Broadband Speed & Ping Test Megathread

bk109

Well,I have to admit that I like these results(using UPC Fibre30 in Terenure with the EPC2425 box)




Ooh,and just to illustrate the importance of speedtesting over a ethernet cable... this is the result taken using WLAN:

8MB VF

Mark#1

Perlico wireless Home Broadband, North county Dublin.

Originally signed up for 1MB, got a letter a few months ago saying we were automatically getting upgraded to 3MB for free, but according to my account details, we're still on 1MB. I've e-mailed them for clarification.






OK, so no discussion on this thread, so where I go to find out what I can do about this farce?


Mark

Hank Scorpio

What are UPC users dos pinging to different countries?

www.k-play.de
www.utservers.nl
www.multiplay.co.uk

Thanks guys!

Improbable

k-play = 45ms
utservers = 52ms
multiplay = 40ms

Hank Scorpio

alot higher than my eircom connection unfortunately :mad:

Unregistered.

Just installed UPC 5Mb.





It's half six, these are excellent results. Very happy.

Myrddin

UPC 15Mb package installed about an hour ago:





Pretty chuffed I must say, fingers crossed for continued figures like those. I migrated from VF (Ex BT Up To 8Mb), the line only gave me about 5Mb. Got rid of sky into the bargain, got a cheaper package from UPC & channels for an extra bedroom too - halved the monthly tv/bb bill & can now tell Eircom bye bye line rental. Yes, today is a good day :pac:

seanf12

Eircom - Monaghan

e-sull

o2 Home in a rural area.. mast capable of 3.6Mbps using Globesurfer III 7.2Mbps Modem/Router




cant complain!

borygo77

900 miles away



Nokia e72 setup as wifi hotspot (joikuSpot premium) and laptop connected to it...



Irishbroadband Breeze 4Mbps










Really can't complain at all

nuxxx wrote: »

What are UPC users dos pinging to different countries?

www.k-play.de average 36
www.utservers.nl average 39
www.multiplay.co.uk average 19

Thanks guys!

moonboy52

My jitter is usually around 10ms so i am well happy with this test:)

woolymammoth

http://www.netindex.com/download/2,49/Ireland/

oops! i forgot to actually add my comment! Maybe not the right placce for this, but i thought it was interesting. What i do find hard to believe is that Naas ranks better than Dublin, aparently!

Calibos

I'm in Bray with Attenuation of 15db, SNR of 14db and syncing at the full 8.1mbits and this 1.8mbit is pretty much the max download speed I am getting for weeks ever since this supposed 1:1 contention NGB product came in!!

ooter

how good/bad is this result?
thinking of getting away from 3 to be honest..

e-sull

thats actually a really good speed given three's standards..

gaz wac

25mb with Magnet

jay93

stormwarning

:eek:

jambofc

me too,this is what it's been like for a couple of weeks

Agent_47

Sorted !

Should I have a chat with Eircom about the low speed on their new NGB 8Mb ?

Rycn

Got the UPC 30/3 Fibre package installed yesterday.

Download was at 30mb for a few hours after the lad left and since then its been at 22.5mb exactly everytime ive checked.

Upload is obviously fantastic and ping is great.





Installation was quick and simple and so far id recommend them to anyone, even if im not getting the full 30mb download yet

lord lucan

I got UPC in today,30mb package. Here's the best i've gotten so far:

moonboy52

From Waterford to Dublin at 17:43 on the 5th August

Ranicand

lord lucan wrote: »

I got UPC in today,30mb package. Here's the best i've gotten so far:

Wireless or Ethernet connection?

ryue65

UPC 30MB package!!





The only time Ive achieved downloads > 20MB was on a Sun morning @ < 07:00

Has anyone noticed how the UPC speedtest app on their site, seems to churn out speeds much higher than these!?

Rycn

ryue65 wrote: »

UPC 30MB package!!





The only time Ive achieved downloads > 20MB was on a Sun morning @ < 07:00

Has anyone noticed how the UPC speedtest app on their site, seems to churn out speeds much higher than these!?

Mines grand at the moment, maybe its something else because were both <50 miles of dublin

lord lucan

Ranicand wrote: »

Wireless or Ethernet connection?

Wireless!

Here's today:



I'll try it via Ethernet connection in a couple of hours for the craic.:)

badabing106

3mb line , does anyone know speed I should be expecting on average?

dazdrog

badabing106 wrote: »

3mb line , does anyone know speed I should be expecting on average?

