Broadband Speed & Ping Test Megathread

OneEightSeven

vibe666 wrote: »

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.

How much does it cost and is it just broadband-only, or do you have to get Voice over IP with it?

bloodyhawk

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!

Where are you located? You can only get magnet FTTH in certain areas. i am on a fat pipe 100mb with magnet and would love FTTH!

vibe666

OneEightSeven wrote: »

How much does it cost and is it just broadband-only, or do you have to get Voice over IP with it?

it's €50 per month, although you don't need to have any other services with it they do offer an IPTV and phone service if you want it.

You have to be in an estate that is cabled up for it though, with a fibre optic cable (proper fibre to the home, not the fibre to the cabinet like eircom or UPC) running into your house.

I got the TV in with it, but got shot of it after a week, it was terrible compared to sky.

http://www.magnet.ie/ftth/

bloodyhawk

vibe666 wrote: »

it's €50 per month, although you don't need to have any other services with it they do offer an IPTV and phone service if you want it.

You have to be in an estate that is cabled up for it though, with a fibre optic cable (proper fibre to the home, not the fibre to the cabinet like eircom or UPC) running into your house.

I got the TV in with it, but got shot of it after a week, it was terrible compared to sky.

http://www.magnet.ie/ftth/

I have 1 request can you please ping (Manchester, Uk) (Frankfurt, Germany) and (Paris France). on speed test and on ping test. and post the results just for the curiosity. would really appreciate that. cheers

vibe666

bloodyhawk wrote: »

I have 1 request can you please ping (Manchester, Uk) (Frankfurt, Germany) and (Paris France). on speed test and on ping test. and post the results just for the curiosity. would really appreciate that. cheers

speeds not great as I'm stuck on wifi at the minute due to a power cut which left the only wired PC I have powered off and it's a going to be a PITA powering it on again and logging in as it's connected to the TV and the wife is currently watching something on it.

here's what I have anyway.



very limited options on pingtest.net compared to speedtest, but this is what i've got:

bloodyhawk

vibe666 wrote: »

speeds not great as I'm stuck on wifi at the minute due to a power cut which left the only wired PC I have powered off and it's a going to be a PITA powering it on again and logging in as it's connected to the TV and the wife is currently watching something on it.

here's what I have anyway.



very limited options on pingtest.net compared to speedtest, but this is what i've got:

Lovely thanks a bunch

smelly sock

Here a UPC test for me when it was first installed, I'll post what I am getting now later on

AlanS181824

smelly sock wrote: »

Here a UPC test for me when it was first installed, I'll post what I am getting now later on

Not a great upload but the download is great.

vibe666

bloodyhawk wrote: »

I have 1 request can you please ping (Manchester, Uk) (Frankfurt, Germany) and (Paris France). on speed test and on ping test. and post the results just for the curiosity. would really appreciate that. cheers

I had another go with the wired connection again. seems better aside from Utrecht for some reason.

bloodyhawk

Let me ask you how is the gaming on your connection? must be brill haha..

ED E

vibe666 wrote: »

I had another go with the wired connection again. seems better aside from Utrecht for some reason.

Comparison with UPC, just for ****s and giggles:
(Nb cant be sure which servers you used in some cities)

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EDIT: Too many images for one post, splitting

No real difference, predictably. Fact is they all use the same transit so performance is near identical.

ED E

Pings

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bloodyhawk

Interesting, makes you think you'd get a faster response time from magnet since its FTTH!

ED E

bloodyhawk wrote: »

Interesting, makes you think you'd get a faster response time from magnet since its FTTH!

Not always, some is VDSL.

In any case, I have say 50m to the DOCSIS3 node, then its fibre all the way onwards, so the difference is maybe 1 ms. The CPE and big iron routers matter much more.

vibe666

ED E wrote: »

Not always, some is VDSL.

In any case, I have say 50m to the DOCSIS3 node, then its fibre all the way onwards, so the difference is maybe 1 ms. The CPE and big iron routers matter much more.

mine is actually ftth though, there's a fibre switch under my stairs. It's a bit dodgy actually, if I connect directly to the switch, I can sees all my neighbours, some of which don't appear know that they should probably have a router/firewall between them and the big dirty internet.

ED E, what do you get from a ping to heanet.ie?

ED E

vibe666 wrote: »

ED E, what do you get from a ping to heanet.ie?

