Broadband Speed & Ping Test Megathread

boccy23

Israeli Superiority wrote: »

You'll need to post your line stats from your router.

Where can I find these?

Israeli Superiority

boccy23 wrote: »

Where can I find these?

Try this. Your router must be connected to your computer via Ethernet cable for it to work.

The default password for eircom is: broadband1

Bookmark that link for future purposes.

These are what stats look like:



Just copy and paste them to here. No need to take a screenshot like I did.

boccy23

eircom broadband: Connected

DSL Mode: ADSL2+ Speed: 12287 kbps /670 kbps Line Attenuation (Down/Up): 30 dB /16 dB DSL Noise Margin: 7 dB /19 dB

Israeli Superiority

boccy23 wrote: »

eircom broadband: Connected DSL Mode: ADSL2+ Speed: 12287 kbps /670 kbps Line Attenuation (Down/Up): 30 dB /16 dB DSL Noise Margin: 7 dB /19 dB

Your line stats are slightly worse than mine. I actually thought you posted my stats there because they're very similar.

Seeing as we almost have the same connections, you can expect speeds like this:

boccy23

I'm not directly connected to modem. I have a mains network connection in between. Might explain the slightly slower speeds:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2684159290.png

Is there anything I can do to speed this up? I know a direct connection but that's not possible.

Israeli Superiority

boccy23 wrote: »

I'm not directly connected to modem. I have a mains network connection in between. Might explain the slightly slower speeds:

http://www.speedtest.net/result/2684159290.png

Is there anything I can do to speed this up? I know a direct connection but that's not possible.

What's a "mains network connection"?

The only way to speed it up is: a direct Ethernet connection between the router and the computer.

You current connection still downloads at 1 mb/s - that a song in about 5 to 10 seconds, depending on the quality.

[Steve]

yet



Cannot wait for the cab upgrades to reach here.

Mr. G

Imagine 12mb DSL:



It never goes below that. Not bad, but no upc or FTTC/H for me unfortunately!

Wesc.

Think I need to switch from Eircom... I only live ~3 miles from Galway city centre as well.

prioryc

I'm currently set at 15357/765 100m to the nearest cabinet & few months away from fiber still.

phog

What does Latency 242ms and Jitter 15ms mean when reading a speed test result?

Mr. G

phog wrote: »

What does Latency 242ms and Jitter 15ms mean when reading a speed test result?

Latency refers to a measure of time delay. 242ms is way too high which is not good for VoIP or gaming.

You should have below 100ms really (unless your on satillite).

phog

Mr. G wrote: »

Latency refers to a measure of time delay. 242ms is way too high which is not good for VoIP or gaming.

You should have below 100ms really (unless your on satillite).

Thanks.

Currently, not into gaming and don't use VoIP. I did the test via a tablet. There are other wireless appliances hanging off the WiFi, would that matter.

I'm on a very long line, 1.6mB max speed. I'm about 1km from fibre cab, should the latency improve when connected for vDSL.

wexdevil

There's mine(I'm on the 24mb package)

domeld

In my opinion speedtest.net is not more reliable.
Try do speedtest on speedtest.magnet.ie or speedtest.digiweb.ie (if will ask for account number type dw123456.

wexdevil

I gave them a try seeing as I've never used them but for me they seem pretty close to speedtest.net

allen175

wexdevil wrote: »

There's mine(I'm on the 24mb package)

They are very good noise readings, attenuation is brilliant, are you living next door to the exhchange? The down noise margin is abit low and might equate to not being able to get more that 19mb on speedtests.

wexdevil

allen175 wrote: »

They are very good noise readings, attenuation is brilliant, are you living next door to the exhchange? The down noise margin is abit low and might equate to not being able to get more that 19mb on speedtests.

Couple of houses away from it, so basically next door to it

2012paddy2012

Hi sorry for jumping in I cannot seem to copy and paste my results from speed test!? I cut and paste but the whole window doesn't seem to paste ... Appreciate any advice

Thks

Paddy

gavmcg92

2012paddy2012 wrote: »

Hi sorry for jumping in I cannot seem to copy and paste my results from speed test!? I cut and paste but the whole window doesn't seem to paste ... Appreciate any advice

Thks

Paddy

Click "share this result" after taking the test and copy & paste the url provided. That provided the main results like the images above.

Mr. G

phog wrote: »

Thanks.

Currently, not into gaming and don't use VoIP. I did the test via a tablet. There are other wireless appliances hanging off the WiFi, would that matter.

I'm on a very long line, 1.6mB max speed. I'm about 1km from fibre cab, should the latency improve when connected for vDSL.

If you did it from a wifi device, it will be greater than done through ethernet.

If you switch to FTTC then the latency you receive will be less alright as the wire from the exchange to the cabinet will not be copper but fibre. If you're 1km from the exchange the latency won't be as good as being right beside it obviously, so it may be high depending on how crappy the line is.

Israeli Superiority

AlanS181824

advertsfox

FYI - Checked my UPC connection in Ratoath, Co. Meath yesterday and it's been upgraded from 25MB to 30MB, getting ~31000kbps download speed

NOTE: This is with the Cisco 3925, SPI off and anonymous requests allowed through a Zyxel AP for the wireless only. Here's results from my server now:

fabo1thecross

2Mad2BeMad

thats it on a good day
their has been days were its been like 0.5 mb download ....

cant wait for fibre

fabo1thecross

These are within mins of each other.







If only it was like that when I get home from work in the evening.

