Went from 24mb NGB Eircom (which was 5mb really never got more).

I did get 110mb on one test but tbh compared to what it was and the issues i had i can live with the above.

Tonights test.

Guffy · 24-03-2013 7:43pm

http://www.pingtest.net/result/78853122.png

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2597081316.png

how do i embed a pic of the results?

Harry Deerpark · 24-03-2013 7:58pm

gufc21 wrote: »

http://www.pingtest.net/result/78853122.png

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2597081316.png

how do i embed a pic of the results?

After your speedtest has finished, you'll see a "forum link" to copy and paste on here.

I looked at your pingtest result. You need to lower your router's firewall to get a proper test.

red_bairn · 25-03-2013 5:07pm

Higher than normal...usually get 5.4 on the 8MB line. 600m's from cab (top of estate).

AlanS181824 · 25-03-2013 10:56pm

Generally how it always is...

[Steve] · 26-03-2013 5:40pm

Only a mile or so from the exchange. I wish I lived closer. Oh well, decent enough.

Capri · 28-03-2013 11:00pm

Bad this evening in Wicklow :mad::mad: -

23.35
still bad

gavmcg92 · 28-03-2013 11:42pm

Just checking the internet in the house before I get my new PC tomorrow.
Not bad for wireless seen as I'm paying for 60.

threein99 · 04-04-2013 10:37pm

Pure Telecoms finest offering :mad::mad::mad::mad:

Geuze · 05-04-2013 11:25pm

1km as crow flies from Eircom exchange.

Maybe 2km by road.

Eircom broadband Next Gen regular, up to 8mb speed.

human 19 · 06-04-2013 1:46am

Meteor vs O2 , Colehill (rural) Co. Longford tonight, both on mobile broadband dongle

Meteor:

O2

acermaple · 08-04-2013 3:06pm

Harry Deerpark · 08-04-2013 4:29pm

acermaple wrote: »

Fiber I presume? How much does it cost and what are the advertised speeds?

AlanS181824 · 08-04-2013 8:36pm

Vodafone 8mb package.

ieoin · 08-04-2013 8:46pm

eircom...portlaoise, 50 euro a month

MunsterCycling · 09-04-2013 1:29am

East Cork, normal result for this ISP

Manc Red · 09-04-2013 2:03am

Posted so I can hopefully come back and laugh at this in two months.

Nibs05 · 10-04-2013 12:40pm

east meath

acermaple · 11-04-2013 1:46pm

Harry Deerpark wrote: »

Fiber I presume? How much does it cost and what are the advertised speeds?

hi harry, yes fiber, its called the 'eircom Fibre Broadband 25', so that's download speed of 25MB, and a usage allowance of 100GB and that's €40 pm, I also have the phone (talk anytime) with them so all in it's €55 pm.

Harry Deerpark · 11-04-2013 1:57pm

acermaple wrote: »

hi harry, yes fiber, its called the 'eircom Fibre Broadband 25', so that's download speed of 25MB, and a usage allowance of 100GB and that's €40 pm, I also have the phone (talk anytime) with them so all in it's €55 pm.

Thanks for replying. What's the advertised upload speed? The download cap is disappointing. I hope it improves by this time next year because that's when I should be upgrading, I hope.

Do you know what other packages are available?

red_bairn · 11-04-2013 2:02pm

acermaple wrote: »

hi harry, yes fiber, its called the 'eircom Fibre Broadband 25', so that's download speed of 25MB, and a usage allowance of 100GB and that's €40 pm, I also have the phone (talk anytime) with them so all in it's €55 pm.

Are you working for them? That price is extremely bad.

acermaple · 11-04-2013 2:36pm

red_bairn wrote: »

Are you working for them? That price is extremely bad.

Yes it is a massive €6.75 pm more than the present Sky offering which from reading other threads on here has had a lot of teething problems.

gavmcg92 · 11-04-2013 3:05pm

acermaple wrote: »

Yes it is a massive €6.75 pm more than the present Sky offering which from reading other threads on here has had a lot of teething problems.

Does sky have a 100GB cap as well?

red_bairn · 11-04-2013 4:01pm

gavmcg92 wrote: »

Does sky have a 100GB cap as well?

According to their TV advert they don't. But I can't remember what figure they said they are offering for downloads. It was an advert about their bundles.

muffler · 11-04-2013 8:53pm

There is no cap with Sky. Its unlimited.

I should say that they do have a "lite" option thats free but thats a 2gb cap and is geared only towards people primarily looking for the phone/land line only.

Details here

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