Speed Issues
Hi folks
Over the last few days i have noticed a massive drop at all times during the day of my download speeds, started when i was trying to download Sup Com 2 off Steam, hitting only 80kbs when usually i get between 250 to 300. I started off by using Speedtest to have a look at what was happening with things and i was suprised to see that i was getting very little off my "up to" 8mb connection that i have had with PN since late 2004.
I have a few routers kicking about the house, a CISCO 1701 is the main war horse and a Linksys WAG54GX2 should the need arise that i have to use it. So with the thinking that the cisco was on its way out i ran a Speed test on it and then ran a speed test on the linksys.
Results are below.
Cisco 1701
Linksys
Still very low for my liking. I had a mate who lives about an 1hr away also on plusnet, on the same package as me and he landed in with 6mb+. I know that its all down to the local exchange, but he lives about 2miles away from his, I'm about 1/2mile from mine at the most. He lives in a large town, almost city sized area. I live in a small village and there isnt many people on the exchange.
Previously when i had a speed issue i was getting somewhat better speeds
i have also completed 3 BT Speed test, but think i will need to do 3
Another test i ran was to download Windows Service Pack 3 Network install and monitor the download speed and time.
At 2100 08/03/2010 the fastest speed was 13.1kbps. In 5 minutes i had downloaded 1.3mb according to Firefox. Now if i wanted that sort of speed i would have busted out my old PACE 56k modem and downloaded it.
I have also tried a BT Speed Test Part one information is below.
Download Speed 572 Kbps
Max Achievable Speed 7150 Kbps
Download speedachieved during the test was - 572 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 600-7150 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :7424 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 5500 Kbps
The IP Profile is down from 6000 on a previous test but i belive that to be normal.
I have followed the on screen instructions for starting Test2 but when i use the bt_test_user@plusdsl.net it will not completed it just 404's / server not found. I can browse the site http://193.113.211.125/digitaldemo/ which works using the above test_user.
High-speed Broadband info from PN site.
Estimated line speed:
Not recorded (service activated before we introduced estimates).
Current line speed:
750
I'm at a bit of a loss as to why my speeds have dropped so much. Any help would be really helpful, point in the right direction. As at the minute gaming is a nightmare due to pings be so off sometimes, and downloads are taking an age.
Cheer
Dee.
Over the last few days i have noticed a massive drop at all times during the day of my download speeds, started when i was trying to download Sup Com 2 off Steam, hitting only 80kbs when usually i get between 250 to 300. I started off by using Speedtest to have a look at what was happening with things and i was suprised to see that i was getting very little off my "up to" 8mb connection that i have had with PN since late 2004.
I have a few routers kicking about the house, a CISCO 1701 is the main war horse and a Linksys WAG54GX2 should the need arise that i have to use it. So with the thinking that the cisco was on its way out i ran a Speed test on it and then ran a speed test on the linksys.
Results are below.
Cisco 1701
Linksys
Still very low for my liking. I had a mate who lives about an 1hr away also on plusnet, on the same package as me and he landed in with 6mb+. I know that its all down to the local exchange, but he lives about 2miles away from his, I'm about 1/2mile from mine at the most. He lives in a large town, almost city sized area. I live in a small village and there isnt many people on the exchange.
Previously when i had a speed issue i was getting somewhat better speeds
i have also completed 3 BT Speed test, but think i will need to do 3
Another test i ran was to download Windows Service Pack 3 Network install and monitor the download speed and time.
At 2100 08/03/2010 the fastest speed was 13.1kbps. In 5 minutes i had downloaded 1.3mb according to Firefox. Now if i wanted that sort of speed i would have busted out my old PACE 56k modem and downloaded it.
I have also tried a BT Speed Test Part one information is below.
Download Speed 572 Kbps
Max Achievable Speed 7150 Kbps
Download speedachieved during the test was - 572 Kbps
For your connection, the acceptable range of speeds is 600-7150 Kbps.
Additional Information:
Your DSL Connection Rate :7424 Kbps(DOWN-STREAM), 448 Kbps(UP-STREAM)
IP Profile for your line is - 5500 Kbps
The IP Profile is down from 6000 on a previous test but i belive that to be normal.
I have followed the on screen instructions for starting Test2 but when i use the bt_test_user@plusdsl.net it will not completed it just 404's / server not found. I can browse the site http://193.113.211.125/digitaldemo/ which works using the above test_user.
High-speed Broadband info from PN site.
Estimated line speed:
Not recorded (service activated before we introduced estimates).
Current line speed:
750
I'm at a bit of a loss as to why my speeds have dropped so much. Any help would be really helpful, point in the right direction. As at the minute gaming is a nightmare due to pings be so off sometimes, and downloads are taking an age.
Cheer
Dee.
