Broadband Speed & Ping Test Megathread

AlanS181824

Terry wrote: »

Free upgrade this morning:

I have Vodafone Fibre and my download is higher than yours but your upload + ping are higher than mine.

Anyone know how to improve this? The ping especially.

ShodenMcClane

AlanS181824 wrote: »

I have Vodafone Fibre and my download is higher than yours but your upload + ping are higher than mine.

Anyone know how to improve this? The ping especially.

Live nearer the server.

AlanS181824

ShodenMcClane wrote: »

Live nearer the server.

I do, one is about 2 minutes away from me.

Still get a ping of 15ms+

Blade

jca wrote: »

Very nice indeed. No sign of vectoring on my cabinet at all.

Same here, does anyone know do Eircom just upgrade you or do you have to ask them? Also do they give the free upgrade to both the old packages of 50/15 and 70/20?

AlanS181824

Blade wrote: »

Same here, does anyone know do Eircom just upgrade you or do you have to ask them? Also do they give the free upgrade to both the old packages of 50/15 and 70/20?

I joined Vodafone only recently so I was put straight onto the 100/20 profile but I'm sure they'll upgrade you as soon as it's in your area.

Probably just takes a modem reboot and you're done.

ShodenMcClane

AlanS181824 wrote: »

I do, one is about 2 minutes away from me.

Still get a ping of 15ms+

It was just a joke sorry. Not a very good one mind.

Blade

AlanS181824 wrote: »

I do, one is about 2 minutes away from me.

Still get a ping of 15ms+

I don't totally trust the online speed tests. Try in DOS pinging google.ie and google.co.uk, I get rock solid pings of 6 and 15 respectively, that's pretty damn good.

iMrApex

My current internet situation with eFibre:
Download: 95.96MBPS
Upload: 19.26MBPS
Ping: 10MS

I can't link the speedtest due to being a new user.

bloodyhawk

Switched to magnet from eircom

hallo dare

Aw i dream of these sort of speeds, all i can do is look on in envy and cry with my little 8mb.

jca

The way things are going with my eFibre connection I'll be back to 8 meg soon. My speed is almost half what I was originally getting when I was connected back in December. I was getting 48/19 today it's 23/12. Not good at all.

ShodenMcClane

jca wrote: »

The way things are going with my eFibre connection I'll be back to 8 meg soon. My speed is almost half what I was originally getting when I was connected back in December. I was getting 48/19 today it's 23/12. Not good at all.

Did you get Evision too?

jca

ShodenMcClane wrote: »

Did you get Evision too?

I'm starting a free trial of eVision next Tuesday afternoon. Would they have dropped my speed already? According to the router stats my profile is now 34/15 with my attainable rate now down to 41/20. I'm posting from my phone so the figures aren't exact.

ShodenMcClane

jca wrote: »

I'm starting a free trial of eVision next Tuesday afternoon. Would they have dropped my speed already? According to the router stats my profile is now 34/15 with my attainable rate now down to 41/20. I'm posting from my phone so the figures aren't exact.

Yes, when we went with evision we were moved off a 50/20 profile onto a 34/20 one for stability. It's been good though!

jca

ShodenMcClane wrote: »

Yes, when we went with evision we were moved off a 50/20 profile onto a 34/20 one for stability. It's been good though!

Thanks for that. I'll see how it goes. The TV I'm connecting it to is upstairs with the router downstairs wired to a desktop. How do they connect to the eVision box?

AlanS181824

jca wrote: »

Thanks for that. I'll see how it goes. The TV I'm connecting it to is upstairs with the router downstairs wired to a desktop. How do they connect to the eVision box?

As far as I'm aware they use powerline adapters from the router to the eVision box.

Mgit

upc 120mb broadband in sligo. Set it up in my parents house today and ping cant get any better than this.
Wish i could get these speeds in my house in dundalk. Im on 3mb.

AlanS181824

Mgit wrote: »

upc 120mb broadband in sligo. Set it up in my parents house today and ping cant get any better than this.
Wish i could get these speeds in my house in dundalk. Im on 3mb.

The Ennis server isn't right, don't trust the pings from it.

Ages ago loads of people were getting 0 pings.

