IBB looking for testers for 2Mb product

PowerHouseDan

i just turned off my computer about 10min before he pm. Sht anyway would like 2mb now hopefully ya he will check them tomorrow.

Steffano2002

I'm one of the lucky 7s!

Downloading at 245Kbs also. Went on a few "test your connection" website and up and down were confirmed at just below 2Mb (which made me a little moist...)

I rang IBB for an unrelated problem and they told me I was on a 16:1 contention instead of my usual 8:1 though... Is this normal?

So far so good I must say! My new 250Gb external HDD will be full by next Tuesday I think!

OldTitan: thank you for thinking about us, boards.ie members, and thank you for selecting me!
Now you see that "2" in front of th "MB"? Change that to a "4" just to see if... lol

Legion

Right, well I wasn't expecting to get anywhere near a test on the 2mb but I did say to OldTitan if he thought my conn was up to it i would give it a go..anyways looks like I've been upped in speed but take a look at this speed test result taking from http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speedtest.asp


Downstream 1851 Kbps (231.4 KB/sec) 1999 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 27 Kbps (3.4 KB/sec) 29 Kbps (inc. overheads)


Notice the Upstream speed ??? yeah thats where my problem lies with my connection.I dont know why, plenty of people bar me have been over here looking at it and there stumped as to why this should be so low,everything has been tried to sort it on my end download speeds are rock solid from ftp http etc but very patchy web access ,before the bad few weeks before the upgrade on the Ballymun mast upload was fine. Since the upgrade..well you can see where I'm at now. btw that upload speed your looking at is more or less the same all the time.

D.

Drapper

Direction


Actual Speed

True Speed (estimated)
Downstream 2431 Kbps (303.9 KB/sec) 2625 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 3160 Kbps (395.0 KB/sec) 3412 Kbps (inc. overheads)

Wooooww

Steffano2002

Hard luck Legion, that upload is very poor indeed... Did you try another PC to see if the upload remains the same? If you know someone with a laptop for example have a go at that same test to see if upload remains this slow. Are you using a router? Could your firewall be the cause of this problem?

Drapper, I hate you. I'm going to try tonight and compare with your results. I don't think I'll get as high as that though...

PowerHouseDan

what speed test are ye using

JohnMorrissey

Legion wrote:

take a look at this speed test result taking from http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speedtest.asp

Steffano2002

powerhousedan wrote:

what speed test are ye using

I use these:

http://bw.sdv.fr/

http://www.60millions-mag.com/page/bases.12_services_plus_60.3_testeur./contesteuranonyme-1/

http://www.zdnet.fr/services/speedtest/speedtest.htm

They're all French sites but pretty straight-forward...

Drapper

Steffano2002 wrote:

I use these:

http://bw.sdv.fr/

http://www.60millions-mag.com/page/bases.12_services_plus_60.3_testeur./contesteuranonyme-1/

http://www.zdnet.fr/services/speedtest/speedtest.htm

They're all French wbsites but prety straight-forward...

Where are your speed test from las night ?
;-)

my torrents were running like lunatics last night !! God stuff IBB

PowerHouseDan

guys before ye got to the 2mb, what was the speed test outputting your download speed as?i always get the full meg upload and download its always between 600-800 sometimes 900 + i'm on the 20:1 cont

Drapper

powerhousedan wrote:

guys before ye got to the 2mb, what was the speed test outputting your download speed as?i always get the full meg upload and download its always between 600-800 sometimes 900 + i'm on the 20:1 cont

around 1.2 meg with bursts of up to 176 meg

PowerHouseDan

i rang up about it and she said i was getting the full meg about a hour before. she said its due to my connection ratio. But i wouldnt of thought many people would be on now. I have always maxed out downloading winzip from winzip own server. i downloading at 108kps max.

OldTitan

Legion wrote:

Downstream 1851 Kbps (231.4 KB/sec) 1999 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 27 Kbps (3.4 KB/sec) 29 Kbps (inc. overheads)


Notice the Upstream speed ??? yeah thats where my problem lies with my connection.
D.

Legion, that inidcates that you are getting a strong signal from the base station, but your signal to the base station is experiencing a weaker signal with interference. It can happen with a reflected signal. It may mean the guys need to re-pan the antenna. I will go through your records and will check with the installation team what signals they got when you were installed. I've asked the guys meanwhile to double check the settings on your radio.

PowerHouseDan

I sent you a email there oldtitian sorry about the delay.

Steffano2002

Drapper wrote:

Where are your speed test from las night ?
;-)

my torrents were running like lunatics last night !! God stuff IBB

GrabIt was going slower than usual last night but that could be due to a lot of traffic on the usenetservers so I'm not worried.