2.5mb is what you should expect with decent pings from a 3mb line, what you have is not what you are paying for!

badabing106

dazdrog wrote: »

2.5mb is what you should expect with decent pings from a 3mb line, what you have is not what you are paying for!

Thanks for the info ,didn't think it would be that high .I posted the same question on the vodafone forum hours ago and bumped the thread but was ignored ,ironic that I am seeing splash Vodafone broadband adverts on this thread now

allanb49

At my mums has eircom and there standard router - Just checked there stuff, think they are being screwed, what you think?

Location Dundrum






Just did another check,

Lostinspace

Eircom 1MB Line

Glanmire, Co. Cork

tazzzZ

I regularly get 27mb down and 3 up. however my packet loss is awful. any1 any idea how to improve it? I just had upc installed today and have yet to tinker with the modem etc. any help would be appreciated.

Sorted got into the setup and turned off the firewall.

TanG411

15mb broadband from UPC, using their supplied Cisco router.




Happy with results, though the ping can be as low as 30ms.

I'm in Mayfield, Cork in case anybody wants the location.

niall02

Constantly this speed.

cisco2425 upc router
wireless.
when wired connection, its slightly faster, maybe 21mb

Is this normal????
or should i be contacting support?

only reason i ask is that i see people on a 15mb connection getting 14.7 etc...
im getting like 4-5mb faster when it should be more like 10+mb faster..

am i getting things wrong?

thanks ppl :-)

Spooky1666

I pay for 5mb :D:D

allanb49

30mb line leixlip UPC using Cisco Wireless





After checking the firewall settings

Spooky1666

allanb49 wrote: »

30mb line leixlip UPC using Cisco Wireless





After checking the firewall settings

Still only 12 meg though. Unlucky. Look wat i'm getting and I'm paying for 5

dSleeper

Carpenterstown via wireless

e-sull

Something up with Eircom's server?

www.fwi.ie
www.telecogresca.com
www.eircom.net

no change in circumstances, environment or anything like..

John2009

UPC 30mb in Cork City, still going strong and max speeds 24/7,

very very reliable for me, happy out and looking forward to a speed increase soon




and a little result from a file i just downloaded from Rapidshare with Flashget

allanb49

Spooky1666 wrote: »

Still only 12 meg though. Unlucky. Look wat i'm getting and I'm paying for 5

Yeah i saw, any reason for that? Turned off firewall, was just installed yesterday and was told might be a few hours before full signal is going through

Gonna try the ethernet when i get home tonight.

Spooky1666

allanb49 wrote: »

Yeah i saw, any reason for that? Turned off firewall, was just installed yesterday and was told might be a few hours before full signal is going through

Gonna try the ethernet when i get home tonight.

Some UPC connects aren't that great. Maybe thats why. Or maybe it's your router? Try your ethernet cable and if you see a major improvement then maybe upgrade your router? If your still only getting 12mbs then maybe you should downgrade to the 15mbs package. That way u'd pay less and still get the same speed. ( please note there is a 15 euro downgrade fee ) :P

wcp1200

Whats this about turning of the firewall? Got upc 30 pack. Upload always hits 3 but download goes from 7-20. ping is always 36-37 and packet always gets lost. What does the packet loss thing mean anyways?

Spooky1666

wcp1200 wrote: »

Whats this about turning of the firewall? Got upc 30 pack. Upload always hits 3 but download goes from 7-20. ping is always 36-37 and packet always gets lost. What does the packet loss thing mean anyways?

Yep I'm 99% sure that it's your firewall that's causing that. Data is sent in packets (like food is sent in packets). Packet loss is when data packets that were sent are never received. Anything above 0% is bad and usually only caused by router firewalls. To turn off a router firewall look at the label on your router( it usually tells you the website to search and the username and pass code) Once you do that you will get into your router setting. You should see firewall settings there. Uncheck/turn off everything that's on. That should fix your problem. If your a bit confused or have any questions feel free to ask.

wcp1200

How do i enter the firewall settings?

wcp1200

When i do the speed test for galway(which is where i am) i get like 10down 3up and 38ping but when i check it with the dublin server i always get 21down 3up and 26ping. So how do i make sure im using dublins server and not galways? I have UPC 30 pack.

Ranicand

JBoyle4eva

Vodafone at Home. This is the 3MB package: