IBB looking for testers for 2Mb product

Nephew

OldTitan wrote:

Sorry Mutant_Fruit but we recently changed passwords to the radios and I haven't the latest. I requested them from NetOps, but it seems as if they are enjoying a long week-end. Will get it done soonest.

The purpose of the test, just to clarify, is to test 2Mb a an entry level Boradband product to replace our current 1Mb as an entry level product.

Cheers

so does this mean breeze 1mb will be upgraded to 2mb, if so when and will there still remain a fair usage policy rather than a cap?

Shiny

Did something happen at around 11pm there tonight??

I have been getting 200k a second for the last 20 minutes???

Have IBB started upgrading connections???

Interested (and happy) : ))

OldTitan

Nephew wrote:

so does this mean breeze 1mb will be upgraded to 2mb, if so when and will there still remain a fair usage policy rather than a cap?

The short answer is yes - IBB will upgrade their 1Mb service to 2Mb. A decision will probably be taken later this week or early next week.

And yes, IBB will continue to use a fair usage policy to police usage, rather than a cap. Fair usage will kick in if a site has a number of heavy users on it running 24/7 downloads and uploads, which is preventing others from accessing their fair share of bandwidth.

Nephew

Thanks for the reponse.

Would a gig a day be considered fair?

Shiny

Nephew wrote:

Thanks for the reponse.

Would a gig a day be considered fair?

I have been getting a gig a day since october.

I would consider that to be very fair.

Anything over 8 gigs a day and I would think that would
be pushing it.

Nephew

I got IBB installed 3 weeks ago and have clocked up a total of 21 gigs uploads/ downloads, so I was just wondering what would be considered fair.

Shiny

do di do.......

not saying any more about this subject in this thread:).

OldTitan

flamegrill wrote:

oldtitan:

not sure if your aware, but most Major ISP's don't allow their core trunks to exceed 30% capacity at anyone time, if they do they upgrade the link.

Perhaps at peak times, bursting is maxing out 1 or more of your links and this is causing issues.

I remember a few weeks ago, mid feb .. pings to heanet were fine as you have a direct feed to them via Inex - but everything else was piss poor.

IIRC it was Packetexchange that appeared to carry the traffic externally that i tested.

Paul

Don't know ANY ISP that would upgrade international transit when it hits 30%, perhaps you do.

None of our links would ever hit peak as we have bursting arrangements in place with our carriers. International Transit would never be an issue. The only area where we have had some problems in the past had been on our own local transmission network, which we have upgraded and are now continually upgrading to prevent a recurrence.

IBB is not perfect. Far from it. Issues will arise from time to time, but IBB will always work hard to eliminate them. Some customers will experience problems from time to time, and they will be fixed. Sometimes the problems are more complex and take a bit longer to eliminate, and sometimes simpler and quick to fix. IBB upgraded core routers and capacity mid February and that caused a few routing issues. That may have been the cause of the problems you experienced.

OldTitan

A gig a day should not get you into hotwater with IBB....

Nephew

thanks for clearing that up

joolsveer

joolsveer wrote:

I have asked IBB support to investigate but so far I have not received a substantive response.

BTW As I have already informed you OldTitan I am on the 512Kb Breeze VL product.

My speeds this morning according to ADSLguide are:

Results from broadband speed test recorded on Wednesday, 30 March 2005, 06:59.

True Speed (estimated)
Downstream 287 Kbps (35.9 KB/sec) 309 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 297 Kbps (37.1 KB/sec) 320 Kbps (inc. overheads)

Another test (from www.dslreports.com)

2005-03-30 01:10:30 EST: 250 / 234
Your download speed : 256990 bps, or 250 kbps.
A 31.3 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 239935 bps, or 234 kbps.

I don't know about other boardsters but I don't find this service from IBB acceptable.

Ciaran500

So what happens when this fair usage policy kick in? Do we get or connection dropped for a while or is our speed just lowered?