Pinging heanet.ie [193.1.201.145] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 193.1.201.145: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=57
Reply from 193.1.201.145: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=57
Reply from 193.1.201.145: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=57
Reply from 193.1.201.145: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=57
Reply from 193.1.201.145: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=57
Reply from 193.1.201.145: bytes=32 time=7ms TTL=57
Reply from 193.1.201.145: bytes=32 time=7ms TTL=57
Reply from 193.1.201.145: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=57
Reply from 193.1.201.145: bytes=32 time=7ms TTL=57
Reply from 193.1.201.145: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=57
Reply from 193.1.201.145: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=57
Reply from 193.1.201.145: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=57
Reply from 193.1.201.145: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=57
Reply from 193.1.201.145: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=57
Reply from 193.1.201.145: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=57
Reply from 193.1.201.145: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=57
Reply from 193.1.201.145: bytes=32 time=7ms TTL=57
Reply from 193.1.201.145: bytes=32 time=9ms TTL=57
Reply from 193.1.201.145: bytes=32 time=10ms TTL=57
Reply from 193.1.201.145: bytes=32 time=8ms TTL=57

Thats with an old dell box with a 7yo mobo, might shave a millisecond with a better NIC

smelly sock

In more practical terms lads heres my average speed while torrenting

Not my personal connection but this from where I work...

C:\Windows\system32>ping www.heanet.ie

Pinging heanet.ie.webhosting.heanet.ie [193.1.201.145] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 193.1.201.145: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=54
Reply from 193.1.201.145: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=54
Reply from 193.1.201.145: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=54
Reply from 193.1.201.145: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=54

Ping statistics for 193.1.201.145:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 4ms, Maximum = 4ms, Average = 4ms

AlanS181824

Karsini wrote: »

Not my personal connection but this from where I work...

C:\Windows\system32>ping www.heanet.ie

Pinging heanet.ie.webhosting.heanet.ie [193.1.201.145] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 193.1.201.145: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=54
Reply from 193.1.201.145: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=54
Reply from 193.1.201.145: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=54
Reply from 193.1.201.145: bytes=32 time=4ms TTL=54

Ping statistics for 193.1.201.145:
    Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
    Minimum = 4ms, Maximum = 4ms, Average = 4ms

Oh. My. God!

That's an amazing connection!

Is it Sky or Vodafone? Or do BT actual provide business connection themselves?

ED E

AlanS181824 wrote: »

Oh. My. God!

That's an amazing connection!

Is it Sky or Vodafone? Or do BT actual provide business connection themselves?

Not really anything special, plenty of larger business have access like that.

AlanS181824

ED E wrote: »

Not really anything special, plenty of larger business have access like that.

True and also universities.

But it just look so good actually seeing speed test results from it.

AlanS181824

AlanS181824 wrote: »

Oh. My. God!

That's an amazing connection!

Is it Sky or Vodafone? Or do BT actual provide business connection themselves?

It's a Host Ireland microwave link; they lease their capacity from BT.

vengeance52

My Speeds today. Meant to have a 17meg connection just outside Cavan with Vodafone. Annoyed to say the least.

jca

vengeance52 wrote: »

My Speeds today. Meant to have a 17meg connection just outside Cavan with Vodafone. Annoyed to say the least.

Similar to what I was getting with Sky.

vibe666

Karsini wrote: »

It's a Host Ireland microwave link; they lease their capacity from BT.

do they do a USB dongle?

Potential-Monke

So i'm now officially in the record books - first in my area to get eFibre (went live on 25/06). And, i'm impressed so far. Sales agent said "Up To 50mbps", technician said the line is only currently capable of 30mbps, and that they're not telling anyone that it's fibre to the cabinet, not the house. Lovely gents who were in and out quick, and i'm up and running:



Let's see how i get on when the congestion kicks in once others have connected.

ED E

Potential-Monke wrote: »

So i'm now officially in the record books - first in my area to get eFibre (went live on 25/06). And, i'm impressed so far. Sales agent said "Up To 50mbps", technician said the line is only currently capable of 30mbps, and that they're not telling anyone that it's fibre to the cabinet, not the house. Lovely gents who were in and out quick, and i'm up and running:



Let's see how i get on when the congestion kicks in once others have connected.

VDSL cabs are overfed for later upgrades and to allow stable IPTV. You wont see any congestion on NGA lines.

Savman

Impressive stuff in Dublin from Three lately.

jca

Savman wrote: »

Impressive stuff in Dublin from Three lately.