ChrisMcCauley

New Eircom connection in Raheny, Dublin. Previously 2.5Mb/s now ~47Mb/s

jamescd

ChrisMcCauley wrote: »

New Eircom connection in Raheny, Dublin. Previously 2.5Mb/s now ~47Mb/s

How much does that cost ya monthly ?

rob808

ChrisMcCauley wrote: »

New Eircom connection in Raheny, Dublin. Previously 2.5Mb/s now ~47Mb/s

Wow nice speeds Im with UPC 25 mb 2.5mb for 35 euro

red_bairn

rob808 wrote: »

Wow nice speeds Im with UPC 25 mb 2.5mb for 35 euro

I'm sure you can upgrade to 50 for free. A friend of a friend rang up UPC customer care to find out why they weren't upgraded and they did it there and then.

ChrisMcCauley

jamescd wrote: »

How much does that cost ya monthly ?

It's €55 I think - would need to check exactly because there was a €45 option I was considering. That price includes unlimited downloads and reasonable fixed-line minutes.

Chris

2012paddy2012

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is this ok for mobile B/B

is higher ping better or worse than low ping! which is best for playstation

jamescd

the lower the ping, the better

IrishStuff09

2012paddy2012 wrote: »

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is this ok for mobile B/B

is higher ping better or worse than low ping! which is best for playstation

Its a fair speed, depends where you're located and how high the contention is.
It wouldn't be amazing for online gaming as pings lower than 70 are best for gaming. Lower pings are better.

johndoe99

ISP: UPC 50mb
Location: Waterford City

Westboy

New Vodafone fibre to the cabinet (VDSL)

Package Vodafone Home Extra




speedtest.png

IrishStuff09

Nice speeds there ^^

Really hoping UPC will increase their upload speed as the VDSL providers are faster than them...

Nolars

Westboy wrote: »

New Vodafone fibre to the cabinet (VDSL)

Package Vodafone Home Extra




speedtest.png

nice ping, oh yea and the down/up

johndoe99

IrishStuff09 wrote: »

Nice speeds there ^^

Really hoping UPC will increase their upload speed as the VDSL providers are faster than them...

totally agree, only 10mb max upload, thats terrible.

Calebmcd

Got switched to 20mb profile

Sync @ 15mb

If I ask for Fastpath will my ping improve?

Its available still on ADSL2+ right?

Be a while till I get the next VDSL upgrade as I'm on the 4th roll out.

2Mad2BeMad

i live in an urban area
close exchange of 300m

yas are a joke
a complete joke
im on 8mb broadband
i dont live in the middle of no where
and this is the results i get

i cant wait to switch to upc.....


edit : heres a second test done just to prove its not a one time thing....

Liamario

In mullingar area. Just got it installed. Asked to for 70mb, I assumed that's what was being installed; apparently not. 3 cabs around me, all about 300 metres away.

Here is my speed now:-



This is a wireless test result. Though the wired result is very similar.

Boards.ie ping:-

Pinging boards.ie [89.234.66.107] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=80ms TTL=60
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=60
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=60
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=26ms TTL=60

Ping statistics for 89.234.66.107:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 24ms, Maximum = 80ms, Average = 38ms


Google.ie ping:-

Pinging boards.ie [89.234.66.107] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=80ms TTL=60
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=25ms TTL=60
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=24ms TTL=60
Reply from 89.234.66.107: bytes=32 time=26ms TTL=60

Ping statistics for 89.234.66.107:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 24ms, Maximum = 80ms, Average = 38ms

nuttlys

Eircom eFibre free upgrade from 24MB package, Dublin 5.

Got a text yesterday by UPC to say that I have being upgraded from 50Mb. Happy out.

omerin

NoDrama wrote: »

Got a text yesterday by UPC to say that I have being upgraded from 50Mb. Happy out.

I got that text too, but wireless on a 100mb I only get

ctlsleh

Whats the relationship between line attenuation and noise margin and what would be considered good?
Im about 700metres from the cabinet and get 9.5dB of attenuation and 13.3dB of noise margin on my linen......both downstream.....im upgrading to fibre, so based on these rates and distance, im assuming there is no additional value in signing up for the 70Mb package and that ill get exactly the same throughput if on the 50Mb package.....?
Appreciate comments and advice......

allen175

ctlsleh wrote: »

Whats the relationship between line attenuation and noise margin and what would be considered good?
Im about 700metres from the cabinet and get 9.5dB of attenuation and 13.3dB of noise margin on my linen......both downstream.....im upgrading to fibre, so based on these rates and distance, im assuming there is no additional value in signing up for the 70Mb package and that ill get exactly the same throughput if on the 50Mb package.....?
Appreciate comments and advice......

Your current ADSL stats will be out the window, they don't come into account since they are measured from you to the exchange not to the cab.

Any further questions would be better asked in the fibre rollout thread.

ctlsleh

allen175 wrote: »

Your current ADSL stats will be out the window, they don't come into account since they are measured from you to the exchange not to the cab.

Any further questions would be better asked in the fibre rollout thread.

Thabks, but my local cabinet is an exchange, it is my nearest point, there isnt a cabinet any closer unfortunately.......

CuppaCocoa

UPC promised me an upgrade to 50mg today and told me to switch the modem off for a minute and turn it on again and I should be upgraded. Here's the result of the speed test. Were they lying?

http://speedtest.net/result/2764704150.png

Pingtest.net tells me I have 36ms?