Drapper

Ciaran500 wrote:

So what happens when this fair usage policy kick in? Do we get or connection dropped for a while or is our speed just lowered?

Dont give them Ideas !!!

PowerHouseDan

~@ M- fruit was talkin to oldt he isent at work for the week but he said he will check up about being upgraded

Undercoverguy

Im worried seeing as im alredy running at 2MB?? Have been since it got installed 3 weeks ago.

But i have an entire site to myself for the next few weeks till it goes live to everyone else

Drapper

Undercoverguy wrote:

Im worried seeing as im alredy running at 2MB?? Have been since it got installed 3 weeks ago.

But i have an entire site to myself for the next few weeks till it goes live to everyone else

ohh no your not !!! :-) i'm 2mb too !!!! up/down !!

Undercoverguy

Drapper wrote:

ohh no your not !!! :-) i'm 2mb too !!!! up/down !!

I never said i was the only one running 2MB. I just said that (far as im aware) no one else is on the same mast as me yet.

Drapper

Undercoverguy wrote:

I never said i was the only one running 2MB. I just said that (far as im aware) no one else is on the same mast as me yet.

which mast? ;-)

spooky donkey

Well it turne out im on the trial as well. I was getting 200K down and 120k up at the weekend and from today i was getting the 200k both directions. Pings are much the same for game playing though. But 200k is still nice all the same!

joolsveer

joolsveer wrote:

My speeds this morning according to ADSLguide are:

Results from broadband speed test recorded on Wednesday, 30 March 2005, 06:59.

True Speed (estimated)
Downstream 287 Kbps (35.9 KB/sec) 309 Kbps (inc. overheads)
Upstream 297 Kbps (37.1 KB/sec) 320 Kbps (inc. overheads)

Another test (from www.dslreports.com)

2005-03-30 01:10:30 EST: 250 / 234
Your download speed : 256990 bps, or 250 kbps.
A 31.3 KB/sec transfer rate.
Your upload speed : 239935 bps, or 234 kbps.

I don't know about other boardsters but I don't find this service from IBB acceptable.

Latest pings to IBB

C:\>pingibb

C:\>ping 62.231.50.103

Pinging 62.231.50.103 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 62.231.50.103: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 62.231.50.103: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 62.231.50.103: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64
Reply from 62.231.50.103: bytes=32 time<1ms TTL=64

Ping statistics for 62.231.50.103:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 0ms, Maximum = 0ms, Average = 0ms

C:\>ping 62.231.50.65

Pinging 62.231.50.65 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 62.231.50.65: bytes=32 time=1191ms TTL=255
Reply from 62.231.50.65: bytes=32 time=1030ms TTL=255
Reply from 62.231.50.65: bytes=32 time=1178ms TTL=255
Reply from 62.231.50.65: bytes=32 time=1213ms TTL=255

Ping statistics for 62.231.50.65:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 1030ms, Maximum = 1213ms, Average = 1153ms

C:\>ping 62.231.32.10

Pinging 62.231.32.10 with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 62.231.32.10: bytes=32 time=1420ms TTL=61
Reply from 62.231.32.10: bytes=32 time=1243ms TTL=61
Reply from 62.231.32.10: bytes=32 time=960ms TTL=61
Reply from 62.231.32.10: bytes=32 time=1104ms TTL=61

Ping statistics for 62.231.32.10:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 960ms, Maximum = 1420ms, Average = 1181ms

spooky donkey

What is that IP you are pinging, i`ll try it when i get home tonight see what im getting.
Perhaps its a dodgy server!!!!

Mutant_Fruit

Ping statistics for 62.231.50.65:
Packets: Sent = 25, Received = 25, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 5ms, Maximum = 41ms, Average = 13ms
Control-Break

And pings to my gateway:
Ping statistics for 62.231.38.65:
Packets: Sent = 19, Received = 19, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 6ms, Maximum = 11ms, Average = 7ms
Control-Break

And pings to boards:
Ping statistics for 82.195.144.58:
Packets: Sent = 20, Received = 20, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 8ms, Maximum = 213ms, Average = 36ms
Control-Break

Thats on the tallaght tower, with 1meg 20:1, and bittorrent uploading at 86, downloading at about 50.