Machinehead

I'm on what Vodafone label as "a non standard delivery line" capable of delivering 1Mb max download speed. Currently my synch speed is 503kbit/s, which is par for the course for me. On a recent visit an Eircom engineer said my line was delivering 1.2Mb/s. What has changed recently after a modem re-boot is that the info is displaying my line as ADSL2+ rather than the usual ASDL2, but with no increase in speed. Any ideas as to why the Line standard should change & what can I now expect? Should I now leave the router/line connection be to learn & possibly develop somewhat higher speeds in the future or is that just folly?
Line standard ADSL2+
Downstream line rate (kbit/s) 503
Upstream line rate (kbit/s) 124
Downstream SNR (dB) 6.6
Upstream SNR (dB) 17.9
Downstream line attenuation (dB) 76
Upstream line attenuation (dB) 50
Downstream output power (dBmV) 0
Upstream output power (dBmV) 12.6
Downstream CRC 106111
Upstream CRC 0
Downstream FEC 676631
Upstream FEC 0

red_bairn

Machinehead wrote: »

I'm on what Vodafone label as "a non standard delivery line" capable of delivering 1Mb max download speed. Currently my synch speed is 503kbit/s, which is par for the course for me. On a recent visit an Eircom engineer said my line was delivering 1.2Mb/s. What has changed recently after a modem re-boot is that the info is displaying my line as ADSL2+ rather than the usual ASDL2, but with no increase in speed. Any ideas as to why the Line standard should change & what can I now expect? Should I now leave the router/line connection be to learn & possibly develop somewhat higher speeds in the future or is that just folly?

The line standard probably changed because the modem has detected an upgrade at the exchange via the line. Just a guess. You won't see a change unless a fibre cabinet is nearer to you. The Exchange is 5km away.

Machinehead

red_bairn wrote: »

The line standard probably changed because the modem has detected an upgrade at the exchange via the line. Just a guess. You won't see a change unless a fibre cabinet is nearer to you. The Exchange is 5km away.

There's a fibre cab 2.2km - road disatance away, but God only knows what way the lines travel.

VinLieger

Got Eircom fibre yesterday


Compared to the 3 mb/s i was getting on a good day with Sky im VERY happy

_Whimsical_

VinLieger wrote: »

Got Eircom fibre yesterday


Compared to the 3 mb/s i was getting on a good day with Sky im VERY happy

Is that speed wired or wifi do you mind me asking?

dazdrog

vodafone upto 100mb wireless connection from 2 foot distance @ a line length of 1000-1030m

Pinging google.ie [213.233.154.96] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 213.233.154.96: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=60
Reply from 213.233.154.96: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=60
Reply from 213.233.154.96: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=60
Reply from 213.233.154.96: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=60

Ping statistics for 213.233.154.96:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 8ms, Maximum = 10ms, Average = 8ms




Line standard VDSL2
Channel type None
Downstream line rate (kbit/s) 50176
Upstream line rate (kbit/s) 15360
Downstream attainable data rate(kbit/s) 66208
Upstream attainable data rate(kbit/s) 23530
Downstream SNR (dB) 14.4
Upstream SNR (dB) 14.2
Downstream line attenuation (dB) 14.2
Upstream line attenuation (dB) 4.9
Downstream output power (dBmV) 12.5
Upstream output power (dBmV) 1.7
Downstream CRC 0
Upstream CRC 0
Downstream FEC 507
Upstream FEC 2

ive tried get a speedboost off them but they say eircom have the line locked at 50/15 even tho ive had 50/20 at this house from magnet

VinLieger

_Whimsical_ wrote: »

Is that speed wired or wifi do you mind me asking?

Thats wifi, havent checked wired yet actually good idea

OneEightSeven

VinLieger wrote: »

Thats wifi, havent checked wired yet actually good idea

Very impressive for WiFi. I think didn't eircom's routers were capable of that speed.

jantheman91

OneEightSeven wrote: »

Very impressive for WiFi. I think didn't eircom's routers were capable of that speed.

That really is incredible.

I've a new laptop, and am on the 70/20 profile, yet only get 30 wireless.

jca

jantheman91 wrote: »

That really is incredible.

I've a new laptop, and am on the 70/20 profile, yet only get 30 wireless.

It all depends on the wireless card in the laptop too. People getting great wireless speeds with MacBooks.

VinLieger

jca wrote: »

It all depends on the wireless card in the laptop too. People getting great wireless speeds with MacBooks.

Ive gotten it with my Macbook and gaming PC on wireless. PC is using a dongle

Here's the wired Macbook test

jantheman91

VinLieger wrote: »

Ive gotten it with my Macbook and gaming PC on wireless. PC is using a dongle

Here's the wired Macbook test

how far are you from the cabinet?

If you have line stats can you post them up (Noise margin, Attenuation etc.)

Solid connection!

VinLieger

jantheman91 wrote: »

how far are you from the cabinet?

If you have line stats can you post them up (Noise margin, Attenuation etc.)