I can't remember what I was getting last night... I think it was just just under 2000 Kbps Downstream and around 1000-1500 Kbps Upstream.

I'll try it again this evening and post the results on this thread.

BTW, anybody on the Guinness Transmitter here? I'd like to know if I'm the only one getting ping jumps every 15 to 20 seconds... Thanks!

OldTitan

Guinness is quiet at the moment. Not much traffic on it.

Steffano2002

Glad to hear it, hope it stays that way!

But my ping is erratic. As I said, every 15 to 20 seconds the ping jumps up for a second or two. If I ping www.boards.ie (or any other website for that matter, even the Guinness transmitter!) I'll get 5 to 8ms and then, it will jump up as high as 1000+ms (even lose the packet sometimes) but only for a second or two. Then it will go back to 5/8ms... It's quite odd as it is very regular.

I sent 2 ping tests by e-mail yesterday evening if you want to have a look at them... It's beyond me

OldTitan

Try powering down the POE and back up again to reset the radio to eliminate any buffer glitches in the radio? I am not in the office today and not logged in to the system, and will be going out shortly. Will check back later and if it is still there will follow up.

Mutant_Fruit

I still havn't been bumped up to 2 meg... any chance this could get done before you vanish for the weekend? Pretty please

Steffano2002

Hi OldTitan,

I often try unplugging the radio to reset it... Sometimes it makes a difference but for the past 4 days now, it has not resolved the situation.
Furthermore, the two IBB techs I spoke to yesterday and the day before both tried resetting my radio remotely also... Doing this has not resolved the problem either.

I hope your engineers will be able to resolve this frustrating small glitch on Tuesday!

PowerHouseDan

Mutant_Fruit i was talkin to oldt and he said it wont be done until tuesday(its closed),he forwarded the emails so its a waiting game until tues

Mutant_Fruit

oh right, thats a kick inna nuts. I was so happy after getting the confirmation PM, and now i don't get it. Ah well, Theres better things in life i could do :rolleyes:

Now to hunt out my damnable powerDVD install disc... it'd probably be easier to just download it... If only i had 2meg

Ciaran500

>_<

No superfast porn for me this weekend.

Drapper

Ciaran500 wrote:

>_<

No superfast porn for me this weekend.

Loads for me !! ;-)

PowerHouseDan

At least we have something to look forward to
Roll on tuesday

Legion

Steffano2002 wrote:

Hard luck Legion, that upload is very poor indeed... Did you try another PC to see if the upload remains the same? If you know someone with a laptop for example have a go at that same test to see if upload remains this slow. Are you using a router? Could your firewall be the cause of this problem?

Yep tried another PC, and yes tried the laptop,and no its not the router or firewall ,although I think OldTitan has hit the nail on the head about the reflected signal it ties in with the time frame of the upgrade on the Ballymun mast.

TBH thats the only thing it can be I reckon.

D.

Steffano2002

Well then OldTitan/IBB are going to have to rectify that for you...

Hope it gets fixed soon for you!

Steffano2002

Drapper wrote:

Where are your speed test from las night ?
;-)

my torrents were running like lunatics last night !! God stuff IBB

Ok, I tested my connection on a few websites. Here are the results:

- On http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speedtest.asp:

Downstream 1887 Kbps (235.9 KB/sec) 2037 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 2900 Kbps (362.5 KB/sec) 3132 Kbps (inc. overheads)

- On http://www.zdnet.fr/services/speedtest/speedtest.htm:

Downstream 2009.9 Kbps

- On http://www.60millions-mag.com/page/...steuranonyme-1/:

Downstream 1956 Kbps
Upstream 2605 Kbps

Yes I know, impressive!

Drapper

Steffano2002 wrote:

Ok, I tested my connection on a few websites. Here are the results:

- On http://www.adslguide.org.uk/tools/speedtest.asp:

Downstream 1887 Kbps (235.9 KB/sec) 2037 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 2900 Kbps (362.5 KB/sec) 3132 Kbps (inc. overheads)

- On http://www.zdnet.fr/services/speedtest/speedtest.htm:

Downstream 2009.9 Kbps

- On http://www.60millions-mag.com/page/...steuranonyme-1/:

Downstream 1956 Kbps
Upstream 2605 Kbps

Yes I know, impressive!

Your ping sorted?

Steffano2002

Drapper wrote:

Your ping sorted?

Nope, not yet. Same old same old... I'm not expecting anything until Tuesday to be honest...