EDIT:
Pings to IBB's main DNS server:
Ping statistics for 62.231.32.10:
Packets: Sent = 23, Received = 23, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 5ms, Maximum = 65ms, Average = 27ms
Control-Break

Try doing a few tracert's for us, to see where the bottle necks are occuring. Its more than likely some tower acting up.

OldTitan

Ciaran500 wrote:

So what happens when this fair usage policy kick in? Do we get or connection dropped for a while or is our speed just lowered?

IBB would never disconnect a client under the fair usage policy. The client would simply be traffic shaped to enable others reasonable access as well.

gsand

pings and speed gone horrible tonight...

same for anyone else?

loads timing out and a lot between 700-1000m/s

strange its been good for ages...

Drapper

gsand wrote:

pings and speed gone horrible tonight...

same for anyone else?

loads timing out and a lot between 700-1000m/s

strange its been good for ages...

What mast are you on ?

gsand

3 rock as far as i know...


edit:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Master User>ping www.boards.ie

Pinging www.boards.ie [82.195.144.58] with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Reply from 82.195.144.58: bytes=32 time=509ms TTL=57
Reply from 82.195.144.58: bytes=32 time=587ms TTL=57
Reply from 82.195.144.58: bytes=32 time=499ms TTL=57

Ping statistics for 82.195.144.58:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 3, Lost = 1 (25% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 499ms, Maximum = 587ms, Average = 531ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Master User>ping www.boards.ie

Pinging www.boards.ie [82.195.144.58] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 82.195.144.58: bytes=32 time=734ms TTL=57
Reply from 82.195.144.58: bytes=32 time=778ms TTL=57
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 82.195.144.58:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 2, Lost = 2 (50% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 734ms, Maximum = 778ms, Average = 756ms

Drapper

gsand wrote:

3 rock as far as i know...


edit:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

C:\Documents and Settings\Master User>ping www.boards.ie

Pinging www.boards.ie [82.195.144.58] with 32 bytes of data:

Request timed out.
Reply from 82.195.144.58: bytes=32 time=509ms TTL=57
Reply from 82.195.144.58: bytes=32 time=587ms TTL=57
Reply from 82.195.144.58: bytes=32 time=499ms TTL=57

Ping statistics for 82.195.144.58:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 3, Lost = 1 (25% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 499ms, Maximum = 587ms, Average = 531ms

C:\Documents and Settings\Master User>ping www.boards.ie

Pinging www.boards.ie [82.195.144.58] with 32 bytes of data:

Reply from 82.195.144.58: bytes=32 time=734ms TTL=57
Reply from 82.195.144.58: bytes=32 time=778ms TTL=57
Request timed out.
Request timed out.

Ping statistics for 82.195.144.58:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 2, Lost = 2 (50% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 734ms, Maximum = 778ms, Average = 756ms

they may be goin through an upgrade ! Whats up with 3 rock oldtitan?

po0k

any word on IBB coming to Galway?

Myself and my housemate would happily trial it for you, and my family home in Moycullen would be willing guinea-pigs aswell

spooky donkey

I heard 3 rovk was expierencing issues alright, hopefully it will be sorted soon!

Whats client shaping and fair usage I hear mention eairler on this thread?

Mutant_Fruit

Fast Internet access for:-tele working -freeing up the home phone line-unrestricted uploading and downloading . A superior home product suitable for families with high usage and Home Networks.

Looks like it doesn't apply to the breeze product, but as far as i know, it does apply for ripwave. Unrestricted means uncapped, unfettered, unmetred and unlimited. I can't see them advertising it as unrestricted, and then restricting you... but stranger things have happened