Connection MEGA slow tonight

[poisoninside]

Im living in Rathcoole and i have a 3mb line but tonight im gettin really bad speeds the lowest being 300k.

anyone having the same issue?

[epsilon]

I'm in clondalkin and I noticed NTL speed issues since last night too. My speed test results here are up and down like a yoyo - but if i download any file from a Irish server, heanet for example i get full speeds.

However I'm getting between 20k and 30k a second on anything outside of the country.

Spent an hour onto NTL, got me to run tracerts etc and they're insisiting theres nothing wrong with the NTL network, that its the external servers that are causing the trouble. So, bascially the whole world is running slow except Ireland according to them, which is bull****.


Not a happy camper :-/

[ottamanviper]

Tonight im only getting 150 kb down and 35 kb up and normally its
360 down and 35 up

Anyone have the same problem?

[rightbackbill]

having a real speed issue this evening aswell , was on to ntl about the 6mb their offering , the guy on the phone upgraded me , the heanet.ie shows 1Mb per second ( no typo ), but any other line test or download rate only gives me 250k at best . Whats the point having it !

[ottamanviper]

[quote=rightbackbill]having a real speed issue this evening aswell , was on to ntl about the 6mb their offering , the guy on the phone upgraded me , the heanet.ie shows 1Mb per second ( no typo ), but any other line test or download rate only gives me 250k at best . Whats the point having it ![/QUOTE

So what your saying is that you have the 6meg connection now, if so what whats the actual speed test result?

Are they upgrading everyone to 6megs or do you have to call them?

[rightbackbill]

Originally the 6 MB upgrade was supposed to be 10 MB but rumour has it that NTL could not guarantee that speed.
So what they did it drop it to 6MB to guarantee the speed , whose going to complain about having 8- 10 MB on a 6 MB connection !.
Since my upgrade went through early yesterday ive had great transfer rates from the ftp.heanet.ie server ( 1.11 MB/sec ), but this is not matched in any other speed test.
For example this sites speed test gives me a result of 3MB – 3.5MB, other speed tests give me much the same result as this site.

Haven’t got on to NTL yet , but I will be later.
I have a feeling they'll just test from ftp.heanet.ie !!

The upgrade is due for general release in early April , I called up to enquire about it and after a bit of haggling I was upgraded over the phone.
As far as I know all new customers upgrading to the MAX speed ( was 3 MB ) will not get the 6MB ( which is really 10 MB), but all existing customers will have to call to upgrade .

Worth a try.

[rightbackbill]

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MCAFEE SPEED TEST

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Your Internet Connection
Speed Results

File Size: 150.005 KB
Time Elapsed: 3.976 seconds

301.84 Kbps
(37.73 KBps)
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BLACKNIGHT SPEED TEST

http://www.irishisptest.com/myspeed.php

Your download speed is 2.25 Mbps
Upload speed is 706 kbps

Quality of Service: 71%
Round Trip Trip : 22ms
Max Pause: 73ms
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AuditMyPc.com SPEED TEST

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Download : 6001kps
Upload : 548.1 kbps

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ADSLGUIDE SPEED TEST

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Downstream 2555 Kbps (319.4 KB/sec)
Upstream 483 Kbps (60.4 KB/sec)
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Not much to rave about !
Only one tes shows the connection im on.

[ottamanviper]

I was onto ntl just today the sales section got through within a min or so
they said the same thing that 6meg connection would be the guarentee
but he also metioned that 10meg connection was stable. But i dont know for how long i would say once everyone has been upgraded that the ntl max users will fight over the speeds that ntl can handle.

[conor71]

I am on NTL, I believe it is the 2 MB package....and recently having real problems uploading any info at all...gettign speeds like 10kb-50kb..... Is anyone else having this problem?