Be careful. I got turned on for posting a 4g speed test in this thread.

jay93

Vodafone DSL ''upto 24Mb'' still waiting for fibre in the area supposed to go live next month :D

jay93

X3Y2B7

Vodafone "100mb fibre"


DL = 1.16Mbps/148KBps

UL = 0.09Mbps/11.5KBps

Ping = 265ms

newbie13

http://www.pingtest.net/result/101321827.png


http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3608875715


I am with VD Fiber,..

Mr. G

17Mb down/1Mbps up ADSL2+ line from Vodafone. €39 a month.

It would be higher if I put the modem by the main telephone socket (this speed test was taken when it was connected to an extension socket), but I couldn't be bothered. Speed test taken using ethernet cable.

Vodafone: Darren

X3Y2B7 wrote: »

Vodafone "100mb fibre"


DL = 1.16Mbps/148KBps

UL = 0.09Mbps/11.5KBps

Ping = 265ms

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markcahill1985

Hi Guys, we ordered Sky broadband yesterday for the first time, we are renting and did not have broadband previously, they have said that the fastest speed our line will hold is 4mb, is this a decent speed, will be hoping to stream netflix and for online gaming mostly.

thanks all

hallo dare

markcahill1985 wrote: »

Hi Guys, we ordered Sky broadband yesterday for the first time, we are renting and did not have broadband previously, they have said that the fastest speed our line will hold is 4mb, is this a decent speed, will be hoping to stream netflix and for online gaming mostly.

thanks all

The chances of you actually getting 4mb is a stretch i'd say. I doubt you'll be able to get HD Netflix with buffering and such.

As far as online gaming goes, espically FPS games, it's more to do with your Latency than speeds.

Something you won't know anything on for both questions until the BB is installed. Any of your neighbours have it?

markcahill1985

hallo dare wrote: »

The chances of you actually getting 4mb is a stretch i'd say. I doubt you'll be able to get HD Netflix with buffering and such.

As far as online gaming goes, espically FPS games, it's more to do with your Latency than speeds.

Something you won't know anything on for both questions until the BB is installed. Any of your neighbours have it?

Yeah a couple 2 doors down have sky broadband also, not sure what their top speed is, would it be the same if in the same area? (sorry for the clueless questions). I know they stream netflix and ahvent heard them giving out.

hallo dare

markcahill1985 wrote: »

Yeah a couple 2 doors down have sky broadband also, not sure what their top speed is, would it be the same if in the same area? (sorry for the clueless questions)

You're grand, but if you are going to be asking more questions then you are best off starting a new thread as this thread is really for showing results and such.

They may or maynot be on the same exchange as you, if they are, then the chances of you having the same quality as them is possible. Speeds may be worst in the evenings and weekends with contention.

devildriver

Just got Eircom Fibre installed today.

About 150 metres (straight line) from cab.

Crosshaven, Co.Cork

AlanS181824

devildriver wrote: »

Just got Eircom Fibre installed today.

About 150 metres (straight line) from cab.

Crosshaven, Co.Cork

Is that on WiFi or Ethernet?

If it's Ethernet you're either connected to a different cabinet than you think or there's a problem on the line.

Is Vectoring enabled on your cabinet do you know?

devildriver

AlanS181824 wrote: »

Is that on WiFi or Ethernet?

If it's Ethernet you're either connected to a different cabinet than you think or there's a problem on the line.

Is Vectoring enabled on your cabinet do you know?

Thanks Alan. I don't know if vectoring is enabled.

Eircom told me my max speed would be 43mb.

Should I be getting better speed than that?

seligehgit

Eircom E fibre,quite close to the exchange...up to 85MB/s download speeds?

WIFI

Ethernet

The ethernet appears to be a tad slower than the WIFI?

Kristopherus

Efibre. 200m from cabinet. Eircom tell me 50mbps is the best I can get.


http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/3620431333

Blue_Dabadee

Meh

jca

mxph3 wrote: »

Meh

Good ping though:cool:

OneEightSeven

Before:


After:

AlanS181824

OneEightSeven wrote: »

Before:


After:

Wow you've some ping!

OneEightSeven

AlanS181824 wrote: »

Wow you've some ping!

Yeah, I wasn't expecting my ping to improve so dramatically. It should be noted that ping tests on Speedtest.net are not reliable but according to JD's Auto Speed Tester, when pinging Google.ie, my ping went from 30ms on ADSL2+ to 6ms on VDSL2.

It's better than some people's pings on FTTH. Pity I don't have the attention span for gaming to take advantage of it, not that my previous ping was bad either, though, I've noticed websites load a bit quicker.

pajor

'Upgraded' to UPC Horizon yesterday.

With ethernet cable.


On wi-fi