Hi all - are my speedtests results laughable?

[michaelnewham]

Hi guys,

Got 'broadband' last week from Fast Wireless Internet, a company working out of Killalaoe in Tipperary. The service is wireless and is supposedly 1MB upload and download.

I have now run a number of tests, without any intervening router on my side and am getting the following on average.
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Irish Isp Test Results - michaelnewham - 19/09/2006 14:44:40 IST
Summary Last 10 Results:

Date Download Speed Upload Speed Qos RTT Maxpause

19/09/2006 14:44 199 kbps (25KB/s) 45 kbps (6 KB/s) 30% 361 ms 1152 ms
19/09/2006 14:32 167 kbps (21KB/s) 163 kbps (20 KB/s) 4% 51 ms 3017 ms
19/09/2006 14:26 243 kbps (30KB/s) 288 kbps (36 KB/s) 65% 32 ms 644 ms

Total Averages: 203 kbps (25 KB/s) 165kbps (21KB/s) 33% 148 ms 1604 ms
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Anyone with an opinion on this. Not much better then 128K ISDN???

What should I do to resolve situation. Give the receiver some extra height over my house? I'll ring the company soon, but wanted your opinion first.

P.S. There is no other Broadband provider in my town, Cloughjordan, North Tipp...

Regards,

Mike N.

[mickomania]

That is very poor. I would expect at least 750kbps on a 1meg line. I suspect
that your service providers transmitter is a bit of a distance away from you.
Your pings arent too bad but the max pause is far too long. Find out if someone
else in your area has the same provider and compare results with them.

Also have you tried positioning the modem in different places around the house
to see where the best signal is?

I assume you have checked your phone line for eircom broadband.

[paddyanglican]

Mike - Out in Modreeny I am getting between 1/2 and full megabyte up and down with occassional glitches. I have direct line of sight to transmitter. On occassions I even get over the meg up and down!
Stephen

Originally Posted by michaelnewham

Hi guys,

Got 'broadband' last week from Fast Wireless Internet, a company working out of Killalaoe in Tipperary. The service is wireless and is supposedly 1MB upload and download.

I have now run a number of tests, without any intervening router on my side and am getting the following on average.
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Irish Isp Test Results - michaelnewham - 19/09/2006 14:44:40 IST
Summary Last 10 Results:

Date Download Speed Upload Speed Qos RTT Maxpause

19/09/2006 14:44 199 kbps (25KB/s) 45 kbps (6 KB/s) 30% 361 ms 1152 ms
19/09/2006 14:32 167 kbps (21KB/s) 163 kbps (20 KB/s) 4% 51 ms 3017 ms
19/09/2006 14:26 243 kbps (30KB/s) 288 kbps (36 KB/s) 65% 32 ms 644 ms

Total Averages: 203 kbps (25 KB/s) 165kbps (21KB/s) 33% 148 ms 1604 ms
__________________

Anyone with an opinion on this. Not much better then 128K ISDN???

What should I do to resolve situation. Give the receiver some extra height over my house? I'll ring the company soon, but wanted your opinion first.

P.S. There is no other Broadband provider in my town, Cloughjordan, North Tipp...

Regards,

Mike N.

[blacknight]

What's the ping to the gateway like?