Solid connection!

No don't have them, there are two cabinets within distance not sure which im going off, 178 metres from one and 220 from the other

jantheman91

VinLieger wrote: »

No don't have them, there are two cabinets within distance not sure which im going off, 178 metres from one and 220 from the other

It would be interesting to see them.

192.168.1.254 <--- Put that in your address bar and login.

Go to system monitor, click ''xDSL statistics'' and screencap it.

Your getting incredible speeds being further than I am from the cabinet.

I suspect your attainable is through the roof!

AlanS181824

I wonder will we ever see Eircom using the 30a profile in use or will Eircom milk this for as long as they can.

_Whimsical_

Mine wired



Mine on wifi just upstairs from the modem,no real obstacle bar stairs.

AlanS181824

And the Ping Test to go with it!

nc6000

Quite a difference between my Vodafone Speedtest result and the one in the previous post.

AlanS181824

nc6000 wrote: »

Quite a difference between my Vodafone Speedtest result and the one in the previous post.

That's true but you're still getting very respectable speeds nonetheless!

When Fibre does come to your area which you can check on the Eircom website then depending on how far/near you are to the Cabinet you could get speeds similar to mine!

Or maybe even better if you're really close :P

plouto

hi can any one tell me if BT broadband can you get this still in ireland

plouto

hi i dont know i was with utv but vodafone have taken over them now

jca

Sky use the BT gear in the LLU exchanges.

plouto

sky dont have sky fibre yet they wont have till later on in the year

red_bairn

plouto wrote: »

sky dont have sky fibre yet they wont have till later on in the year

That's why Eircom are delaying the Exchange VDSL.

amdaley28

plouto wrote: »

hi can any one tell me if BT broadband can you get this still in ireland

Long since gone.
Vodafone took over their customers.

jca

red_bairn wrote: »

That's why Eircom are delaying the Exchange VDSL.

Any proof of that? Sky are waiting until everyone is finished their initial 12/18 month contracts so they won't have to pay for the install.

AlanS181824

jca wrote: »

Any proof of that? Sky are waiting until everyone is finished their initial 12/18 month contracts so they won't have to pay for the install.

I'm sure it's to do with their Sky Hub, the FTTC in England is only 76/20 and I'm not sure if it's a requirment to have their equipment Vectoring enabled or not.

So maybe their Sky Hub SR102 can't handle the Irish FTTC speeds or up to 100/20?

Also, I highly doubt Sky would bring out a Sky Hub especially for us!

ED E

AlanS181824 wrote: »

I'm sure it's to do with their Sky Hub, the FTTC in England is only 76/20 and I'm not sure if it's a requirment to have their equipment Vectoring enabled or not.

So maybe their Sky Hub SR102 can't handle the Irish FTTC speeds or up to 100/20?

Also, I highly doubt Sky would bring out a Sky Hub especially for us!

They already have to provide firmware tweaks for the irish market. UK DSL network uses PPPoA and eircom use PPPoE. I know the sky hub 3/4 support VDSL but not sure about vectoring.


Sky have opted to not go for vdsl here yet, as JCA posted what I suggested a few months back, its a method of cost saving by getting the other line ops to pay. Install fees will be similar for exchange VDSL though as it still requires a site visit, so Im now not sure them holding it up would match that approach. We'll probably never know the real details anyways.

red_bairn

jca wrote: »

Any proof of that? Sky are waiting until everyone is finished their initial 12/18 month contracts so they won't have to pay for the install.

Told by somebody in the know.

vibe666

Really enjoying the FTTH. Even though it's *only* 100Mbps, I get much better speeds torrenting than I ever did with UPC on 150Mbps.

My best bet is that I get prioritised by other peers and seeds on downloads because of the really low ping.

I don't trust speedtest.net for pings (they've been all over the place recently) but a pingtest from dublin to galway in 8ms is pretty good!

OneEightSeven

vibe666 wrote: »

Really enjoying the FTTH. Even though it's *only* 100Mbps, I get much better speeds torrenting than I ever did with UPC on 150Mbps.

My best bet is that I get prioritised by other peers and seeds on downloads because of the really low ping.

I don't trust speedtest.net for pings (they've been all over the place recently) but a pingtest from dublin to galway in 8ms is pretty good!

Do you have a download cap with Magnet for FTTH?

vibe666

OneEightSeven wrote: »

Do you have a download cap with Magnet for FTTH?

not so far and i've been using over 1tb per month for the last few months.

Also, I think the ping might have been correct after all! :eek:

just did a pingtest from my router to www.heanet.ie and this was the result.